| Gemhunter |
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Hi every one,
Here is my first attempt at wire wrapping. This one is a Green Opal from Brazil. This is what Sandy B. showed Randy and I on how to do it.
This is with the flash on.
This is with out the flash and is the true color of the stone setting.
KOWrapping Carl in WI |
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| Mike Streeter |
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Hey Carl - Not too bad for your first attempt, but keep practicing!
Mike |
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| Tom K. |
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Very good for a first Carl...
Keep um comin now!
Tom K |
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| jay bates |
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Hi Carl, glad to see you are expanding your creative endeavors into new areas. We are sometimes complacent and have an itching need to do new things. "Men at some time are masters of their fates" |
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| Gemhunter |
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Hi every one,
I had fun doing this and I was the first one done by over a hour. I did this the way Sandy B. showed me and not by the way the instructor was doing it. He way was so hard the new folks and I even helped out some of them to get their piece done before the meeting. We are going to be doing another class next month on this. I want to get this right before I do my Star Ruby's and stuff. LOL
KOWrapping Carl in WI with a real bad infection in my left leg.   |
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| Carol Poole |
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Hey Carl,
The smaller the rock, the harder to wire wrap.......get some copper, it will save ya money.....go to my web site, there is a place on my links page that has copper in square and other odd shapes and sizes.....have fun!!!!
Carol Poole |
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| Junesse |
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Hey Carl, that's a nice first attempt! I'd show you some of my firsts, but I think I buried them somewhere . But they weren't much to speak of. Here's a site for some brass practice wire in good gauges for wrapping, but I've never bought from them.
http://www.brandywinejewelrysupply.com/cybermerchant/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=17
Right now I'm playing around w/some niobium and titanium wire. The niobium works just like sterling, but the titanium is a pain. But you can get some great effects my etching thru the anodized color to the shiny metal underneath, it's very sparkly. |
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| Denise |
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....the facet man has gone wrapper! Hiya Carl! |
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| George Finley |
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Carl. I will also say you did good man. When working with wire of any kind use wood to move the wire around. I use Chop Sticks on small wire wrapping jobs. You don't damage the wire. I just clean up the round sticks from Candy Apples. The places where the wire won't lay flat against the stone you can take wood push it down. It look like we now have another Wire Wrapper. Keep up the great work. George. |
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