Using wire frame this design can be individualised to suit your own taste … small and delicate or big and chunky. Designed by Rebecca from Bead Kingdom.
MATERIALS
2.2m approximately 16 gauge wire – gun metal
1 roll 24 gauge wire – gun metal
BEADS
Fresh water pearls
Glass pearls
Seed beads
Small lattice spacers
2.5mm gold spacer balls
5mm spacer balls
Flower spacers
TOOLS
Round nose pliers
Chain nose pliers
Wire cutters
Length of finished piece: 45-50cm
STEP ONE
Prepare 16 gauge wire by cutting 1 x 60cm (inner ring), 1 x 70cm (outer ring), 1 x 80cm (inner frame).
STEP TWO
To make the ‘Eye’ of the clasp: Using the 80cm piece of 16 gauge wire, straighten it. Use this piece to make both ends of the clasp and the inner framework. Using the widest end of round nose pliers, grasp one end of the wire 5cm from the top and bend it all the way around until the wire has crossed itself. See Diagram 1. Hold the inside of the loop at the intersection of the wires and pull both wires down and out slightly so that the wires sit parallel to one another. This forms the eye of the clasp.
STEP THREE
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