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I’m Wired and Inspired

By: ornamento.blog March 21, 2013March 22, 2013

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I have a new project in the April-May Issue of Step By Step Wire Magazine! The African- inspired Spiral Frenzy is an elegant-looking necklace that rests just above the collar-bone.

It’s made from units of spiraled wire that fit into one another. Then you get to play with the butane torch and make the copper turn pretty colors!

The April-May Issue has lots of other great projects and articles. Pick up a copy in your local bookstore or buy one here.

Want to make earrings to go with the necklace? The instructions ( and loads of other great looking projects) are in Easy Wire 2012. You can order a copy here.

You can read my newest project article on how to make these cool drop earrings in the November/December issue of Step By Step Beads. You probably know that SBS Beads will cease publication with the January/February 2010 issue, The good news from the Interweave site is that it is being merged into Beadwork Magazine, and that Step By Step Wire is still going strong. I had a clasp making article published there earlier this year.

Make Your Own Clasps!

It took a long time for this necklace to come together. My friend Jeanne gave me the amber after her husband died. I got the coral, turquoise and Balinese beads at an outside art show in Portland, Oregon. I bought the red disc beads-actually made in Africa from old phonograph records-at a bead show.

The beads spoke to me one day and I put together the necklace below. I couldn’t find the right clasp to save my life, so, with some basic wire skills I learned in a glass from my Beading Yoda Jeri Schatz, I made a clasp. And then I made more clasps. And then I wrote an article on how to make clasps which is in the latest edition of Step By Step Wire Jewelry.