Deluxe Thing-a-ma-Jig
Chain-Sta
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Deluxe Thing-a-ma-Jig |
Chain-Sta |
Coiling Gizmo |
Multi Mandrel Set |
Travel Tool Kit |
 Nylon Jaw Pliers |
 Round Nose Pliers |
 Chain Nose Pliers |
 Flat Nose Pliers |
 Bail Making Pliers |
 Wrap & Tap Pliers |
 EZ Jump Ring Maker (large) |
 EZ Jump Ring Maker (small) |
 coil cutting plier |
 half round/flat bending pliers |
 5 step mandrel set |
 "V" Making Plier |
 6-in-1 looping pliers |
 The Perfect Looper |
 Bail Maker 1.5-2mm |
 Bail Maker 3-5mm |
 Bead Crimper |
 The Little Looper |
 Bench Blocks |
 Miniature Horn Anvil |
 Easy Ear Wire |
 Round Your Wire |
 Chasing Hammer |
 Wire Whacker |
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Weave, Wrap, Coil: Creating Artisan Wire Jewelry
By ParaWire team member Jodi Bombardier (128 pages)
Looking for new ways to manipulate wire jewelry? Weave, Wrap, Coil showcases a variety of techniques, including weaving, coiling, wrapping, texturing, and forging, and offers new ideas for creating truly amazing combinations with both silver and copper wire.
Inside you’ll discover:
basic techniques as well as beginning cold metalwork tips
25 contemporary and dazzling projects, from bracelets and necklaces to pendants, cuffs, and rings
Detailed step-by-step photography and illustrations
Designer Jodi Bombardier emphasizes wire weaving as a signature technique. She encourages you to use a variety of materials, such as beads and stones, to showcase the gorgeous details of your wire pieces. Perfect for new and experienced wireworkers alike, Weave, Wrap, Coil groups projects by level of difficulty, with each level utilizing three to four of the important techniques.
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Totally Twisted
By Kerry Bogert (144 pages)
This fresh approach to design shows jewelry artists the secret to combining sterling silver wire with colored wire and glass beads to produce high-end looks. Tips and tricks for making easier, more successful wirework accompany the 20 designs for earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. Techniques for coiling and wire wrapping are included along with how-to's for making clasps and wire components. Along with suggestions for exploring color in jewelry creation, the manual also features variation ideas to show how simply changing colors in a design can transform a piece. Necessary methods and project outlines are displayed through step-by-step photos and offer wire crafters the opportunity to hone their talents to produce unique and creative pieces.
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Making Wire Jewelry & More
By Linda Chandler & Christine Richey (96 pages)
Those with interest, but absolutely no wire-working knowledge, will find this gradual guide a great introduction to every aspect of working with the enduring medium of wire. The chapters walk the aspiring craftsperson step-by-step through the entire process, from where and how to shop for wire and beads, to choosing the right kind and gauge of wire, and what tools of the trade they need to borrow or buy. No background is assumed; skills build upon each other as the book progresses. The basic jewelry components, such as loops, jump rings, findings, and connectors, are covered in turn. These lessons are then put to use with a selection of six projects, from jewelry to more unusual uses for metal embellishments such as greeting cards. Filled with lessons, tips, and resources from start to finish, this manual is a primer for the true beginner.
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Making Bead & Wire Jewelry
: Simple techniques, Stunning designs. By Dawn Cusick (128 pages)
Use beads and wire imaginatively to make the most fabulous jewelry, including earrings, necklaces, bracelets, pendants, and eyeglass chains. It’s easier now than ever before with the incredible range of readily available bead-making supplies, color-tinted wire that gives you a whole new palette of choices, and specialty wire that was previous only available to professionals.
Try your hand at: Wire wrap choker; Teal coils hair clip; Evergreen wire & crystal beads necklace; Caged beads bracelet; Gemstone pendants; Dancing Bead People Earrings, Pins, and Pendants; Bead flower choker and earrings.
Bonus: More than 30 patterns to use with a Jig to create lovely wire links.
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Wire Jewelry : Visual Quick Tips
(212 pages)
Expert tips and tricks for making beautiful wire jewelry at your fingertips – anywhere you go. This book has the answers you need—fast. With detailed color photos and concise instructions, it shows you how to use wirework tools and supplies to make attractive necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and rings using the hottest techniques: making jump rings, head pins, and eye pins – Creating and connecting drops and links – Making clasps and ear wires – Twisting wire – Wrapping within a framework – Creating wire chains – Using a wire jig – And more.
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101 Wire Earrings
by Denise Peck (127 pages)
Create stunning wire earrings
Learn how to make more than 100 fabulous earrings using today’s hottest and most versatile jewelry material – wire. In this inspiring volume, best selling author and designer Denise Peck has compiled a stunning collection of earring projects from some of the country’s top designers.
Instructions for making these stylish earrings are explained in easy to follow instructions and are accompanied by step by step techniques that make creating these designs a cinch. Projects in the book are rated by skill level and time commitment, and all the techniques are covered for making the basic earring components. Creating beautiful wire earrings has never been easier!
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Wire Style: 50 Unique Jewelry Designs
by Denise Peck (117 pages)
Express yourself with wire!
In this collection of contemporary designs, top wire-jewelry artists turn the most universal and versatile material into dazzling jewelry designs for any occasion. With materials from base-metal to gold filled wire and beach pebbles to semiprecious stones, the bracelets, necklaces, pendants, and earrings in this collection are the perfect way to make a stylish statement.
Wire Style has something for wireworkers of every skill level, budget, and personal style. Basic wireworking skills are explained and illustrated with step-by-step photography, and each project provides a new opportunity to coil, weave, loop, hammer, and wrap stunning one-of-a-kind jewelry.
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All Wired Up
by Mark Lareau (127 pages)
All Wired Up will have you creating unique wirework jewelry in no time. Incredibly detailed step-by-step instructions are accompanied by more than 260 exquisite line drawings, and together they give every particular necessary for success. Try your hand at a wirewrapped cabochon, then make a necklace using “The strongest wire hook and eye clasp in the universe.” The piece de resistance is a gallery of wirework from twelve contemporary artists, including the author, presented in full-page color photographs.
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Wirework
by Dale "Cougar" Armstrong (127 pages)
Take your wire jewelry designs to new levels!
Learn Dale “Cougar” Armstrong’s secret for creating designer wire jewelry with this clear, inspirational, step by step guide. New design possibilities are combined with solid technique instruction in this guide to creating stylish jewelry with traditional wirework techniques. Armstrong’s methods show you how to create beautiful custom bracelets, necklaces, pendants, earrings, pins, and rings in marvelous detail.
Readers will enjoy how to:
+ Create pendants with any size or shape of faceted stone.
+ Use several methods for working with and setting faceted stones.
+ Mix wire gauges and tempers to create stable yet creative pieces.
+ Create intricate designs using stones, cabochons, and beads.
Wirework will challenge and inspire artists to push their creativity and develop their own style of jewelry.
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