Resources Desired
24" 18-gauge sterling silver wire
Pre-designed sterling silver cuff bracelet
(You can also make your very own cuff bracelet from heavy
gauge sterling silver rectangle wire if you like.)
Resources Wanted
Liver of sulfur or oxidizing Answer
Ruler
Marker
Round nose pliers Wire cutters or tin snips File
Chain nose pliers High-quality metal wool Polishing cloth Security glasses
1. Implement liver of sulfur or oxidizing Alternative towards the 24" of 18-gauge sterling silver wire.
It is vital to comply with any security recommendations the producer suggests around the Instructions when dealing with any chemicals. You are going to use the fantastic steel wool about the oxidized wire to get rid of several of the darkened spots When you finish the wrapping system.
two.Utilize the ruler to evaluate and mark the 24" of 18-gauge wire into four sections. Evaluate and mark the wire at 7", 12*. and 17".
three.Next, measure and mark the middle of the best with the cuff bracelet (because it’s curved, you'll be able to just type of eyeball it). Then use the ruler to measure and mark %" from the middle of your cuff to either side.
4.Firmly grasp the marked center of the 24" eighteen-gauge wire within the jaws from the spherical nose pliers. Use your fingers to bend the edges all the way down to sort an upside-down U form (the wire will resemble a big bobby pin).
When working with long parts of wire, basic safety glasses are advised.
5.Slide the wire onto the sterling silver cuff bracelet to the center mark. Pinch the wire limited on to the cuff bracelet and, although Keeping the wire to the cuff along with your fingers, wrap one facet on the wire randomly towards the Vi' mark which you manufactured on the highest in the cuff bracelet. You will need to look at in which the seven" along with the seventeen' marks are to the wire and use them to match κολιΠμε το όνομά σου up Along with the Vi" mark that you just created on the cuff bracelet.
8. Utilize the round nose pliers to curl the finishes of the wire up to the wrapped wire on the underside on the cuff bracelet. Utilize the chain nose pliers to firmly squeeze the ends up into the opposite wrapped wire. This may hold the finishes securely in place.
6.End wrapping the wire on one other side, matching up the seven" and the 17" marks to the cuff bracelet with the Vi" marks around the 18-gauge wire.
seven.Now wrap the wire on one aspect again towards the middle from the cuff bracelet. Then wrap the wire monopetra times on the other aspect of your cuff bracelet again toward the center. You may have to trim and file the ends with the wire so they finish up around the backside from the cuff bracelet.
9. Use good steel wool to get rid of the darkened place on the surface in the wire, leaving the φθηνό μονόπετÏο regions from the crevices of your wrapped wire dim. Buff the wrapped wire and the cuff bracelet having a polishing cloth.
What guidance would you provide a beginning artist?
Λ portrait teacher as soon as επισκευÎÏ‚ κοσμημάτων advised me that because of the 500th portrait I could well be really good. Lesson-apply; practice everyday.
Follow just one medium and do it really well. Craftsmanship is key.
This cuff is great for κολιΠμε το όνομά σου men and women. Utilize the larger sized Adult males's dimensions of pre-designed cuff bracelet and incorporate added length towards the eighteen-gauge sterling silver wire, commonly six to 8 inches to support
the more substantial Guys’s cuff bracelet.
