Wire and Amber Armlet or Cuff Bracelet Tutorial Wire Wrapping Jewelry
Wire and Amber Armlet or Cuff Bracelet Tutorial Wire Wrapping Jewelry
This is a great cuff for around the wrist or make it larger for an armlet around the upper part of your arm. Follow this helpful tutorial to add this piece to your jewelry collection.
You’ll need these supplies:
Listing supplies for 7-inch cuff bracelet. Adjust wire length and beads for large pieces.
11 inches of Copper wire; 18 gauge
3 – 8mm black glass beads; football shaped
12 – 6mm Czech fire polished jet beads
4 – amber button beads
6 – 4mm copper seamless rounds
2 daisy spacers; copper
You’ll need these tools:
wire cutters; flush cutters
Round nose pliers
Bent nose or chain nose pliers
hammer
anvil
Directions for this Tutorial:
1. Make an open spiral on one end of the bracelet.
2. Bead as shown in the above picture.
3. Make the opposite open spiral. Note how one spiral is down while the other is up.
4. Hammer flat your spirals so as to keep your beads in place.
5. Round your bracelet around a soda can. Adjust to fit.
