TUTORIAL:

The Sardinian Brooch is a very popular adornment in female fashion and it is widespread in almost all the island.
In the past centuries the brooch was used to hold the headdress of the traditional dress.
It has a red stone (or a big red glass stone) in the centre and small baroque pearls around it.

This tutorial presents my personal version of the filigree of the traditional Sardinian Brooch.
The ancient Mediterranen arts still live in the entwining of women of the new millenium, isn’t it great?

• All wire and beads requirements are approximate
• 5.5 feet of sterling wire 20 gauge size
• 32 feet sterling wire (soft) 25 gauge size
• 30 feet of soft sterling wire 30 gauge size
• tiny beads approximate 2 mm (about 1/16”)diameter (about 60 beads depending on the diameter of the central stone and on how many arms you want to make)
• about 80 darker ivory beads approximate 3 mm (about 1/18”) diameter
• 1 back Brooch 20 mm (about ¾”)
• 1 red glass stone (or red stone) 15-20 mm

• Chain nose pliers
• Round nose pliers
• Flush cutters
• Flat nose pliers