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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 1, 2024 14:57:55 GMT -5
Another month gone and on to a new one. For April, rockbrain, the previous first up, choose something other than a pendant to make- like a bracelet or ring. That oughta be fun. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
Remember, as always, this challenge is meant to push our boundaries, get outside our comfort zones. No winners or losers, so don't be shy- join in. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by liveoak on Apr 1, 2024 19:39:07 GMT -5
That oughta be fun. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Well, that sounds like a challenge all right !
Patty
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Post by susand24224 on Apr 2, 2024 0:37:30 GMT -5
Perfect! I was wanting to play with a bracelet--perfect opportunity!
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Post by liveoak on Apr 2, 2024 6:33:55 GMT -5
I've got to love your enthusiasm, Susan ! I think I've started 3 different wire wrapped bracelets & put them down, I guess this is the time to finish one !
Patty
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Post by susand24224 on Apr 2, 2024 16:55:03 GMT -5
I've got to love your enthusiasm, Susan ! I think I've started 3 different wire wrapped bracelets & put them down, I guess this is the time to finish one ! Patty I hear you--and mine may suffer the same fate. Looking forward to trying, though, and living by my motto of "if at first you don't succeed, fail, fail again--until you don't."
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Post by rockbrain on Apr 2, 2024 21:15:51 GMT -5
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Post by liveoak on Apr 3, 2024 6:04:04 GMT -5
I don't think they would be considered wire wrapping NOPE ! You're not getting off that easy ! Patty
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 3, 2024 7:26:02 GMT -5
As impressive as those are, yeah, not wire wrapping. Nice, though.
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 6, 2024 11:36:18 GMT -5
I have decided to make a ring that I haven't made in forever. I'll have to follow my own tutorial as I have forgotten how. I hope I can!
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Post by liveoak on Apr 6, 2024 12:13:18 GMT -5
A ring sounds cool. I look forward to seeing it.
Patty
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Post by liveoak on Apr 10, 2024 6:24:38 GMT -5
Has anyone had experience tumbling a wire wrapped bracelet ? I'm working on a theoretical one and trying to plan.
Appreciate any insight,
Patty
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 10, 2024 6:32:01 GMT -5
Has anyone had experience tumbling a wire wrapped bracelet ? I'm working on a theoretical one and trying to plan.
Appreciate any insight,
Patty
I have. I tumbled it like I tumble anything else. It was fine.
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Post by liveoak on Apr 10, 2024 6:37:07 GMT -5
Excellent, thank you. Guess I have to get the bracelet done then. I cut the wire last night-progress !
Patty
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 10, 2024 7:15:42 GMT -5
Excellent, thank you. Guess I have to get the bracelet done then. I cut the wire last night-progress ! Patty I should add that if it has beads, you have to be careful.
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Post by liveoak on Apr 10, 2024 7:29:43 GMT -5
No beads, no worries- but thanks for the warning.
Patty
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Post by liveoak on Apr 27, 2024 10:00:35 GMT -5
Three days to spare, and I think it came out pretty good.
But anybody that has followed tutorials know that you usually have to change or tweak them to make them work for your brain & your stone.
It only took me three tries - meaning this was the third variation & I think a keeper.
Thanks for the challenge-my first wire wrapped bracelet.
Patty
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 27, 2024 10:42:33 GMT -5
Very nice! You did a good job. I love the way it clasps. I like his book. The projects are great jumping off points.
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Post by liveoak on Apr 27, 2024 10:51:34 GMT -5
Thank you ! That's exactly what I like about his book, he wrote it as a starting point & encourages you to change the designs.
Patty
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Post by susand24224 on Apr 27, 2024 15:48:37 GMT -5
liveoak, a lovely completion! I think what you did was extraordinary; it even looks comfortable to wear. The wrapping is great, as is the remainder, and the stone looks perfect in this setting.
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Post by susand24224 on Apr 27, 2024 16:05:49 GMT -5
So I am following up Patty's exquisite wrap with my partially done, tutorial-based bracelet to be! I followed (or more accurately, tried to follow) a tutorial by "Erika" at Wire Art Tutorial. Here are the problems. I KNOW that I should try out intricate parts of a design in advance, but of course I didn't do that. So the "waves" on the left are rather skewed, but by the time I got to the right side I had it figured out. I also figured out that the stone I chose (Biggs) wasn't terribly suitable for the wrap. This is an old cabochon by Ralph Siler, and being Ralph, it has a perfect girdle, a perfect dome, etc. etc. but this design will work far better with a cab that has very slanted sides, i.e., a sloppy cab. I have plenty of sloppy cabs, but not one small enough, so I stopped and ordered one. It is highly unlikely that it will arrive before the end of the month. If I wanted to be more of a perfectionist I would redo the bracelet but I can't stand the thought of wrapping another 144 inches of 28 gauge of wire around a 22-gauge wire--I think it took a significant portion of my remaining life, and am afraid to "drill wrap" with such a small gauge. I really do like the *potential* for this design, and will post it when my glass cab arrives, I finish the design (it's a blue glass cab of a boy riding a bicycle across the moon) and decide what to do with the clasp. The stone will be held with a twisted 18 gauge hammered wire across the back which is used to secure it in place with 26-gauge wire around the sides of the wire oval. (The tute calls for 28-gauge but I don't trust 28-gauge to hold much of anything, so I will change that part intentionally. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/susand24224/image/upload/v1714251558/lgkv1lfbqntlfyggeys3.jpg) Someday I will create this design again--as soon as I forget how tedious wrapping all that 28-gauge wire was, and hopefully before I forget how to make the waves! Apologies for the crappy photo highlighting where I accidentally dropped acetone on my oak table. . .
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