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Free Tutorial - Wire Wrapped setting for a faceted stone

cynmarbil — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:20:39 GMT

Materials:

Faceted stone, soldered jump ring (18 or 20 gauge) the same size as the stone, 26 or 28 gauge wire.

Step one:

Starting in the middle of a piece of wire, wrap one end of the wire around the jump ring, as shown in the photo, making six evenly spaced double loops around the outside of the ring. I'm using a hatpin as my mandrel. The length of wire needed will vary, for a 5mm setting, I use 10-12 inches of wire. Wrap the wire around the jump ring to finish, cut and pinch it tightly with your pliers to keep it there.

Step two:

Take the other end of the wire, and slip it through the first set of loops, as shown in the photo. Continue going around the circle, catching each loop, and smoothing the wire on top of the stone. Make sure each wrap catches the top of the stone. The stone will want to slip out, so watch it!

Step three:

After you wrap the last set of loops, wrap the wire around the jump ring, cut it flush, and use your pliers to tighten it.

Variation:

You can go around the loops again, making the loops on the outside, to make flower links. You can separate the double loops to make a decorative edging.

If you use this tutorial, I'd love to see what you do!! Or, if you have any questions, or ideas for new variations, I'd like to see those, too. Please post anything related to this tutorial in this thread!

Cindy

Re: New Woven Ring

Kingfisher — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:10:33 GMT

The ring weighs 15.1 grams and that includes a 19 x 25 stone. 26 gauge wire gives you get 75 ft. per troy oz.

Louise

New Woven Ring

Kingfisher — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:30:43 GMT

Hi,

It's been pretty busy around here (retirement for my husband and a move), but I have been playing rings in my mind for quite some time.

I am working on one now and have a few "in-progress" photos on my blog at Jewelry Spectrum . I hope it improves as it is a pretty good mess right now.

The onyx ring kind of looked like that before it began to come together.

I have a few other ideas with different rings that I hope to have a chance to try.

Louise

My Initial Foray into a new wire genre

Deliasstones — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:17:35 GMT

This is my initial foray into this genre of wire work. Thanks go out to artist Felix, a.k.a. Andrew for the pointers on where to begin in terms of construction. Thanks for being generous with your time and advice!

I used copper for my initial experiment because I didn't want to be inhibited by the concern of wasting good silver in the event I crashed and burned, so to speak. I didn't get too adventurous this time around. I simply wanted to focus on structural integrity, clean finishing and get a feel for this type of work. I am pleased with my initial experiement and I look forward to hoaning my skills in this genre of work.

While working on this piece, I gained inspiration for another set of experiements which should be a lot of fun ... if I can pull it off, I'll be sure to post images of that as well.

The pic is not the best ... bad lighting and low batteries = a bad combination. I will replace this pic with a better one as soon as I'm able.

Thanks for looking!

Edit to add better pic

Entangled Wire Bezel

meiky6 — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:08:24 GMT

This piece is based on Lisa Niven's Entangled Wire Bezel Tut in Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazine. Got it completed recently.