{"id":14169,"date":"2015-08-22T01:24:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T05:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=14169"},"modified":"2017-09-21T18:40:49","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T22:40:49","slug":"wire-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=14169","title":{"rendered":"Wire Designs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello!<\/p>\n

So nice of you to visit my little corner of the world. \u00a0We’ve been off enjoying summer – travel to exotic places (pictures to come), the beach, and just soaking up my favorite season for as long as possible. I hope you’re enjoying summer too! \u00a0Before I wait another day, today I’m posting pictures of jewelry that was published in Stampington’s Jewelry Affaire<\/em>.
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This is a wirework twist of a charm-holder necklace. \u00a0I included some of my favorite stones – from smoky quartz to little brass cubes. \u00a0 It was fun creating all sorts of dangles using a seed-bead embellished vintage key and a herringbone wrapped faceted bead. \u00a0I used faux leather suede to finish the necklace, complete with a wirework clasp.<\/p>\n

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Now how about a sweet pair of wirework hoops? \u00a0The coiled wire adds a bit of texture, framing a carved mother of pearl flower.<\/p>\n

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** I’ll be teaching how to make these earrings locally in VA at\u00a0Stars Beads<\/a>\u00a0this Fall. \u00a0We’ll review wirework essentials such as simple loops and wrapped loops, along with coiling techniques. \u00a0I’ll also show a simple step to adding patina to brass wire. \u00a0Come join me! **<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I had been saving this graduated strand of turquoise beads for quite some time. \u00a0I decided to make a completely handmade focal just for these special beads. \u00a0I used sheet metal to create a semi-circle, and added texture. \u00a0Coiled wire adds great dimension – here I used several gauges of sterling wire along with twisted wire, wrapped around the crescent.<\/p>\n

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Layers of turquoise and silver! \u00a0Just for fun, I combined necklaces from my previous blog post. \u00a0They were all created as a collection. \u00a0There’s one more necklace to this collection – will post that one soon!<\/p>\n

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You can find these designs and instructions in Jewelry Affaire Spring 2015. \u00a0Thanks for stopping by!<\/p>\n

– Cindy<\/p>\n

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Cindy Wimmer is a jewelry designer with a passion for combining vintage elements with modern wire design. \u00a0She is the co-founder of\u00a0artBLISS<\/a>, hosting jewelry and mixed media workshops in the DC area. Her best-selling jewelry design book,\u00a0The Missing Link<\/i><\/a>, was released in the Fall, 2013.<\/p>\n

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Hello! So nice of you to visit my little corner of the world. \u00a0We’ve been off enjoying summer – travel to exotic places (pictures to come), the beach, and just soaking up my favorite season for as long as possible. I hope you’re enjoying summer too! \u00a0Before I wait another day, today I’m posting pictures […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12,32,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-jewelry-design","category-publications","category-workshops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14169"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14232,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14169\/revisions\/14232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}