Techniques about Creating Wire-wrapping Jewelry with Jewelry Wires

More and more jewelry makers start to create wire wrapping jewelry with jewelry wire. In fact, wire wrapping jewelry can be a simple, inexpensive way to get started in jewelry making, so if you are a beginner of jewelry making, you can start your jewelry making with wire wrapping jewelry.

Memory Wire, Stainless Steel

Jewelry wires can be made from different materials, for example, copper, silver, brass, aluminum and etc. All of these wires are available in different colors and sizes. For your wire wrapping designs, choose any jewelry wire with the color you like or need. Wire wrapping is a very common technique used by jewelry designers. It is not such a technique only can be used by experienced jewelry makers, but also suitable for beginners. Learning wire wrapping jewelry often begins with learning how to create even spirals using round nose jewelry pliers. Some jewelry makers may learn to wrap the wire around objects such as dowels to form spring shaped. If you are a beginner, how to choose an item you wrap is important. The more rough, angular and uneven the item, the easier to create a secure wrap. When your technique of wire wrapping is improved, you can choose the smooth, symmetrical items to make better wrapped shape.

Aluminum Wire

When you start to make wire wrapped jewelry with jewelry wire, patience and proper techniques are necessary. The simple but necessary items you need to learn firstly is using jewelry wires and round nose jewelry pliers to make loops on necklaces, bracelets, earrings, anklets and etc. When you have learnt how to create loops, you can easily make wire links with loops at two ends and work as links on your necklaces, earrings and bracelets.

However, even the most experienced jewelry makers will make mistakes at times, ending up with a length of useless, kinked wire. It is waste, especially when they work with gold and silver wires. So, how to solve this problem? Here are two useful methods to solve it. First, purchase a nylon jawed plier, please note that metal jewelry pliers are not suitable for this purpose as they will leave unsightly scratches on your jewelry wires. Grasp the wire firmly between the jaws, and draw the pliers down the kinked area of wire. Repeat the steps as needed. Second, you can also use a soft polishing cloth, such as cloth used for polishing eyeglasses or silver. Wrap the cloth around your hands, and grasp the jewelry wire and slide it through your clenched fingertips a few times until you have removed the kinks.

Once you start to make wire wrapping jewelry, apart from purchasing jewelry wires, some useful jewelry tools are very necessary too. Purchase them together from the same supplier to save time and money.