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Copper Wire Jewelry: A Guide to Making Your Own
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Copper wire jewelry is one of the very earliest forms of adornment. Beautiful and long lasting with a long tradition amongst artisans, copper is easy to fashion into all kinds of jewelry. Popular recently with crafters using copper for wire wrapped jewelry and copper sheets for more substantial structured work
Wire Wrapped Rings: Why They're the Best Gift
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Wire wrapped rings are entirely handcrafted, making each ring uniquely special. Wire wrapping is a centuries-old technique that uses sterling silver or gold filled wire to securely wrap smaller stones, beads, or crystals.
Celtic Wire Wrapped Bracelets: A Look Into The History Of This Unique Tradition
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Celtic bracelets are a beautiful way to show your heritage and tradition. Each bangle is hand-crafted from celtic weave wire wrapped around a gemstone for a look that is both modern and timeless
Making Bundles For Wire Wrapping
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My Work Area Making Wire Wrapping Bundles This is where we finished off last time. This is a pic of my work area. I do all my wrapping with a lap desk so I'm sat comfortably with all my tools and materials in easy reach.I have the cabochon, the 4 square wires we cut, 1mm half round wire and my tools. I have laid out a bead mat, ruler, polishing cloths, a reel of red 0.4mm wire, my tool caddy containing - 2 flat nose pliers, wire cutters, round nose pliers, nylon jawed pliers, chain nose pliers, plastic hammer, wire...
Alyce and Cariad.
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The trainers said she would probably die. If a young Dragon didn’t kill and eat within hours of hatching they had a very slim chance of living another day. About 10% of all Dragons were lost that way. Some were just hatched too sick or weak to kill and it was considered a natural way to keep the blood lines strong.