When beginning at metal working, it is good to play with a simple project. In this case the metal is copper, and the project is a money clip. The entire project needs to be planned before you begin any work. Drawings of what you want to achieve and what effect you want need to be […]
I thought and thought and thought and just could not devise an unique chain pattern of my own, so I sat down and made a European Box chain with 6 mm ID rings (hand cut from 18 gauge round copper wire). The result is a 7 inch bracelet here displayed on a flocked hand. The […]
Do you ever doodle? I do it all the time, not on paper, with stones and wire. I use my wire like a paintbrush to create my art jewelry. I consider and call myself an artist I just use a very non-tradional approach:) I suppose like most creative people I am a bit eccentric,LOL!! I […]
The Helmrich Family is a creative bunch! They have taken the Buy Handmade Pledge, and love to make ALL their gifts for each other. LEAH, now 16, began making jewelry in 2005 after a fellow RV’ing friend showed her a few of the basics. She took right to it and loved making jewelry for herself, […]
For you maillers out there, this will be no big surprise – but keep reading anyway, and for those of you who admire chainmaille but don’t know much about it, but want to learn – I’m here to tell you a little more about it, by introducing you to Bonnie of MailleEtc on Etsy. Although […]
Interesting facts about the earliest evidence of wire use in jewelry: Although the art of wire wrapping is often credited to the Phoenician Empire, about 1000 BC, there is evidence of wire use in jewelry far earlier. Biblical scholars have identified wire sculpting as an art form dating as far back as 1446 BC, nearly […]
