Wire-Wrapped Jewelry for Beginners: Step-by-Step Illustrated Techniques, Tools, and Inspiration

by Lora S. Irish

Overview

Wire wrapping is a quick and easy technique that will take your jewelry making to the next level. A little wire, a few simple tools, and some brightly colored beads are all you need to start creating your own intriguing fashion statements. By adding new wires to basic links, you can alter simple links into complex and fascinating focal designs. Wire-Wrapped Jewelry for Beginners teaches 30 expert wire wrapping methods, such as forming bent-wire links, working a wrapping pattern, wrapping sequential layers, embellishing decorative loops, adding coil elements, and much more. This complete beginner’s guide to wire wrapped jewelry includes 8 easy step-by-step projects for making stunning necklaces, pendants, brooches, hair pins, and earrings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781497103139
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/22/2022
Pages:	104
Sales rank:	134,725
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lora S. Irish is an internationally known artist and author, whose acclaimed books include Great Book of Carving Patterns, Great Book of Celtic Patterns, Great Book of Dragon Patterns, Great Book of Tattoo Designs, The Official Vampire Artist's Handbook, Relief Carving Wood Spirits, World Wildlife Patterns for the Scroll Saw, and many more. Fox Chapel Publishing has sold more than 500,000 copies of Irish's books. Lora is also a frequent contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated and to Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts magazines.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Materials 8

Wire 9

Tools 12

Beads 20

Chapter 2 Getting Started 21

Wire-Wrapping Terms and Structure 22

Varying Visual Effects with One Bent-Wire Link 27

Basic Bent-Wire Shapes 28

Technique 1 Forming Bent-Wire Links 32

Wrapping Basics 41

Chapter 3 Techniques 42

General Wrapping

Technique 2 Tightly Packed Wrapping 43

Technique 3 Loosely Packed Wrapping 45

Technique 4 Cluster Wrap 47

Technique 5 Random Loose Wrap 48

Working with Beads

Technique 6 Random Loose Beaded Wrap 50

Technique 7 Wire-Wrapped Caged Beads 52

Technique 8 Wire-Wrapped Bead Dangles 54

Technique 9 Adding Beads to Wrapping Wire 56

Technique 10 Wire-Wrapped Bead Clusters 58

Technique 11 Wrapping with a Beaded Wire 60

Wrapping Patterns

Technique 12 Working a Wrapping Pattern 62

Technique 13 Wrapping Patterns with Multiple Arms 64

Technique 14 Adding Beads to a Wrapping Pattern 66

Technique 15 Woven Wrapping Patterns 68

Technique 16 Wrapping with a Coil 70

Adding Elements

Technique 17 Adding a Coil Element 72

Technique 18 Adding Half-Circle Coil Elements 74

Technique 19 Adding a Bent Loop 75

Technique 20 Adding Multiple Bent Loops 76

Technique 21 Adding a Beaded Wire 77

Technique 22 Adding a Looped Wire 78

Technique 23 Embellishing Decorative Loops 79

Securing and Adding Arms

Technique 24 Securing Free-Floating Arms 80

Technique 25 Adding a Bending Wire 81

Technique 26 Adding Multiple Bending Wires 82

Technique 27 Separately Securing Wire Arm Ends 83

Special Techniques

Technique 28 Wrapping Sequential Layers 84

Technique 29 Hiding Securing Wires with Beads 85

Technique 30 Fining a Space 86

Chapter 4 Projects 87

Sunset Pendant 88

Snail Trail Necklace 93

Technique Quick Reference 97

About the Author 102

Index 103