Ongoing project

Lots of Wire Wrapped Beads

Been working on this for few weeks now
Wire wrapping lots of 6 mm gemstone beads for a new project - blood stones, agate, amazon, morganite, cat eyes, black lava stones and rose quartz

Another few weeks to complete them

Mean while, have great Sunday everyone.

Wire Wrapped Coin and Baroque Earrings

Iridescent Baroque and Coin Pearl Earrings

These pairs of dangle pearl earrings are just so pretty.

Even prettier with the iridescent.

The pearl measures more than 1 cm each.

This is my first time using vacuum plated stainless steel wire hooks and ball head pins - in gold tone.

Unlike traditional plating, vacuum plated last longer and more durable - i.e. the gold tone will not tarnish or wear off that easily for few years. 

Cleaning them is easy - just use water with household soap or detergent.

Avoid cleaning with products containing caustic agents or chemical to remove tarnish or rust.

Iridescent baroque - even prettier under the morning sunlight

Close up of the iridescent pearls

Simply irresistible iridescent baroque pearls

Both pearls has the iridescent but the dark one is clearer

Holding them in my palm so you can gauge the size of the pearls

Have a great Sunday, stay safe everyone.

Wire Wrapped Rice Pearl Face Mask Chain / Strap

Wire Wrapped Rice Pearl Face Mask Chain cum Necklace

This is a very dainty piece, wire wrapped with 3 - 5 mm rice pearl.

At 80 cm, its the longest piece I have made.

Wear it as a layered bracelet

Wear it as a layered necklace

The tiniest wire wrapped loops, but its addicting 

Wire Wrapped Rosary with Mixed Gemstones

Mixed Gemstones Wire Wrapped Rosary

Completed this wire wrapped cross and rosary recently.

Customer requested for mixed gemstones i.e., healing gemstones for this rosary so here goes.

I mixed the following gemstones that made up this rosary:

• Citrine - stone of joy, enthusiasm, optimism, warmth, motivation, and clarity
• Amethyst - purifying and protective
• Rose Quartz - love stone, comforting and calming
• Moonstone - soothing, inner growth, positive thinking
• Jasper - courage, empowering, confidence, quick thinking 
• Agate - soothes and calms
• Malachite - protection 
• Turquoise - heal the mind, body and soul
• Smoky Quartz - aid concentration and memory
• Tiger's Eye - motivate

Face Mask Chain with Bloodstone and Ichthus

Face Mask Chain - Bloodstone and Wire Fish / Ichthus

Another face mask chain with Bloodstone and Ichthus / wire fish, similar to this one.

It is on its way to its new owner.

I hope it arrives safely.

Wear it as face mask chain

Wear it as necklace

Alternative way to hook the wire fish / Ichthus

It is long enough for layered bracelet

Wear it as layered bracelet

Beaded Face Mask Chains/ Straps

Wire Wrapped Face Mask Chains / Straps with Stainless Steel Chain

At last, this collection use stainless steel chains and wire wrapped beads, oh not forgetting the stainless steel lobster clasps.

Among all the face masks chains / straps I made, I prefer this as it is more durable and for sure last longer. 

Another plus, stainless steel does not tarnish or change color and very easy to clean. 

All you need to do is clean it with dishwashing detergent or tooth paste, or shampoo, or shower cream, or baking soda, etc. etc. with a small brush e.g. toothbrush. 

Easy peasy!

Knotting for Every Occassion

I think wire twisting, wire bending, wire sculpturing is somehow related to knotting or tying knots.

I experimented and created wire jewelry based on Chinese Knot here, here, here and here.

Don of Kingfisher Design likes to tie little bows with wire in his designs.

If you love knots, here is a Guide to Tying Knots for every occasion by FIX. (Dunno how to adjust the width of the pix...erm) - click on the pic and it brings you to the post.
Happy Knotting :)

Source: Fix.com

The Two Wire Wrapped Donut Pendants

These two donut pendants are for man.
For all that I remember, I have not done a lot of men jewelry and I hope this two are masculine enough that the owner is comfortable wearing them.
Both donuts are really huge. My first time working with such huge donuts..LOL..
The jade measures about 5cm+ while the rutilated one just slightly smaller.

On my palm and you can see how huge they are.
Maybe I have short fingers :)!

Close up of the weaving and "black needles" within the stone.

......and the other one.

Enjoy your remaining weekend......

Wire Woven Turquoise Cab

This one was very tough on my fingers. Yikes! The most difficult part was shaping the weaved wires to follow the shape of the cab and holding the shape together while making the bail. Imagine having to handle 14 wires on top there. I am reminding myself to use finer wires in my next project. For this one, I used 22ga and 26ga for weaving. Inspiration: Lisa Barth 

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Can you Spot the Difference?

Can you spot the difference? Still experimenting with Chinese Knot like last night.

Close up of the two different knots. Which one do you like better? I like both of them! :)

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Experimenting with Chinese Knots

Experimented with two Chinese Knot tonight. Been a bit slow with my wires lately so this is a nice break. This first one is from Corra's tutorial for Zhu Earrings. Instead of 28ga, I tried it out with 26ga wire and of course its a bit tough because with this knotting, the wire is treated like a thread...Not very happy with the outcome but ok for a first try :) This is not a ring or earring. Just an experimental piece. This is the snowflakes knot. This time around I use 25ga and needless to say, it is tougher but manageable. I think thicker wire like 23ga would look better. WireBlissMei

A Ring and a Pair of Earring

I completed three projects today. One was posted earlier and here's the other two - seahorse tail earrings and a simple pearl nest ring. This time around, I employ Soumak Weave for the seahorse tail earrings compared to the previous one where I used the figure "8" weave.

Samsara Mandala - A nod to Erin

There are many wire jewelry artists that I admire and one of them is Erin of EarringsbyErin. Erin create beautiful wire wrap jewelry based on New Zealand Maori art and carvings as well as its flora and fauna. I love her clean and symmetrical creations. Thank God she now shares her wire wrapping skill/technique by publishing tutorials as well. I recently purchased her Moana Hoop Earring Tutorial but yet to try it out. Sooooon...... New Year "to do list" :) A customer of mine is attracted to her Samsara Mandala pendant when I showed her Erin's creations. She requested that I create something similar. I didn't promise her but said will try as I have yet to try out her tutorial. This pendant looks simple but took the longest time for me - almost two days. The longest time was spent for measuring all the separate pieces that formed the pendant. Then the wire wrapping which need to be done carefully so that all the separate pieces are spaced out evenly and the shape stays. At closeup, the pendant looks like a starfish. This pendant measures 5.5cm in diameter and created with 20ga and 28ga wires. Thank you Erin for the inspirations.

Wire Wrapped Seahorse's Tails - Earrings

This wire wrapped and weaved pair of earrings are to be paired with the seahorse pendant completed and posted yesterday. They don't look like seahorse but resemble the the seahorse tail :D - simple enough as requested.

Facing the Cobra II - Braided Cuff

This time around I made sure I snap lots of photos of this 2nd Braided Cuff (Facing the Cobra II). Reason being I forgot how I wire wrapped and weaved the first Facing the Cobra Cuff. Yeah! It happens all the time...:). Anyway, this 2nd cuff turned out better than the first one. Took me longer this time around because while wrapping it, I don't know how it should finish. It took shape as I work along.

Wire Woven Earrings

Simply wire woven hoops earrings. This is my first hoops.

Back to Wire Weaving and Adjustable Ring

This is sort of like a challenge for me. A customer requested for a cab wrap ala Eni's Square Cab Ring but it has to be adjustable ala Louise's woven wave bypass ring. Was not sure whether I can do it or not but I gave it a try last night and Yippi! its possible. As can be seen here, the square bead is wrapped according to Eni's Square Cab Ring method while the shank is according to Louise's adjustable woven ring method. It was not easy but it is possible. Planning to make another one again.