Tag: silver

Throwback Thursday: wire bracelet

On By CarynIn Craft

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.

Throwback Thursday: turquoise necklace

On By CarynIn Craft, throwback
Photo description: Turquoise and silver necklace made in sections connected in an unusual manner, through the sides

I made this necklace in March of 2008, and it was featured in a FireMountain Gems catalog. I always meant to write up detailed instructions on its construction, but didn’t, so I’ll give you a short run down here.

The 13 cylinders are made by doing beaded crochet as a tube with waxed silk thread. I assembled each section with a cylindrical turquoise bead at each end, and ran a 20 gauge wire sterling silver wire down the middle, securing each end with a wire spiral. To connect the sections, I ran the same gauge wire through the sides of the cylinders, making sure that I went through the stitching inside, and made a spiral at each end. The clasp is a custom add-a-bead barrel style clasp, and I did have to ream out the bead hole to get the clasp into the bead.