By Lauren Andersen
One day while exhibiting at a jewelry show a customer asked me if I could make her a chain similar to the chain on her husband's leather vest. But she wanted hers to be more feminine. I came up with this design that consists of two chains linked together, with each individual chain consisting of alternating jump ring rosebuds. I made a few bracelets without crystals, but since 1 love crystals, I had to find a way to incorporate them into this bracelet. Floating them down the center of the weave...
By Sharon Herr
20-gauge dead soft square wire, 24 20-gauge halt round wire, 24 Flat nose or chain nose pliers Photo of inhhed piece by Jim Lawiom, all other pfrofos courtesy of he author This faux filigree necklace was inspired by soldered filigree, but was made without all the equipment needed for soldering. It's fancy enough for an evening out, but would be just as at home with a pair of jeans using a lampwork heart. The wire could be twisted to give a more sparkly appeal or oxidized to give an antique...
By Beth Helberg
I hate wasting silver, and it always bothered me that judging the length of a Viking Knit piece was a best-guess situation. I found a way to draw my chain right up to within a W of my work on the Allen wrench, and this eliminated guesswork as to the length of my pieces. Indirectly, it also led to this bracelet design when I was playing with some samples for my Viking knit class. With a few increases, some shaping, and with some crystal bling, this bangle was born Editor's note This project...
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Jig-formed components with Czech glass. BY JACQUELINE TRERISE Bend geometric shapes and add crystals BY LILIAN CHEN Finely twisted neckpiece. BY MAI SATO-FLORES 2010 product preview BY SARA RICHARDSON, Associate Editor Copper top ring BY DEMISE PECK, Editor-in-chief 57 Advertisers'Index 60 Morketplace Time was, not too long ago, I was known here at work as the anti-bling gal. It's true. Show me a table of jewelry and I would go right for anything oxidized, tribal, or rustic. Sparkles -no...
By Ronna Sarvas Weltman
Gorgeous holiday-colored crystals woven in Viking knit. BY BETH HELBERG Craft wire braid with a beaded focal clasp. BY FRANCES HARPER Crystals embedded in chain maille. BY LAUREN ANDERSEN BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE Q 9 9 INTERMEDIATE 9 O 9 Q INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Q gt 9 ADVANCED Whether it's o compliment or complaint, we welcome oil reader responses. We con be reached through our Web site www.stepbystepwire.com, by email ot sbswire inter-weave.com type Wire comments in the subject line , or by snail...