4d 4e 4f 4g. A few notes about wire wrap stone techniques. Discover 4 ways to wrap a cabochon with wire for beautiful pendants and more. Many wire wrap artists follow a very orderly method for wrapping a gemstone which involves taking several pieces of wire wrapping them together into a single wide band using a smaller gauge wire and then looping that wide band around a gemstone. Take a piece of wire.
Hold both pieces and wrap the 26 gauge wire around the other wire pulling it tight. You re only limited by your imagination. Place cabochon along the inside of the bend in the wire and make sure that it fits snuggly against the wire fig. It should be 1 mm thick and approximately 50 cm long. Make one full wrap and bring back to front fig.
Start forming the base wires around the cabochon as shown fig. Repeat with other wire. The simple way to wrap large stones without holes. To wire wrap a stone start by cutting 20 gauge soft wire into 6 8 inch long pieces and taping them together at the ends. Use flat nose pliers with plastic nylon jaws to clamp the weaving wire.
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Wire wrapping stones with no holes. Wire wrapping stones with no holes. You don t want sharp ends sticking out to scratch your skin or snag your clothing use pliers to squish your ends flat against your piece or to tuck them into existing wirework. How do you wire wrap a stone with no holes. Start by cutting a piece of your 20 gauge wire and a much longer piece of your 26 gauge wire.By dalecgr on august 9 2011 share. Mark the middle of the bundled wire with a marker then wrap a 5 inch piece of binding wire around the middle mark. Using your fingers start bending the wire fig. Keep wrapping tightly and you will create the coiled look that is common on many wire wrapped pieces. How to wire wrap amethyst crystals into beautiful pendants perfect for beginnerswatch me make 3 wraps with easy techniques and using 2 different types of ame.
Tucking wire ends you ll find many times that i tell you to trim and tuck your ends. Both base wires should now be in the front as shown fig. Tucking wire ends you ll find many times that i tell you to trim and tuck your ends. By dalecgr on august 9 2011 share. Wire wrapping stones with no holes.
Both base wires should now be in the front as shown fig. Start forming the base wires around the cabochon as shown fig. Hold both pieces and wrap the 26 gauge wire around the other wire pulling it tight. 4d 4e 4f 4g.
