Miss out on this free Wire Wrap Ring make and take last weekend? Don't worry! We have the instructions for you to make your own from home!
Supplies:
7-8 inches of 20G German Wire (Beadalon)
Additional supplies:
Bail Making Pliers
Side cutters
Ring Mandrill
Rubber Mallet
Chain nose pliers
1.) Begin
by bending a 180 degree bend into the wire approximately 2.5inches from one end
of the wire. Gently squeeze into a hair
pin shape.
2.) Use
your bail making pliers to gently bend the round portions of the heart with the
small side of the pliers, being careful to leave the hair pin turn you made
previously.
3.) Bend
an angle into the long side of the wire to create the heart point, run the
short end of the wire past the point and shape heart.
4.) Carefully
hold the heart with your chain nose pliers, and begin wrapping the short end of
the wire around the shank of the ring. (Just like you would do a wire wrapped
loop) Trim off excess wire –short side only!
5.) Now
you have created the focal portion of your ring, and it is time to gently shape
the ring form around the ring mandrill. Wrap the heart and ring shank form as
you go around the intended size you wish the ring to be, error on the side of
too small, as we can gently stretch the ring to make it larger when done. (wire
ring projects always seem to grow in size as you cerate them)
6.) Once
you have formed to the size you need, run the wire up through the center of the
heart and back the direction of the ring shank. (careful so that you do not
loose your shape and position of ring size.
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