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Carry Me - Gemstone Point Cap

By Gailavira

Uploaded on: Sep 05, 2008
Level: Advanced
Price: $6.50
Description:

The woven cap "carries" the stone in a beautiful, yet subtly graceful way.

I wanted a way to wrap gemstone point beads that didn't have the "been there, done that" feel to it. So, after playing around for a while I came up with this design. I liked this design so much I decided to do a tutorial for it.

This tutorial has instructions for two types of bails. One that is a "clip on" style that is great if you are using a ready made chain for neck cord with findings too large to fit through the bail. The other is a standard bail.

Price: $6.50
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Material List:
  • 21” of 20 gauge wire (dead soft or half hard)
  • 5" of 20 gauge half hard or full hard wire (only for clip on style bail)
  • Approximately 2 yards of 26 or 28 gauge dead soft wire
Tool List:
  • Wire Cutters
  • Round Nose Pliers
  • Flat Nose Pliers
  • Needle File or Wire Rounder
  • Bail Making Pliers or Mandrel or other round object approximately 3/16” in diameter

Number of steps: 38
File size: 766.69 KB
Page count: 30
Listing ID: #1180
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Categories Wirework Pendants
Tags woven wire_work wirework Wire Jewelry weave stone pendant gemstone point gailavira donna spadafore clip on bail bead cap

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  1. Holding the cap openby GailaviraPosted on - Mon, 09/22/2008 - 19:12

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Beautiful design! Would this
Submitted by cristinaamador on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 10:29.

Beautiful design! Would this work with undrilled stones?

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I haven't tried it with
Submitted by Gailavira on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 15:06.

I haven't tried it with undrilled stones yet, but I did try it with a coral branch that had a couple of lumps near the top of it. For that one I made sure to keep the weave real tight around the lumps and especially underneath it and it held. You would have to do the bail differently though.


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I bought this from gailavira
Submitted by ShawnaL on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 04:20.

I bought this from gailavira in her etsy shop. Great tutorial! excellent pictures and very well put together.

This is really really
Submitted by ShinyKristy on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 19:38.

This is really really pretty. Is the stone required drilled from side to side?

Kristy
Simply Shiny Bloghttp://shinyadornments.com/wordpress
http://www.shinyadornments.com

Hi Kristy. Yes, the stone
Submitted by Gailavira on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 19:45.

Hi Kristy. Yes, the stone for this tutorial has to be drilled from side to side. Once I can stock up on wire again I'm going to see if I can figure out a way to use a non-drilled stone without having to use glue.

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