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- Herausgeber: Fox Chapel Publishing
- Kategorie: Lebensstil
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022
Learn to make and connect wire links to create stunning jewelry! Use your favorite jewelry wire, from gold and silver to copper and bronze, to create more than 300 different wire links that can be used in countless combinations to form necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. Internationally renowned artist and best-selling author Lora S. Irish shows you how to use a handful of tools and materials to produce fun and elegant pieces simply by learning the basic steps. After you have mastered the art of twisting and coiling jewelry links, you can let your imagination run wild. Experiment with color, new shapes, and combining elements to enhance your wardrobe with pieces that are truly your own. Ten stunning projects are included to get you started and inspire your jewelry making creativity.
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Contents
1. The Basic Tool Kit
2. The Complete Link Set
3. 14 Basic Bent-Wire Links
4. Projects
About the Author
Lora S. Irish is the author of a series of craft, pattern, and woodcarving books including The Great Book of Dragons, The Great Book of Fairies, Wood Spirits and Greenmen, Relief Carving the Wood Spirit, The Great Book of Tattoos, and Modern Tribal Tattoos. Working from her home studio, Lora and her husband Michael are the creators of Classic Carving Patterns at www.CarvingPatterns.com, a site that focuses on online tutorials, projects, and patterns created exclusively by Lora S. Irish.
Essential Links for Wire Jewelry, 3rd Edition is a reference guide and idea book for the countless intermediate and advanced jewelry makers looking for new, creative ways to practice their skills. The complete link set within the book is the perfect way to discover new wire bends to be used in jewelry creations of any kind. If you are just starting your jewelry-making journey or would like more instruction, check out Lora S. Irish’s full-length book Easy & Elegant Beaded Copper Jewelry. Inside, you’ll find even more detailed instructions for creating all the links presented here.
© 2013, 2022 by Lora S. Irish and Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc., 903 Square Street, Mount Joy, PA 17552.
Essential Links for Wire Jewelry, 3rd Edition (ISBN 978-1-4971-0329-0) is an expanded edition of the book Essential Links for Wire Jewelry, 2nd Edition (ISBN 978-1-57421-408-6) published in 2013 by Design Originals, an imprint of Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc. Revisions include new cover art, new pages (35, 38, 50–55), and a font change. Essential Links for Wire Jewelry, 3rd Edition contains content first published in 2012 by Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc., in the book Easy & Elegant Beaded Copper Jewelry.
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Print ISBN 978-1-4971-0329-0
eISBN 978-1-6374-1161-2
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022931134
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1. The Basic Tool Kit
A few simple tools and household items compose the jeweler’s tool kit. A set of pliers—round-, flat-, and bent-nose—plus a set of wire cutters will quickly get you started. Your kit will need a work surface—use anything from a terry cloth towel to a jewelry pad. Add a steel ruler, measuring tape, scissors, and spring clips, and your tool kit is complete.
Tool sets that include basic pliers, cutters, and even jewelry tweezers for working with smaller diameter beads, are perfect for the new jewelry craftsman. You can also purchase your pliers and cutters individually. Purchasing specific individual higher-quality tools is an excellent option as you advance in your craft.
Tools
• Wire cutters
• Flush cutters
• End cutter
• Side cutter
• Pliers
• Flat-nose pliers
• Round-nose pliers
• Bent-nose pliers
• Nylon-grip flat pliers
• Coil maker
• Markers and pens
• Metal ruler
• Simple clamp
• Scissors
• Working surface (terry cloth towel or foam pad)
• Resealable plastic bags
Materials
• Assorted jewelry wire
• Assorted beads
• Cord and twine as desired
2. The Complete Link Set
One of the greatest pleasures of creating bent-wire jewelry is creating your own wire bends. In this section, I show you the links I created for the projects in this booklet, as well as others that were created along the way. When you begin designing your own jewelry, indulge the artist inside you by using the links in this chart as a starting point for your own creations. The possibilities of bent-wire links in jewelry design are endless. Explore. Experiment. Enjoy. Those are the secrets to making beautiful jewelry that will be noticed.
Link 001
simple side-loop link
Link 002
simple straight side-loop link
Link 003
wrapped side-loop link
Link 004
wrapped straight-loop link
Link 005
right-angle bend link
Link 006
open U-bend link
Link 007
tight U-bend link
Link 008
turn-back loop link
Link 009
midwire-circle link
Link 010
midwire-circle U-bend link
Link 011
midwire large-circle link
Link 012
spiral link
Link 013
midwire-spiral link
Link 014
turn-back wire spiral link
Link 015
simple side-loop link
Link 016
medium simple side-loop link
Link 017
long simple-side-loop link
Link 018
1-bead simple side-loop link
Link 019
2-bead simple side-loop link
Link 020
3-bead simple side-loop link
Link 021
simple straight-loop link
Link 022
medium straight-loop link
Link 023
long simple straight-loop link
Link 024
1-bead simple straight-loop link
Link 025
2-bead simple straight-loop link
Link 026
3-bead simple straight-loop link
Link 027
wrapped side-loop link
Link 028
medium wrapped side-loop link
Link 029
long wrapped side-loop link
Link 030
wrapped side-loop-bead link
Link 031
2-bead wrapped side-loop link
Link 032
3-bead wrapped side-loop link
Link 033
wrapped straight-loop link
Link 034
medium wrapped straight-loop link
Link 035
long wrapped straight-loop link
Link 036
large bead wrapped straight-loop link
Link 037
2-bead wrapped straight-loop link
Link 038
3-bead wrapped straight-loop link
Link 039
double wire-wrapped straight-loop link
Link 040
wire-wrapped simple side-loop link
Link 041
3-bead random-wrap straight-loop link
Link 042
small coil link
Link 043
coil link
Link 044
coil-covered simple straight-loop link
Link 045
large wrapped straight-loop link
Link 046
wrapped hook eye link
Link 047
wrapped long loop link
Link 048
wire-wrapped beaded long loop link
Link 049
horseshoe bead link
Link 050
long horseshoe link
Link 051
simple side-loop hook
Link 052
wrapped straight-loop hook
Link 053
wrapped straight-loop hook
Link 054
basic earring hoop link
Link 055
wrapped side-loop hook link
Link 056
wrapped straight-loop hook link
Link 057
double-wire hook link
Link 058
beaded hook link
Link 059
wire-wrapped hook link
Link 060
2 ½-turn spiral hook
Link 061
coiled hook
Link 062
hook-and-eye set
Link 063
long-backed simple side-loop earring wire
Link 064
simple side-loop earring wires
Link 065
open-curve earring wire
Link 066
medium-curved earring wire
Link 067
hairpin earring wire
Link 068
back-turned simple side-loop earring wire
Link 069
centered simple side-loop earring wire
Link 070
right-angle-bend earring wire
Link 071
deep-set right-angle-bend earring wire
Link 072
dropped simple straight-loop earring wire
Link 073
jump ring
Link 074
split ring
Link 075
open-eyelet spiral hoop link
Link 076
medium wire-beaded hoop link
Link 077
medium wire-beaded hoop link
Link 078
coil-covered medium hoop link
Link 079
coil-covered medium bead hoop link
Link 080
large wire-bead-wrapped hoop
Link 081
large wire-bead-wrapped hoop link
Link 082
large open-beaded hoop link
Link 083
wire-wrapped split ring hoop link
Link 084
6-turn wire-wrapped spiral link
Link 085
2-turn spiral link
Link 086
3-turn spiral link
Link 087
4-turn spiral link
Link 088
2-turn 3-turn double-spiral link
Link 089
double 2-turn spiral link
Link 090
double 2 ½-turnspiral link
Link 091
double 3 ½-turn spiral link
Link 092
wire-wrapped center double-hoop link
Link 093
double midwire-spiral link
Link 094
double-spiral bead link
Link 095
simple parallel spiral link
Link 096
2-turn parallel spirals link
Link 097
3-turn parallel spirals link
Link 098
2-turn parallel spirals link
Link 099
2 ½-turn parallel spirals link
Link 100
3-turn parallel simple side-loop bead link
Link 101
3-turn parallel spiral bead link
Link 102
3-turn spiral bead link
Link 103
parallel simple side-loop bead link
Link 104
3-turn bent-center spiral bead link
Link 105
open U-bend simple side-loop link
Link 106
open U-bend inverted simple side-loop link
Link 107
simple hairpin link
Link 108
long simple hairpin link
Link 109
1 ½-turn spiral hairpin link
Link 110
2-turn double-spiral hairpin link
Link 111
2 ½-turn double-spiral hairpin link
Link 112
3-turn double-spiral hairpin link
Link 113
large U-bend simple hairpin link
Link 114
beaded simple hairpin link
Link 115
3-turn double-spiral hairpin link
Link 116
3-turn spiral wire-wrapped beaded hairpin link
Link 117
locked double-spiral hairpin link
Link 118
2 ½-turn spiral simple side-loop link
Link 119
3-turn double midwire-spiral hairpin link
Link 120
3 ½-turn double midwire-spiral hairpin link
Link 121
midwire-circle simple side-loop hairpin link
Link 122
1 ½-turn spiral midwire-circle hairpin link
Link 123
2 ½-turn spiral midwire-circle hairpin link
Link 124
3-turn spiral midwire-circle hairpin link
Link 125
offset simple side-loop hairpin link
Link 126
offset 2-turn spiral simple side-loop hairpin link
Link 127
offset 3 ½-turn single-spiral simple side-loop hairpin link
Link 128
offset 2 ½-turn single-spiral simple side-loop hairpin link
Link 129
offset 2 ½-turn single-spiral beaded simple side-loop hairpin
Link 130
offset 2 ½-turn double-spiral hairpin link
Link 131
offset 3 ½-turn double-spiral hairpin link
Link 132
offset 4-turn spiral simple side-loop hairpin link
Link 133
offset 3-turn spiral hairpin link
Link 134
offset midwire-circle hairpin link
Link 135
double-hairpin link
Link 136
3-turn hairpin link
Link 137
5-turn hairpin link
Link 138
tapered hairpin link
Link 139
3-turn open-hairpin link
Link 140
4-turn stretched hairpin link
Link 141
hairpin bead link
