Puffy Wire Netted Beaded Heart Jewelry Making Tutorial
Created by XQ Designs
www.Handmade-Jewelry-Club.com,
www.DIYLessons.org
Please do not distribute, lend or copy. Do not mass produce.
Copyrights 2012 XQ Designs
Descriptions:
Fill again your day with love and make wire netted heart shape jewelry but this time, turn it into a perfect heart shape!
This heart is a puffy netted heart that’s beating with bright red bicone crystals. The bicones filled the center part of the
heart while it’s surrounding is filled with net-like weaved wire. The finished size is approximately 3cm x 3cm perfect as a
pendant or a charm and using your imagination, you can also use it as pin. With the tutorial you will learn simple wire
manipulation and wire weaving fit for confident beginners.
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Materials required
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13cm (5 inches) x 0.8mm (20 ga) wire
50cm (20 inches) x 0.3mm (28 ga) wire
40 cm (15 inches) x 0.3mm (28 ga) wire
Approximately 18 x 0.4mm bicone crystals
Tools Needed
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Round nose pliers
Flat nose pliers
Wire cutter
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Steel block and hammer
Step 1:
Cut 13cm (5 inches) 0.8mm (20 ga) copper wire.
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Step 2:
Using your flat nose pliers, bend the wire at the center
and create a “V” shape.
Step 3:
Fold the wire with the help of a pair of flat nose pliers.
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Step 4:
Separate the wires again and pinch the folded
end.
Step 5:
Create a curved/looped corner using a mandrel or any
rounded object as a guide. In this tutorial, we used the
ends of a nose pliers.
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Step 6:
You now have your heart frame.
Step 7:
Using your round nose pliers, create a loop at the end of
the heart frame like shown in this picture.
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Step 8:
After shaping your heart frame, place the heart frame
on a steel block and use a hammer to flatten and harden
the wire by hammering throughout the frame slowly.
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Step 9:
Cut 50cm (20 inches) x 0.3mm (28 ga) copper wire and
wrap the loops side by side at least 2 to 3 times like
shown in this picture.
Step 10:
Now, imagine you are creating a half circle, continue to
bring the wire to the right by leaving a space, create
a loop and then wrap once.
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Step 11:
After wrapping once slightly pull the wire.
Step 12:
Then continue to weave the wire by making another
loop. First, leave a space and then wrap once, leave a
space and wrap once, and so on and so forth.
Note:
You can use your round nose pliers to help you make a
nice, if not a perfect loop.
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Step 13:
Repeat Step 10 until you’ve gone all the way around the
heart frame. This will be your 1st line of loops.
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Step 14:
When you reach the end of the heart frame and created
the last loop, insert the wire into the first loop you
created shown in arrow.
Step 15:
Then wrap the wire once over the 1st loop like shown in
arrow and this will be the start of your 2nd line of loops.
Continue to weave and create the loops, but this time
over and round the 1st line of loops.
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You have now created your 2nd line of loops.
Step 16:
Try to adjust the weave/net-like wire into a dome shape
by pushing the net upwards to create a puffy wire
netted heart shape.
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Step 17:
When you’re done with your 2nd line of loops, slide in a
bicone crystal into the wire and bring the wire into the
next loop and wrap once.
Step 18:
Slide in another bicone, bring the wire into the next loop
and wrap again once.
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Step 19:
Repeat Step 16, going all the way around and over the
2nd line of loops to fill the center part of the heart with
bicone crystals.
When nearing the end of your 50cm (20 inches) wire,
secure the wire by wrapping neatly onto the loop and
cut off excess wire.
Step 20:
Cut another 40cm (15 inches) copper wire, wrap neatly
onto the last loop with the bicone crystal and start
weaving again with bicones. When done weaving,
secure neatly and then cut off excess wire.
Note:
The reason why we cut separately a 50cm and 40cm x
0.3mm wire instead of 90cm is it’s easier to handle
shorter wire to make the net.
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You have completed the Puffy Wire Netted Beaded
Heart. Hope you like it!
If you have any query or feedback for the tutorial,
please contact me at [email protected].
Please do not distribute, lend or copy.
Do not mass produce.
Copyrights 2012 XQDesigns
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