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How to make a spiral bead cage pendant

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March 3, 2023 by Madelynn

In this post, I’ll show you how to make a spiral bead cage pendant.

Bead cages are awesome because you can put whatever you want inside – it doesn’t have to be a bead.

You don’t have to use crystals or gemstones…you can use a small pebble that you have…or a piece of sea glass….a marble…WHATEVER YOU WANT.

This tutorial is part of my “Beginner Series” of simple wire wrapping techniques.

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LEVEL: BEGINNER

Materials & Tools

  • 1 – 14” piece of wire – 18 Gauge Round Wire
  • Stone or bead
  • Jump Ring
  • Needle Nose Pliers
  • Round Nose Pliers
  • Wire Cutters
  • Nylon Jaw Pliers
 

Step 1

Pick out your stone. In this tutorial I am using a small chunk of Amethyst that I picked up at a local crystal shop. You can use whatever you want.

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Step 2

Using a pair of round nose pliers, make a loop at the end of the wire.

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Step 3

Keep making a spiral.

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Step 4

This is what it should look like.

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Step 5

With your fingers, keep making a spiral. You can also use a pair of nylon jaw pliers if you have those.

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Step 6

Keep going with the spiral until the width of the spiral is wider than the stone you are using.

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Step 7

I’m going to stop here because this spiral is wide enough for my Amethyst point.

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Step 8

Repeat on other end of wire.

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Step 9

Use fingers to keep making the spiral.

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Step 10

Once you’re done both sides, it should have an “S” shape as shown below.

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Step 11

Using a pair of round nose pliers, gently “push” spiral out.

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Step 12

Do this on both sides.

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Step 13

Using a pair of needle nose pliers, bend the first loop up at the top of the pendant. This is how you will suspend the pendant from a chain or cord.

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Step 14

Insert your stone into the bottom half.

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Step 15

Gently flip the top half over the bottom half.

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Step 16

That’s it – you’re done. Use a jump ring and hand from cord or chain.

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In my case, I used bare copper wire so I gave the pendant an “antique” look by using liver of sulfur as a patina. Blog post coming soon on this technique.

 

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