Sharing from afar (long post, 24 pictures)

Hi! I have an idea to share my story how I know this art and how I practice to improve my craft.
Hopefully this may help and guide other beginner through my story.
(If there is any mistake in my English, please kindly correct me.)

As (some of) you know, I'm from Thailand and in this country wire wrapping is in the deep dark corner of the realm of crafts.
I know this craft through the internet, mostly in Tumblr and Etsy.

I fall in love at first sight

and tried hard to know was there any wire wrap artist available in Thailand.
Sadly there was not.
There is wire art in Thailand but it's just the wire there. Motorcycle's model made from wire, metal wire bookmarks, etc. NOT WIRE WRAP.
I had a chance to open a cafe (actually a new age shop with foods and drinks) and there are stone and gems available too.
At first I tried wax thread like this

and this

and so on.

13th August 2014, The day my boredom grew ripe. My friends encouraged me to try a new thing.
So I went to the nearest hardware shop and bought some copper wire with not idea how to wrap.
I started with the same technique as wax thread and it came out like these

(Such Hideous!)

It was the first time I tried wire wrapping. I found it wasn't difficult as I expected and decided to go further.
The Internet is a huge helping hand. All simple techniques I found in the webs let me understood the wire's nature.


I know It's not wire wrap, but making this did help improve my skill.

one by one, method by method, I found myself addicted to it.








Then I tried to wrap it on my own way. Like this ring



and this Mangosteen



I think the key is do not afraid to try unfamiliar shape stones. Let your creativity and imagination lead your hands.
I never draft or design on a paper. I just let my mind and my hands work together. 

While I practice the skill I also share my works on the internet. There are Facebook's groups of stones and gems collectors (Thai people).
They like my works and some of them was inspired and begin to wrap.

There is a phrase here in Thailand, "Study is investment".
It means 'to obtain some knowledge, you have to pay'. So I went to a book store.
In the long shelf of 'Handmade and Craft', there were only 4 or 5 wire wrap's books there.
I chose one and I felt really lucky. The book is great and easy to understand, wrote by Abby Hook.
Her book brought me to the new field of wrapping. I learned how to weave and how to coil.
Here are some pieces I followed her pattern.









After a few works I had confidence enough to spread my wings and develop my own wrapping style.





















There are few obstacles here such as,
Thai people believe wearing copper will attract lightning (But I love working with copper).
The nearest wire supplier is 30 km away and it takes half a day on the road due to Bangkok's traffic.
But these are nothing to me.

I feel really lucky I found this forum.
I'll share more of my experiences and my ideas if you are not yet bored with me.
Please feel free to give me some advices. there are many more for me to learn.
Thank you so much.