Eden: A Wire Wrap Bracelet
by Kirsty Waight.
(Cambridge, United Kingdom)
It never ceases to amaze me how a simple piece of wire can form something so beautiful as a piece of jewellery. I’m certainly not an expert, and my wire techniques are very basic, but I have created a small selection of wire pieces, each very different from others.
This past weekend I was admiring some delicious glass leaf beads that I had in my stash but didn’t want to “waste”! I started twisting my chunkiest silver wire and I had visions of leafy tendrils intertwining that were absolutely perfect for my treasured leaves so I began winding them into the design, and finished with a couple of fabulous glass flower buttons.
I didn’t use any tools for the majority of the wire work; just a little pair of pliers to fold the final end! It’s a really simple design that can be pressed to fit the owner perfectly and it is easily adaptable to repeat the form without repeating the finished piece – I rarely make more than one of any piece so it gives me freedom to experiment, offer a design to more than one customer, but to give them the confident that only they in the whole of the world have THAT piece of jewellery!
Kirsty Waight
The Little Floating Craft Company
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