Wire-Wrapped Jewelry Techniques: Tools and Inspiration for Creating Your Own Fashionable Jewelry (Fox Chapel Publishing) 30 Expert Wire-Wrapping Techniques Step-by-Step, plus 8 Stylish Projects

by Lora S. Irish

This comprehensive guide to wire-wrapping jewelry covers all the techniques beginners need to know! Wire wrapping is a quick and easy technique that will take your jewelry craft to the next level. A little wire, a few simple tools, and some brightly colored beads are all you need to start creating your own intriguing fashion statements! By adding new wires to basic links, you can alter simple shapes into complex and fascinating focal designs. Wire-Wrapped Jewelry Techniques teaches 30 expert wire wrapping methods for jewelry wire, such as forming bent-wire links, working a wrapping pattern, wrapping sequential layers, embellishing decorative loops, adding coil elements, and much more. This comprehensive guide to wire wrap jewelry includes 8 step-by-step projects for stunning necklaces, pendants, hairpins, and earrings. Internationally recognized craft author and instructor Lora S. Irish shows you how to use a handful of tools and materials to produce fun and elegant pieces simply by learning the basic steps. Achieve that bold designer look without breaking the bank! In Wire-Wrapped Jewelry Techniques , you'll learn how This handy jewelry guide from the legendary Lora Irish will have even beginners creating eye candy jewelry that's runway ready! "It may take practice to get as good as Irish... but it will surely be worth it"— BRISTOL HERALD COURIER "[Lora] takes you through the basics... and then sets you on the path to designing your own pieces right away so you can free your inner jewelry artist"—CRAFT GOSSIP "If you are interested in designing jewelry using wire‑wrapping techniques, then [Lora Irish's book] is a must"—NIGHTOWLREVIEWS

176 pages, Paperback

Published September 10, 2018

Reviews

[Ligaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've been checking out a ton of jewelry books from the library lately and this one on wire-wrapping is almost mind-numbing! The author goes through 30 (THIRTY!) different techniques of wrapping, plus variations and combinations. There is A LOT to look at here, a multitude of photographs. The step-by-step text sometimes had me scratching my head, but the accompanying photographs definitely allow you to figure things out, particularly if you're more of a visual learner. I would have loved to see the jewelry on a person, to get a sense of scale, as well as many more actual finished pieces, not just as "pendants" but completed necklaces. My jewelry teachers have often warned me about "sweater catchers" and I wondered how these pieces live in the real world. Also, different metals would have been nice to see as the majority of the work seemed to be in copper. Lots of inspiration here!