Four Wire Wrapped Pendants: The Hematite Family of Four
by Rose
(Chepstow, Monmouthshire, UK)
Hematite in Gold coloured copper wire
Hematite in Gunmetal coloured copper wire
Hematite in Silver plated copper wire
My friend handed me a box of crystals to take home and use in my wire work. On going through them I found four Hematite briolettes. Now briolettes are lovely, but how do we wire wrap them again and again but not in the same way?
First thing I did was to decide to use my four favourite wires, Copper, Gold coloured, Silver plate and Gunmetal coloured. All are copper based wires as I try to work within a budget for the people that buy from me and myself till I am in my own eyes, good enough to use Sterling silver every time.
Well I here is the fruit of my work. I used mostly 20/21gauge/.90/.80mm wire and 27/28guage/.315mm wire. I put in a few fresh water pearls, some Preciosa crystals and a lot of wrapping in coils.
Needless to say I still have some Sodalite to work with, and some 40 odd small Tiger eyes shaped like sharks teeth. So! I still have to use my creativity to come up with something unique and different again and again.
