Wire Nest Bail Tutorial

1. Cut 18" of 24 gauge wire.

2. Pull the wire through the pendant hole, centering the pendant on the wire. (Add a charm at this point if you want - example shown in the last two photos.) Wrap the wire around the pendant, forming a large loop measuring 3/4" tall.

3.  Repeat with both the front and back wire.

4. With the wire at the front of the pendant, wrap it up and around the loops until you run out of wire. Repeat with the back wire until the loop is covered and secure.

5. Trim any excess wire.

6. Push the trimmed ends of the wire as close as possible to the loops to avoid snagging wires.

To finish off the pendant add a few wrapped dangles unto a jump ring and attach to the bail.  String a silk ribbon on the jump ring for an easy way to finish the pendant.

Click on the collage to see the images larger.

Pendant: Humblebeads. Glass: Dream Girl Beads. Charm, wire & ribbon: Bello Modo.

Rossetti Necklace

This necklace was inspired by our monthly challenge, I tried to capture those soft glowing colors.  I wanted to create a necklace that looks like it would have been worn during that time period with a filigree wrapped pendant, stones, Czech glass and a very generous opera length chain. 

Supplies:

42mm clover petal brass filigree

26mm polymer clay bead

2 8mm faceted Czech glass rondelle

14 5mm Czech glass drops

2 12mm faceted lepidolite square beads

2 10mm faceted orange aventurine barrel beads

2 6mm fired agate beads

14 7.25mm brass jump rings

2 5mm brass jump rings

1 15mm jump ring

6 2" brass eye pins

20 1/2" brass cable chain

Directions:

1. Place the polymer clay bead in the center of the filigree and fold the four corners around the bead.

2. Attach the large jump ring through the openings of the filigree.

3. Create looped links with each of the beads, string one on an eyepin and create a loop.  Except the drop beads, add 7 drops beads to the eyepins and then make the loop.

4. Attach the glass rondelles links to the large jump ring with the 7.5mm jump rings.

5. Attach the remaining links with the 7.5mm jump rings in the following order: drops, square bead, rondelle, barrel, fired agate.  Add a 7.5mm jump ring to the last beads.

6. Attach the chain to the last jump rings with the 5mm jump rings.

Sources:

Stones: Rings & Things.  Brass: Vintaj.  Glass drops: Ornementea. Glass Rondelles: Raven's Journey. Lily Bead: Humblebeads.

Studio Saturday with Shannon LeVart

Welcome to Studio Saturday! Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you'll leave comments! As an incentive we offer a free prize each week to bribe you to use that keyboard. The following week we choose a random winner.

This weeks winner is commenter number 13; Barbara! Congratulations! 

You have won 2 Puzzle Piece Buttons from Tari Sasser's studio of Creative Impressions in Clay.

Please forward an email to Tari with your address so she can send these buttons out to you.

 

This weeks Studio Saturday is Shannon LeVart of missficklemedia.com. Who is presently not in a studio creating but rather elbow deep in correcting dangling participles.

 

 What an intense week this has been with the launching of the Color Drenched Metal tutorial. I have been attempting to bring this file to completion for some time now and its delay has been overcome with the help of friends and family.

  In spite of the fact that I am NOT a professional writer, the tutorials I offer are tangible items that I am proud of. Overcoming a lack of funds and a lack of time to pull together organized, thoroughly researched and personally tested files is feat that I pat myself on the back for. I know by the hundreds of emails I receive that I have helped many a jewelry designer achieve personal goals of adding new skills to their repertoire. Sharing what has given me thrilling moments of discovery in my own work is a driving force that I cannot ignore.

    But darn it if it isn't one of the most difficult things to get a handle on!

 

 - Researching the topic can take months; is someone already offering this? Is this useful, practical information? What kind of buyer will be interested? 

 - Purchasing the necessary supplies to complete the stepped out instructions is expensive. From beginning to end, every tiny detail needs to be accounted for, logged and linked for buyer availability.

 - Photographs need to be focused, well lit, chronologically listed, and edited.

 - Text needs to be clear, grammatically correct and laid out in an easy to read manner.

 - Proof reading by an editor, testing by honest people who will tell you what to fix and re-working it until the tutorial flows is a final process that takes weeks to complete. 

 But complete it is! Ready for consumption so to speak! Aaaaaaaand I have a free copy for a randomly drawn winner next Saturday! 

 

 However, in order to qualify for next weeks drawing, you must leave a comment with an answer to this question;

What obstacle is in YOUR way of seeing a project to completion? 

 

 Heath issues in my family is a big obstacle of mine. I am constantly torn between caring for sick ones and soldiering on through business projects. It can make a good mama feel guilty and a good business woman feel neglectful.  But I did something different this time, I asked for help! I received it in abundance and went forward in my goal. And the reward is all that much sweeter sharing it with loved ones who took the time to assist me.

Thank you for sharing your time with us here at Art Bead Scene and for participating in comments!

Much Love & Respect,

Shannon

 

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