Wire Wrapping Jewelry
Golden Roses Beaded Earrings
I decided to work a little with gold wire, and happy that I did. These Golden Roses pieces using gold filled wire, vintage coin beads and big grossularite garnet beads. See the other wire wrapped pieces here: Golden Roses Beaded Earrings and Golden Roses Beaded Necklace.
This bracelet fits so well around the wrist and the coloring just spells class.
You'll need these supplies:
- 22 gauge wire
- 20 gauge wire
- 3 - glass coin beads; mine are vintage caramel
- 2 - 12X16mm grossularite garnet beads
- 6 wire jumpring roses
- One spiral clasp with variation with eye, see instructions below
You'll need these tools:
- wire cutters; flush cutters
- Round nose pliers
- Bent nose or chain nose plyers
You are going to make a cool jumpring rose link with jumprings you make out of 20-gauge gold fill wire. You'll need 6 of these wire links.
- Cut five 3-inch pieces of 22 guage wire. Note: When looping the wire in this piece the loop needs to be large, so use the base of your round nose pliers.
- With one piece of wire, loop and wrap around a jumpring rose. Bead with a coin bead, loop and wrap around a second jumpring rose. On that end, loop and wrap another wire. Bead a garnet bead and loop and wrap around a third jumpring rose. Continue until you end with the third coin bead wrapped around the 6th rose.(see picture)
- Make a variation of the wire spiral clasp. When you start the spiral, use the base of your round nose pliers, making a larger hole in the middle of the spiral. This adds to the uniqueness of the piece.
- To finish the wire bracelet, attach the clasp to the ends with the wire roses.
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