Wire Jewelry Making

Jewelry making is a hobby that is slowly but surely gaining a lot of popularity and is being increasingly picked up by many super annuated people, homemakers, old men and women as well as physically challenged people who want to utilize their spare time or leisure in a productive manner and give vent to their creative restlessness and yearning.

Jewelry making is an easy enough hobby if you have patience, perseverance, diligence, passion, imaginative power, an eye for meticulous detailing, aesthetic sensibilities and a sense of style and design. As a beginner you would do better by starting off with something elementary like making beaded jewelry with the help of wires.

In order to make wire jewelry, you need to get familiar with the basics and fundamentals of wiring. In this article I will try to guide you through the labyrinth of wiring technique so that jewelry making with the help of wire becomes easy for you.

Wire used for beading is ultra thin and extremely fine. Its width varies between 0.021 inches to 0.015 inches. It is manufactured out of woven stainless steel that is coated with nylon.

When you desire to create an earring piece or an anklet or maybe a bracelet, you should use a thinner wire. Thicker wires are ideal for necklaces. You should learn the ropes of wiring technology, especially if you are a beginner for it is the simplest method of jewelry designing.

However, be prepared to face a few hurdles even with this so called easy technique. The first of these hurdles is wire kinking. If the kinking is not done properly it may result in the bead strands hanging out of the necklace in an ungainly manner. Kinking the wire is difficult, but once it is achieved, the wire might become weak and prone to breakage.

The jewelry wire should also follow the body contours, but kinked wire often refuses to settle in shape or take on the shape of the neck or the body part where it is being worn. However, with the advancement of technology, this problem has been eliminated and the wires that are available today are much more pliable, malleable, versatile and durable.

Wire jewelry is most suitable for stone beads or mineral beads or other kinds of large accent pieces. Wires are best to impart a round/circular shape to jewelries like necklaces or bracelets and that is their main function.