Showing posts with label wire earrings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wire earrings. Show all posts

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Bending the night away.

When it comes to wire wrapping, I'm all thumbs.  I decided to take the time to practice.  (And I had some friends who were interested in some basic wrapping that got me moving.)  Nothing fancy, as I really don't have any desire to do the intricate stuff.

So...... I pulled out all my books (and bought a new one ), gathered my spools of copper wire, (and bought some more) and grabbed my tool kit.

On Friday I was gallery sitting by myself in the Graffiti Gallery with very few visitors, so it was a good time to begin practicing.

I made some basic pieces that I'm going to turn into earrings.  One of the things I had to practice was making two pieces that were pretty much alike.  Every time I try to hold two pieces of wire together and bend them it never works.  But, I think I've pretty well figured out how to remake the second piece (with the help of a magic marker.)

I'm going to add beads to these eventually.