Wire Wrapping For Jewelry

Did you ever wish you had the talent and know-how to make some beautiful jewelry for yourself? Well, now is the time to understand how simple it can be to make your own jewelry. Learning more about the wire wrapping that is used and how it is the biggest part of making the jewelry is crucial. Wire wrapping is an art in itself.

Wire temper refers to the softness or hardness of the wire you select for your jewelry making. A soft wire that gets harder as you are working with it is called dead-soft wire. It is the easiest wire to bend and work with but actually becomes full-hard wire when finished. A more difficult wire to work with is half-hard wire. You can actually use dead-soft wire by working with it a bit to make your own half-hard wire. With a little experience, you will have your own preference to which wire you prefer to work with. A full-hard wire is not soft enough to work with for wire jewelry projects. Rather, full-hard works better for making pins.

You need a variety of pliers to do wire wrapping for your jewelry. A pair of round nose pliers is better for spiraling the wire or making loops. The chain nose pliers are helpful while grasping the wire to bend it and you can get the pliers in to smaller areas because they usually have a thin head. The bent nose pliers is also helpful to get in to a hard to reach place.