Choose Correct Jewelry Wire for Jewelry Projects

When wire-wrapping jewelry is more and more popular nowadays, do you want to make your own wire-wrapping jewelry? If yes, choose some jewelry wire and wire-wrapping tools to start right now.

While, maybe to the beginners of jewelry making, they are not sure what kind of jewelry wire they need. Here you will find the answers. About the jewelry wires, they are sorted as three different types according to their hardness. They are dead sort, half-hard and full-hard. According to the literal meaning, dead soft wire is very soft and can be bent with your hands, it is often used for wire-sculpted jewelry; half-hard wire is harder because it has been pulled through a draw plate; full-hard wire is the hardest wire because it has been pulled through a draw plate more times than half-hard wire. You need to choose correct jewelry wire for your wire wrapping designs, or else, the material will affect the final effects of your designs.

Mixed Color Brass Wire, 0.3mm/strand

Wire-wrapping jewelry is hand worked, but not just handmade and put together. In fact, wire wrapping is one of the oldest techniques for making jewelry by hand. However, that technique is not frequently used for mass produced jewelry currently for some reasons. That technique is not easy, but the more you practice, the better your skill. You can start with wrapping a pair of earrings. The supplies you need to prepare are: 2pcs15mm-20mmteardrop opal beads, top drilled; 2 earring wires;3mmsilver wire. The needed wire wrapping tools are wire cutter, crimping plier, round nose plier and chain nose plier. Steps: 1) Use round nose plier to create a loop by3mmwire, and wrap the short end on the long wire. 2) Put the bead through the wire, and use pliers to wrap the long wire around the top of the bead in a haphazard way. 3) Cut off the rest wire if it is too long and make the end is not sharp. 4) Hang the drop onto the earring wire, one piece of earring is finished. It is very nice, unique and elegant, right? Just follow the same steps to wrap the second one. After you have more practices, you can have a try for wire-wrapping bracelet, necklace and ring.

Stainless Steel Memory Wire, Bracelets Making

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