In my last post I showed you how I go about selecting beads for my highly ornate bracelets. This is the second post of three, where I will show you how I go about preparing the beads as wire charms to add to my bracelets.
Post 1: The design stage. In my previous post I explained how I fiddled to create the bead collection.
Post 2: Preparing the beads. On the this post I show how to prepare the beads for the wire bracelet.
Post 3: Making a bracelet. And the final post shows me putting the whole bracelet together.
There are hundreds of online videos which show how to make wire wrapped loops in detail. Here are some good quality links:
If you have never tried wire jewellery making it is very easy to learn and tools are found in all craft shops around Australia. I suggest you explore the above tutorials with a cheaper 24 gauge craft wire.
For my slideshow below I focus on the creative approach where you cluster the beads into mini works of art!
This makes the finished bracelet exciting to explore, and gives it life for the wearer and the viewer.
This is for a rainbow bracelet.
In my last post I mentioned that I don’t really like rainbow myself, I prefer to select a natural palette, more organic inspired. Rainbows to me are bright, colorful things with bright yellow .. I don’t do bright yellow either. I am really working against my personal taste here but the order was for a Rainbow Bracelet, of all colors, to be a bright and splashy mixture.
I still use the highest quality beads, beautiful Czech glass fire-polished beads and Japanese Toho glass seed beads .. even if they are bright yellow. And for the record: I don’t actually like the finished story board either being its so rainbowish lol.
Also please remember this is a WORK IN PROGRESS, the finished result is still another post away, so be patient, stick to a vision and in the end result will be perfect!
So I hope you enjoy the slides below, please feel free to ask any questions via the COMMENTS below and LIKE onto Facebook above!
ALWAYS THE ARTIST
Dina