Wire-Wrapping Blue Agate Hummingbird Heady Copper Pendant Tutorial

Step 14 of 18

On to the fourth layer of the heady frame design for your pendant.

Anchor a new 20-gauge copper wire on the bottom bird neck frame, and mirror the bottom swirly loop design (fig. 14a, 14b).

Then, pull the extra wire to the back by slipping it under the double coiled layer frame and woven wire layer frame (fig. 14c, 14d).

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Anchor the wire end with 7 coils on the top bird tail frame (fig. 14e).

Trim off the excess wire and curl the wire end into a small double loop (fig. 14f, 14g).

Your heady stone pendant frame design is complete.

Step 15 of 18

On the bird head frame, pull the loose 20-gauge copper wires downwards to the back, and trim off the right loose wire (fig. 15a, 15b, 15c).

Then, add a swirly double loop design with remaining left loose wire and coil it along the 18-gauge bird chin frame (fig. 15d, 15e, 15f).

Your bird head and body frame design is complete.

Step 16 of 18

Now, let’s focus on the bird tail frame and trim off the excess 18-gauge copper wire frame (fig. 16a, 16b).

Tape the bird tail frame to hold its shape for hammering (fig. 16c, 16d, 16e).

Hammer also the bird wing frame and bird beak frame (fig. 16f, 16g, 16h, 16i, 16j).

Refine the shape of your flatten bird beak, wing and tail frame using a needle file with round or flat head (fig. 16k, 16l, 16m, 16n, 16o).