Hello there my dear wire wrapper!
Learn how to make a simple DIY wire circlet in my Wire-Wrapping Fine Silver Ruby Teardrop Circlet Headpiece Tutorial.
Follow along my step-by-step instructions and detailed progress pictures to keep yourself on track.
If you are new to wire jewelry making, then this is a good place to start.
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Happy wrapping!
LEVEL: BEGINNER
MATERIALS + TOOL
- Silver Copper Wire (18 AWG)
- Silver Copper Wire (22 AWG)
- Silver Copper Wire (32 AWG)
- Red Teardrop Diamond (1 pc)
- Small Black Round Bead (1 pc)
- Wire Cutter
- Chain Nose Pliers
- Round Nose Pliers
- Nylon Jaw Pliers
- Finest Steel Wire Wool
- Masking Tape
- Round Bowl
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WIRE-WRAPPING FINE SILVER RUBY TEARDROP CIRCLET HEADPIECE TUTORIAL
Step 1 of 8
Prepare all items from the Materials and Tool list (fig. 1a).
Wrap a 22-gauge silver copper wire around a red teardrop diamond, with the sharp tip as the top (fig. 1b, 1c, 1d).
For the back stone holder frame, fold the extra wires at the top and line them along the side of your red teardrop diamond until they overlap at the bottom (fig. 1e, 1f, 1g).
Then at the midpoint of the overlapping wires, pull the extra wires upwards (fig. 1h).
Step 2 of 8
Next, weave the bottom frames using a 32-gauge silver copper wire, or any thin silver wire that can go through narrow frame gaps (fig. 2a, 2b).
Starting from the front bottom left frame, make 3 clockwise coils and then crossover to the opposite frame to make another 3 anticlockwise coils (fig. 2c, 2d).
This will form a crisscross weaving pattern along the bottom frame as shown (fig. 2e).
