How to Make Wire Wrapped Jewelry
Jewelry making ideas can be lots of fun to create, and they're a lot easier to try than you might expect. This tutorial will show you How to Make Wire Wrapped Jewelry for a pendant. Best of all, these instructions can be used on anything with a hole that you may want to turn into a jewelry piece. This may be a fun Halloween idea for when you're trying to find the perfect accessory to top off your costume. Instead of hunting around and spending money, you can learn how to make wire jewelry for yourself.
Primary TechniqueJewelry Making
SeasonFall
Materials:
- 20 gauge wire – 6″
- Accent bead
- Round nose pliers
- Chain nose pliers
- Wire cutters
Instructions:
- Measuring 1 1/2″ from one end of the wire, bend the wire around something large enough for your pendant piece. Crimp the wrapped wire just below where they meet.
- You just made the loop to go through the hole on your pendant piece. Slide the pendant piece on the loop.
- Grasp the loop on the outside of the pendant piece using the round nose pliers. Bend the short wire tail to the side and wrap it around the long wire tail.
- Slide on and accent bead.
- Starting just above the bead, wrap the long tail around a pencil (or anything you have handy) twice. At the end of the second wrap, cross the wire over to the other side of the first wrap and wrap the tail around between the double loop and the bead.