Step 8 of 18
Moving on, let’s add beautiful wavy design on the front your labradorite pendant.
Make a small wire bail by curling the straight wires from the secondary frame using a round nose pliers (fig. 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d).
Then, take a new 18-gauge copper wire and form a loop on the small bail (fig. 8e, 8f).
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Pull the remaining wires to the back into elegant curves (fig. 8g, 8h, 8i, 8j, 8k).
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Step 9 of 18
Continue on, let’s add textures to the wire bails.
Use a 26-gauge copper wire as the weaving wire (fig. 9a).
Please refer to the detailed progress pictures for visual guide:
- Make 2 small coils on each bail wires, starting from the right inner, middle and outer bails (fig. 9b).
- Then, make 3 big coils on the middle and outer bails (fig. 9c).
- Lastly, make 3 small coils on the outer bail, and then 3 small coils on the middle bail (fig. 9d, 9e). Repeat for 2 more times (fig. 9f, 9g).
Do the same the weave combo on the left side of your wire bail (fig. 9h).
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Finish the woven bail design by coiling the back half of your bail:
- Inner small wire bail (fig. 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d).
- Outer big wire bail, weave only the inner wires 3 equally spaced coils as shown (fig. 10e).
