ULTIMATE Guide to Wire Jewelry Making for Beginners

Page 1 – Introduction to Wire Jewelry
Page 2 – Tools for wire-wrapping
Page 3 – Wire for wrapping stones
Page 4 – Stones for Wire-Wrapping + other supplies
Page 5 – Simple Wire-Wrapping Techniques + Resources

ULTIMATE Guide to Wire Jewelry Making for Beginners (page 2)

Tools for Wire-Wrapping

If you already have some jewelry making experience, you probably have some of these tools already.

If you’re starting from scratch, you can easily find these locally or online…and good news: most of these are quite inexpensive.

RELATED: Tools for Wire Wrapping + Supplies [COMPLETE GUIDE]

These are the tools I use the most when making wire jewelry:

1. Wire cutters
2. Chain nose pliers
3. Flat nose pliers
4. Round nose pliers
5. Nylon pliers
6. Nylon round nose pliers
7. 6-step barrel pliers

I also use these tools:

8. Sharpie
9. File
10. Ruler
11. Hammer
12. Wire Cutters (Aviation Snips)
13. Anvil
14. Rubber Mallet
15. Ball Peen Hammer

For more information on tools for wire wrapping, please see my other post “Tools + Supplies for Wire-Wrapping”.

BONUS TOOL

Once you start working with wire, you’ll start accumulating different sizes of wire….which can sometimes be challenging in regards to keeping it all sorted.

If you plan on buying your wire online, obviously you know what size you’re getting (the package will be clearly marked).

But sometimes, you will not know the gauge of a piece of wire….it could be a scrap piece of wire….

Is it 24 gauge or is it a 26 gauge? Is that 12 gauge or 10 gauge?

Here’s my new favorite tool….totally not necessary at all if you’re just starting out but definitely something to keep in mind….

KEEP READING…

Page 1 – Introduction to Wire Jewelry
Page 2 – Tools for wire-wrapping
Page 3 – Wire for wrapping stones
Page 4 – Stones for Wire-Wrapping + other supplies
Page 5 – Simple Wire-Wrapping Techniques + Resources