Collarspace Discussion Forums


Home  Login  Search 

Anyone into beading or wire jewelry?


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> Anyone into beading or wire jewelry? Page: [1]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Anyone into beading or wire jewelry? - 10/26/2004 1:21:59 AM   
ModeratorOne


Posts: 935
Status: offline 		So I picked up a new hobby. Every year around the holidays the neurotic crafty me comes out to play as I pick up something fun and new to play with and make some small gifts and decorations with.

The bug usually starts around the summer and by December I am rushing to finish. This year I decided to play with wire sculpting and gemstones, and somehow beading got lumped in there. I started a bit late though and this stuff is WAAAAAY harder than I expected.

What I wanted to learn to make initially was one of those wired gemstone trees. I couldnt find instructions but figured I would get some books on working with wire and eventually I could figure it out. While experimenting, I learned that I am having a lot of fun making wire jewelry, sometimes with beadings and polished stones, but I need some help with a few things.

Some of these projects are really complex and its difficult to figure out what the proper technique is when its never been shown to you. So far I have made a wired necklace in a pettern I made up myself since I had a bit of difficulty with the pattern I was attempting and this looked pretty cool. I also made a couple of wire wrapped pendants and a gemstone in a cage pendant. I made 2 bracelets but one was too small to fit on a hand and the other too big. I am also having a tough time keeping the wire from bending all the time and losing the shape I give it.

The only thing I have perfected at this point is swirls and jump rings lol. I also made a chainmail pattern copper bracelet.

I would love to chat with anyone who is into wire sculpting, who wouldnt mind answering some questions, or just talking about wires, beads and stones or other crafts.

Please send me a message, would love to learn more.

ModOne
Profile   Post #: 1
RE: Anyone into beading or wire jewelry? - 10/26/2004 8:09:35 AM   
proudsub


Posts: 6142
Joined: 1/31/2004
From: Washington
Status: offline 		My daughter used to make clay beads and string them. She called her business "killer beads". It was a lot of fun but she didn't make any money at it for all the hours she put in. Now it's just a hobby. She likes to make clay figures too.

_____________________________

proudsub

"Without goals you become what you were. With goals you become what you wish." .

"You are entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts"--Alan Greenspan


(in reply to ModeratorOne)
Profile   Post #: 2
RE: Anyone into beading or wire jewelry? - 10/26/2004 8:13:41 AM   
theroebabe


Posts: 3155
Joined: 7/25/2004
Status: offline 		found this in the forums not sure if it would be any help:

http://www.collarme.com/forum/Beaded_collars%2Fchokers/m_27159/tm.htm


_____________________________

Roe

People always ask me why I do these things . . .
It's because I can!

(in reply to ModeratorOne)
Profile   Post #: 3
RE: Anyone into beading or wire jewelry? - 10/26/2004 8:36:43 AM   
perverseangelic


Posts: 2625
Joined: 2/2/2004
From: Davis, Ca
Status: offline 		Me, me, me!

Though I mostly stick to beaded jewelry as I haven't had the time to make myself a wire jig yet.

Silly and juvenile as it sounds, livejournal communities are -great- for getting information about stuff like this. I've been learning various beading strategies through friends at craftgrrl

_____________________________

~in the begining it is always dark~

(in reply to theroebabe)
Profile   Post #: 4
RE: Anyone into beading or wire jewelry? - 10/26/2004 6:21:59 PM   
Brindle


Posts: 33
Joined: 10/18/2004
From: West Yorkshire, UK
Status: offline 		Yup - ben making my own stuff on an off for yrs - but the mail thingy ain't working for me somehow - I'm not gonna get on that often but am happy to try an help :)

What wire are you using? Steel, copper, silver, etc. - each have their own strengths and problems....my best advice is to get some small clamps and some good quality pliers in a range of "noses" (or shaped ends) as you will no doubt discover that your fingers are to few and not flexible enough! lol

Also investigate plastic coated wire in various thicknesses and teh use of crimps to keep beads in place.

you can also make quite simple wooden blocks or gadgets to turn and shape wire.

_____________________________

"Producing Brindle mice is fortunately very simple. Brindle is dominant...The easiest way is to find an English male with exceptional type...There is no reason Brindles can't have elegant ears, big eyes, long bodies and well set-on whip-like tails."

(in reply to perverseangelic)
Profile   Post #: 5
RE: Anyone into beading or wire jewelry? - 10/27/2004 2:35:59 PM   
velvetvixen


Posts: 378
Joined: 1/19/2004
Status: offline 		I am totally into beaded jewelry, I sell it on consignment at a semi-local shop that only carries handmad beaded jewelry on consignment. I only make bracelets because I am too into instant gratification, although if I had the attention span I would love to do the amulet bags.

I would like to try lampworking but I see myself burning me or the house down.

The hobby is addictive and can get expensive, but it seems that everything in life that is fun is expensive.

Much fun with your new hobby.


(in reply to ModeratorOne)
Profile   Post #: 6
RE: Anyone into beading or wire jewelry? - 10/27/2004 3:47:01 PM   
perverseangelic


Posts: 2625
Joined: 2/2/2004
From: Davis, Ca
Status: offline 		god I'd love to try lampworking. I'm invovled in a medieval group with a character that could wear lampwork beads, but they're far too expensive to buy.

Well, the stuff for lampworking is too, but still...

someday, someday!

_____________________________

~in the begining it is always dark~

(in reply to velvetvixen)
Profile   Post #: 7
RE: Anyone into beading or wire jewelry? - 10/27/2004 4:29:02 PM   
Brindle


Posts: 33
Joined: 10/18/2004
From: West Yorkshire, UK
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: perverseangelic

god I'd love to try lampworking. I'm invovled in a medieval group with a character that could wear lampwork beads, but they're far too expensive to buy.

Well, the stuff for lampworking is too, but still...

someday, someday!


But surely BASIc (as in very) lampwork can be done with glass rods and a bunsen burner? Then you can incorporate seperate beads, acrylic, metal...etc? That can't be that expensive?



_____________________________

"Producing Brindle mice is fortunately very simple. Brindle is dominant...The easiest way is to find an English male with exceptional type...There is no reason Brindles can't have elegant ears, big eyes, long bodies and well set-on whip-like tails."

(in reply to perverseangelic)
Profile   Post #: 8
RE: Anyone into beading or wire jewelry? - 10/29/2004 11:22:33 AM   
perverseangelic


Posts: 2625
Joined: 2/2/2004
From: Davis, Ca
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Brindle

But surely BASIc (as in very) lampwork can be done with glass rods and a bunsen burner? Then you can incorporate seperate beads, acrylic, metal...etc? That can't be that expensive?




honestly, I don't know. This isn't something I've done a huge deal of research into as I don't want to add -another- hobby to my list. For a bunson burner doesn't one need an source of gas? Too, I would imagine that glass rods aren't entirely cheap, especially with shipping.

Mostly, though, I have a list of hobbies to learn. Lampwork is on there, but it's after inkleweaving, naalbindg, basic ferrier work, and more complex corsetry design. Well, and graduation University.

Still, I'd love more info if you have any to share, just to store away for future reference.

_____________________________

~in the begining it is always dark~

(in reply to Brindle)
Profile   Post #: 9
RE: Anyone into beading or wire jewelry? - 10/29/2004 12:19:08 PM   
sub4hire


Posts: 6775
Joined: 1/1/2004
Status: offline 		Ok, I have to ask. What is lampworking? It sounds as if it is those 180 degree glass rods we used to have to make in chemistry. Relatively easy enough to do. Yet as Perverse says, where exactly do you find a cheap bunsen burner and a supply of I assume natural gas to fuel it?

Are you also putting glass beads on the glass and somehow bendiing the glass around the bead? If so, is this not messing up the bead or is it a more dense glass?

I guess I should just do a search on lampworking but it appears you all know what it is already.

(in reply to perverseangelic)
Profile   Post #: 10
Page:   [1]
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> Anyone into beading or wire jewelry? Page: [1]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts




Collarchat.com © 2025
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

0.063