Wire-Wrapping Rustic Round Abalone Shell Coiled Coil Pendant Tutorial

Welcome my dear wire wrapper!

Do you admire the shimmering light that abalone shell and crystals give off? I’ve designed a pendant that captures just that!

Let’s learn how to wire wrap a necklace pendant with copper wires, abalone shell and crystal.

In my Wire-Wrapping Rustic Round Abalone Shell Coiled Coil Pendant Tutorial, you will master techniques such as double coiling and wire structuring.

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Start your wire jewelry making journey today with my simple step-by-step instructions and detailed progress pictures.

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LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

MATERIALS + TOOL

• Copper Wire (18 AWG)
• Copper Wire (20 AWG)
• Copper Wire (22 AWG)
• Copper Wire (26 AWG)
• Abalone Cabochon Round Shells (1 pc)
• Small Raindrop Crystal with Hole (1 pc)
• Wire Cutter
• Chain Nose Pliers
• Round Nose Pliers
• Nylon Jaw Pliers
• Stepped Bail-Making Pliers
• Finest Steel Wire Wool
• Masking Tape

WIRE-WRAPPING RUSTIC ROUND ABALONE SHELL COILED COIL PENDANT TUTORIAL

Step 1 of 10

Ready all items from the Materials and Tool list (fig. 1a).

Let’s form the main frame for your round abalone shell using an 18-gauge copper wire (fig. 1b, 1c).

Loop the wire around your abalone shell and tape it in place (fig. 1d, 1e).

Then, bend the extra 18-gauge copper wires into straight lines with a chain nose pliers (fig. 1f, 1g, 1h, 1i).

Step 2 of 10

Next, hammer the 18-gauge main frame flat on a base metal plate (fig. 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d).

Crisscross the extra flat wire frame at the top and hammer the extra 18-gauge straight copper wires flat (fig. 2e, 2f).

Then, form a double wire bail by curling the flatten straight wires with a stepped bail-making pliers (fig. 2g, 2h, 2i, 2j).

Step 3 of 10

Moving on, let’s add a layer of coiled coil or double coiled wire onto your pendant frame.

Take a 22-gauge copper wire as the inner wire and a 26-gauge copper wire as the coiling wire to form a coiled wire (fig. 3a, 3b).

Note: Use a coiling gizmo to speed up the coiling process.

Bundle the coiled wire and a new string of 22-gauge copper wire on a tape, and then coil the wire ends together (fig. 3c, 3d, 3e).

After that, take a 20-gauge copper wire, and manually twist a thick double coiling effect with the wire bundle (fig. 3f, 3g, 3h)

Checkpoint: This is how your coiled coil wire design should look (fig. 3i).