Wednesday, January 20, 2010

New Tutorial - Eternal Sanctuary!

Eternal Sanctuary

Wire Pendant Tutorial








This lesson teaches you to make a woven rosette pendant with a single center bead, reminiscent of a pearl hidden safely within its shell.

Price:
$8.00

Skill Level:
Advanced

Materials:
• 9” 20g dead soft round wire
• 8’ 28g dead soft round wire
• 4” 26g dead soft round wire
• 1 6mm round bead


Tools:
• Round Nose Pliers
• Flat Nose Pliers
• Wire Cutters
• Needle File or Wire Rounder (Cup Burr)
• Ruler
• Fine Tip Marker

Available in my tutorial shop: http://gailaviratutorials.etsy.com.

Friday, January 8, 2010

New Tutorial! Woven Ear Cuffs!







This tutorial teaches you to make a simple, but very stylish, wire woven ear cuff. The cuff made in this tutorial is shaped as more of an oval to make it more comfortable for most people. However, if you would prefer a traditional round shaped ear cuff, that is also possible with this tutorial.

The ear cuff in the second image is the one illustrated in the tutorial.

Skill Level:
Easy

Material List:

* 3” 20g wire (either dead soft or half hard will work)
* 3’ 28g dead soft wire
* 1 4mm bead

Tool List:

* Chain nose pliers
* Round nose pliers
* Wire cutters
* Flat nose pliers
* Needle file or wire rounder
* 6mm mandrel or a piece of a 6mm wood dowel

© Donna Spadafore, Gailavira Jewelry
You may use this tutorial to make jewelry for sale. If you do so, please link back to Gailavira Jewelry ( http://www.gailavira.com or http://gailavira.blogspot.com ) in the item description, if possible.

File will be sent to you in PDF format.

Please include the email address you would like the download instructions sent to in notes to seller during checkout. If no address is specified, the download instructions will be sent to the address provided by Etsy.