Intermediate Wire Wrap Tutorial SWIRLING EAR CUFF
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2016
- A tutorial... sort of.... I didn't plan this, but wanted to film an unplanned project so you can see how I work with some pitfalls and tangling wires, and uncooperative weaves, and even some wires breaking unexpectedly. The sound might jump a bit. I'm working with all new electronics... new laptop, new lights (which gave out because I didn't have them plugged in and thought they had a longer battery life... sigh), and I think I'll need to invest in a quality microphone for future videos (anyone wanna go to Best Buy with me?!).
So, this is definitely impromptu... the measurements are not exact, so I'll suggest using more lengths than I mention in the video, just to be on the safe side (though the 300cm of 28 gauge is more than sufficient).
And have fun! If you have any questions, be sure to ask them in the comments below, and also let me know what kind of jewelry you'd like to see me make in the future. Earrings and mirroring will definitely be an upcoming video, as well as a hair pin, so I've got a lot of good stuff planned! Stay tuned!
Materials & Tools
1 piece 20cm 18 Gauge Round Wire (I mention 18cm, but add a couple just to be safe), 3 Pieces 25cm 22 Gauge Round Wire, 1 Piece 300cm 28 Gauge Round Wire, Needle Nose Pliers & Wire Cutters
Also let me know if you like this kind of video while I fumble through unplanned projects, so you can see how I work around potential problems!
Thanks everyone! See you next time!
Nicole 
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This video made me HUMAN...LOL. Seeing that you struggle, yet persevere made my day. I'm back at making some jewelry again watching you. I've purchased a couple of patterns a long time ago, and loved them. I think you have great style and your creativity is amazing. Keep going gal, you inspire us to be better... even when the wires have a mind of its own.
Wow! I am so impressed 👍. I love the design you created. Very inspiring 😉 Thank you.
I have many, many of your tutorials purchased on Eni's website before she closed it down. You are super talented and I so appreciate the realness of how you create on this video. You are one of the most talented wire designer's I have ever come across. You are a blessing to all who are lucky enough to find you. May God continue to bless you and your work. What a God given talent - I am in awe of how you create. Know that you are loved. Thank you for sharing. Videos are so much more fun as we get to see the real genius who is a realy sweet girl who struggles just like us novices, but comes up with GEMS!
I appreciate the mistakes because you show how to correct the shaping of the weave. Wonderful work. Thanks
This is a truly amazing piece. I love watching you work, and showing when accidents happen, fantastic! TFS xx
OMG That is a lovely ear cuff. You do beautiful work. Thank You for this video. I really thought we lost you. I watch all your video's and saw that you are doing classes. Then you hadn't add any new video's for us in a few weeks. I felt so sad. I have learned so much from you. Please keep the video's coming. You really do inspire me. Thank YOU
+Patricia Johnson I'm definitely still here! The end of the year is just jammed packed full of things to get done so I didn't have an opportunity to do more videos. But I have three more that I'm working on now!
I learn so much from you. You're so very generous to create these vids... thank you again for all that you do for us.
I love it! I kept turning my phone, pulling it close, pushing it out, lol I didn't know what to expect, but I'm pleasantly surprised! Great job as always!
You make it all so simple. Thank you so much for sharing all of your work with us. I have really admired you I have learned so much just by looking at your pieces. Again thank you
Nicole, It is great to see you have "you tube" videos. I had gotten some of your lessons from Jewelry Lessons, so sad to see the site go. I thought I would be unable to get anymore of your tutorials. I have found a few of the artist and able to get some tutorials. Your work is so great and you are a great teacher. I am on a very tight budget so finding your free lessons here is such a blessing for me ( I am sure others as well). Keep up your GIFT of the freebies and your beautiful work. Thank you!
Beautiful as always! Your pieces are wonderful. Thank you for the inspiration and sharing.
Great video. It's good to see how you cope with uncooperative wires, and ones that break!! So helpful to those of us who aspire to wonderful wirework. Thank you for sharing xx😘
thank you so much for sharing your creative process. sometimes seeing that even professionals have mishaps and difficulties makes it easier for us nonprofessionals to believe our projects are not a loss when we encounter a blunder or two!
Thank you fOr sharing your process, I love every single video I have watched so far. I’m so glad there are more to watch, lol.
I love your tutorial, you explain so much. I love the tutorials I have purchased from you! You did such a good job and I have enjoyed making them. it had to have been hard to make them. thank you!
Such a beautiful design. I like how it curves around the ear too! Will share on my blog!!
Sure am glad to see this video as others I thought you might have stopped. I think this is a very nice ear wire an it looks like a rose. Thank you so much for doing an sharing your tutorials.
Thank you so much for this video Nicole! So many people are worried about not showing little mess ups, that it's nice seeing that even someone of your caliber still makes them. The piece is great, can't wait to try it, and Thanks again *hugs
This is absolutely amazing. Thank you for the tutorial!
Greetings from Finland!
Thank You, Nicole, for sharing this tutorial. I though wire wrapping is much more difficult. It is my second time trying wire wrapping and thanks to You my own work turned out pretty good. You are very sweet to share Your knowledge!
I just wanna say, This is one of the Best Tutorials I've seen! ! I think sometimes mistakes can turn out to be some of the Best Pieces. AND THIS PIECE WAS BEAUTIFUL : ) THANK YOU, Hippie Me ☆
Excellent teaching style. Thank you for sharing!
I love this piece and I absolutely loved the little accidents and mishaps you had - it really showed me how to fix litte mistakes when they happen! Thank you so much for this! I'm going to make this for a friend for Christmas!
I agree with some of the comments here regarding the 'mistakes'. I'm glad you left that in because mistakes can become masterpieces! Thank you for the instruction and sharing!
спасибо! по вашим видеоурокам учиться одно удовольствие!!!
This is really hard to do! Especially when you want it all to be straight and perfect...but like they always say practice makes perfect! Thankful for this video!
Dear Nicole, I am from Holland so my Englisch writing is very bad and I hope you will understand me... I'm so imprest! it is absolutely stunning wat you make! I want so gledly to let you now that... So I make a completely fool out of myself, :p hihi.. and typ it down all wrong, but for the best meaning and from the bottem of my hart
Thank you for the lovely comment! I understood it perfectly and appreciate that you took the time to leave it.
thank you so much! ;) xxx
This is an easy to follow tutorial for a fun ear piece, nice channel I found thank you
All in the world of jewelry making, lol. Great idea and design! Can't wait to try.
Thanks for that amazing demonstration.
Nicole, creativity at it!! absolutely beautifully done:-) i am a hobby woodworker but seeing your art I think I am going to give it a shot and make my wife happy:-) very inspirational video followed by your step by step explaining - thank you so very much:-)
I so enjoy all your videos, you inspire me :)
Sooo beautiful!
very pretty work. thanks for sharing.
Beautiful!!!
God that is so beautiful! Maybe with a century of practice I may pull off a bad copy. ..but I doubt it! Love it x
Amazing work...
Great video. I gave it a try tonight and while mine looks nothing like what it's supposed to look like, I enjoyed trying. I'm a beadweaver and glass cabochon maker and thought it would be fun to see what some of my pieces look like wire woven.
love this one
beautiful work! :)
another neat demo.. thanks
Thank you so much! You're the best!
What a beautiful cuff. I wish you could have shown how it is supposed to fit on the ear. I can't wait to try this. You are very talented.
beautiful - thank you
hola... gracias por tan buenas demostraciones... lastima no poder entender tus palabras pero esta tan bien grabado paso a paso q es muy fácil entenderse... saludos desde colombia
Your work is amazing. To witness your creative process is a blessing. Thank you for sharing that. it is absolutely stunning!
does the material you use rust or darken easily?
This was so interesting to watch and listen to....I really ''got'' your thought process as you worked and almost $#&% myself when that wire broke! LOL
love it thanks for the video
love it thanks for the video x
love it thanks for the video z
Awww-mazing!!!
Hey Nicole, you touched very briefly on deciding on a weave based on how you want to use it, and making those wraps fit that "vision." Can you possibly (might be hard, I get it) give us some idea of wraps that work in small spaces, vs wraps/weaves that work better for swooping big curves? THANK YOU. I've loved all of your videos that I've watched so far, and by far, this has been a favorite.
Thanks a lot nice video!!!!!!!!
Excellent video. I enjoy it very much. Thank you! Sifoutv Pottery
Hi this is amazing! I just want to know how did you make it look darker and less shiny:)
2019 strong
Do you have a video on how to add patina to your project
Thank you!!!! Your AMAZING! (general statement) *just started doing this craft. I REALLY need a question answered. See how your wire is soft & pliable?, well what is it called &/or where do u buy? IS it called dead soft? I use color wire but i want to use copper more, i just want a product that wont scratch off the copper.. (Sry im new at this) tysm!, I hope u get this comment.. & Blessings to u & yours ✌✌
Hi Sarah! It's dead soft copper. I usually buy from Rio Grande by the 1 pound spool.
Just wondering what you are using around your fingers? It looks like it is really assisting you in keeping the base wires in place and with tightening up the weave
It's Nexcare Padded Waterproof Medical Tape :D
hello Nicole...I love the ease of how you work the wire. pure talent!!
I assume you use "raw" copper wire. please please tell me where to buy it as so far I haven't been able to find any that is not coated (including Michaels craft store and a specialty bead shop near me on Vancouver Island BC Canada)
I really want to patina!
thank you for your videos
+J Smith Exclusively online at Rio Grande or Monster Slayer.
I normally read all of the comments to see if my question has already been asked but there were just too many this time. My question is how do you decide which wire gets the single wraps when doing a three, three weave?
absolutely stunning!! i'm inspired, coming from making chainmaille/chainmail so this is a very different discipline. have you got a book out? that i can buy here in England?
No book. I prefer individual lessons, verses a compilation in a book, so I just have PDF files available on my website at the moment, which hopefully allows folks to pick and chose the designs they like best.
Love your work. I notice you have a strong wrap around your fingers. What is it and where can I get some?
+Pamela Cates It's Nexcare Padded Waterproof medical tape. You can get it in the pharmacy section of most grocery stores.
+Go Art Yourself Thanks!!!
How in the name of all that's beautiful do you keep your left hand from cramping???? Any special hints?
+RocketJ520 Unfortunately no real hints there, I've just built up a tolerance to it now, and I massage my hands with a nice lemon Burt's Bees balm every day, which helps. I know it probably looked like I was gripping super hard, but only when the wires are being extra fussy. Usually I have a pretty mellow grip once the piece has been started.
Hi Nicole. You've got a gift for teaching, very easy to follow.
I assume you're American? Centimeters? :-)
Also the higher the gauge measure the smaller the diameter of the wire, is that correct?
Do you happen to know the sizes in centimeter instead of gauge or is there a formula?
I'm dutch, planning on having a go at wirewrapping and don't want to mess up.
Thanks dor the inspiration!
I am American. I prefer the metric measuring system to imperial... it just makes more sense. lol. And yes, you are correct that the higher the gauge, the thinner the diameter. I unfortunately don't know off hand the mm measurement of wire gauges.
I want one D: please make an etsy shop!
I sell on my website www.nicolehannajewelry.com :D
I shouldn't be watching this. I have an essay I need to write. I don't even own any wire.
+OOAKforest The number of times I've been sucked into the black hole of RUclips is just too many to count lol
Go Art Yourself ikr! It's dangerous!
hahahaa
Where do you buy your wire?
что за проволока такая??
Thanks for the video, Doesnt the copper turn green on you> Why waste so much time on this beautiful item if it turns your skin green in no time?
Though I know it's not to everyone's tastes, I find the look of copper (and if you ascribe to the beliefs... the metaphysical properties) far outweighs the inconvenience of a skin color change. As your body adapts to wearing copper, the effects of the metal (totally harmless effects) lessen over time. Now my skin doesn't turn green at all.
where do you buy your wire?
Rio Grande usually.
Thank you. Rio Grande is local for me. Do you put patina on your work?
I do! I also have a video on that :D
Nicole, your videos are very informing. Thank you for your patience. I am starting with petrified wood. I probably have around 500 lbs., (or more), of it raw. facebook.com/buypetrifiedwood I was wondering how to take my gems and make them into jewelry, rather than selling them outright as gems. After watching your tutorials I now know some steps to achieve my mission. I want to thank you and please continue making more. In the future if we connect I will send you pictures of my work and creativity.
-Richard Keith Frisbee
Omg ur good but ur poor hands
thank you so much for sharing your creative process. sometimes seeing that even professionals have mishaps and difficulties makes it easier for us nonprofessionals to believe our projects are not a loss when we encounter a blunder or two!
love it thanks for the video x
love it thanks for the video x