Create Wire Wrapped Jewelry – Create Your Own Ring

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Create Wire Wrapped Jewelry – Create Your Own Ring

Last updated Sep 22, 2013

Summary: This tutorial will provide you a simple way to create your own ring with silvery copper wire and colorful glass beads. After the tutorial, you will find the pleasure of creating wire wrapped jewelry.

One of the biggest advantages to learn jewelry making in our web is you have access to different types of techniques and diversified jewelry making ideas; in this wire wrapped jewelry tutorial, you will learn the wire wrapping technique and gain the way of creating your own ring..

Materials and tools:
1.5mm silvery aluminum wire
0.5mm silvery copper wire
10mm synthetic turquoise bead
8mm green stone bead
6mm pink faceted acrylic bead
Flat nose plier
Round nose plier
Wire cutter
 
Instructions:
Step 1: Make ring base
1st, pick 2 pieces of silvery aluminum wire that measure 30cm;
2nd, wrap the wires around a marker the circumference of which is just the size of the ring;
3rd, mark the junction point, unwrap them and start to coil with copper wire;
4th, not stop coiling until you finish the length marked.
 
Step 2: Adorn ring with beads
1st, loop the lower wire upwardly with round nose plier (right part);
2nd, cut off extra length and tuck the sharp end;
3rd, loop the upper wire downwardly with synthetic turquoise bead (that is used to ensure the size of this loop)
4th, wrap the rest wire below the loop and cut off extra length;
5th, attach the synthetic turquoise bead into the loop with another piece of copper wire;
6th, utilize the copper wire to do coiling around the bead.
 
7th, leave 5cm length for upper wire and 3cm for lower wire (left part);
8th, slide beads on and loop wires outwardly to secure the beads.
 
The final look is like this:
 
So the tutorial of creating your own ring is done. You see, you can hand make a beautiful wire wrapped ring without ever leaving home and spending money in taking courses in large class.

Beads Material Information

Item Description	Size	Price/Unit	Action
Brass Wire, Nickel Free, Silver, 0.5mm, 9.5m/roll(CW0.5mm006) Weight: 326g Unit: 10 Rolls	0.50 MM	US $5.49 / 10 Rolls US $4.12 / 10 Rolls	Add to cart
Aluminum Wire, Silver Color, about 1.5mm in diameter, 6m/roll(AW6x1.5mm-01) Weight: 339g Unit: 10 Rolls	1.50 MM	US $4.88 / 10 Rolls US $3.41 / 10 Rolls	Add to cart
Colorful Acrylic Beads, Faceted, Oval, Magenta, 6mm long, 5.5mm thick...(PAB3044Y-6) Weight: 575g Unit: 500 g	6.00 MM	US $4.76 / 500 g	Add to cart
Synthetic Turquoise Beads Strands, Faceted Round, Cyan, Size: about...(G-Q041-2) Weight: 255g Unit: 5 Strands	10.00 MM	US $16.65 / 5 Strands	Add to cart
Natural Gemstone Beads Strands, Round, SpringGreen, about 8mm in...(G-E011-8mm) Weight: 202g Unit: 5 Strands	8.00 MM	US $38.41 / 5 Strands	Add to cart

Tools Information

Item Description	Size	Price/Unit	Action
A Set of Three Pliers with a Container...(P011Y) Weight: 460g Unit: 1 Set	160.00 MM	US $4.76 / 1 Set	Add to cart