Throwback Thursday: wire bracelet

Today we are looking back to February of 2009 at a fun cuff style wire bracelet I made from thick gauge sterling silver wire. I bent the wire like ribbon candy, then hammered it flat (and kept having to readjust the bends because when you hammer them they want to open up). When I had the waves where I wanted them, I hammered it into a cuff shape around a bracelet mandrel.

Photo description: sterling silver wire bracelet in a squiggle pattern about 1/2” wide

The ends are curled into loops to protect the wearer from the cut ends. This is a fun little project and makes a pretty wrist adornment.

Broken

My daylily bracelet finally broke after four weeks of wear. I felt it pop, but didn’t find the break until later where I joined a new leaf into the twine. It was probably the soak in the chlorinated pool that hastened its demise.

Photo description: daylily leaf bracelet with a broken strand on my wrist, calico cat in the background