Wire woven bead cap TUTORIAL

Description

If you want to make your own wire-woven bead cap you can buy step-by-step instructions today! Now you will be able to make this intricate design with no difficulty. Although it is described as an advanced project, my instructions are clear and detailed enough for those with intermediate wire skills.

The lesson consists of 32 steps illustrated with 35 pictures. It also includes a list of materials and tools you will need to make the bead cap.

This tutorial shows how to make a bead cap presented on the first picture with two bead caps - oxidized and non-oxidized. All other pictures show variations you can create on the basis of the technique shown in the lesson.

what you need for this project:

•4 inches of 18-gauge sterling silver hard wire
•1 foot of 20-gauge sterling silver dead soft wire
•5 feet of 30-gauge sterling silver dead soft wire
•one pear-shaped bead sized 0,9 inch long x 0,5-0,2 inch wide, drilled with a hole large enough for 18-gauge wire, may also be oval or nugget-shaped.
•round nose pliers
•chain-nose pliers
•flat-nose pliers
•wire-cutters
•optional: liver-of-sulfur

You can pay for the tutorial via PayPal by sending $7 to iza [!at] izamalczyk.com address and pasting "tutorial 1" in the title of the transaction. A licenced copy of the lesson in the PDF format will be sent to your e-mail address usually within 24 hours from receiving the money (except from weekends and holidays when I'm out of my studio).

Added on Nov 03, 2009