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Wire Wrapping Techniques – Advanced Briolette Wire Wraps with Spiral Embellishment

April 16, 2020
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by Detrina Kofroth

Ornate Wire and Gemstone Drops Good Morning and welcome back to The Alluring Bead Boutique. Today, we are going to step up our skills using Wire Wraaping Techniques. Recently, we learned to make the Simple Wrapped Drop Bead. In this tutorial, we are focusing on Briolette Gemstone Beads. Just like drop beads, Briolette beads are […]

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Wire Wrapping Techniques – Simple Wire Wrapped Drop Beads

April 8, 2020
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by Detrina Kofroth

Simply Beautiful Wire and Gemstone Drops Good Morning and welcome back to The Alluring Bead Boutique. Today, we are going to expand our skills using Wire Wraaping Techniques. We can use this wonderful technique to create components for our designs using any kind of drop bead. In this tutorial, we are focusing on Oval Drop […]

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Metalsmithing 101 – Handmade Components – Wire Wrapping Bronze Diamonds

November 1, 2019
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by Detrina Kofroth

Hello and welcome back to my mini-series, Handmade Components. Today, I am going to walk you through a simple organic way to add embellishment to the Bronze Diamond Components we made a few weeks ago, and offer a few different accent options along the way. Tools and Materials I will be using the Bronze Diamond Components I […]

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Handmade Components – Wire Wrapped Copper Ovals

October 29, 2019
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by Detrina Kofroth

Hello and welcome back to my mini-series, Handmade Components. Today, I am going to walk you through a simple yet elegant way to add embellishment to the Copper Ovals with Eye Loops, we made a few weeks ago. In today’s tutorial, I will demo how to make both versions of the component shown here. Let’s […]

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Metalsmithing 101 – Handmade Components – Wire Wrapping Brass Ovals

October 25, 2019
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by Detrina Kofroth

Hello and welcome back to my mini-series, Handmade Components. Today, I am going to walk you through a simple yet elegant way to add adornments to the Brass Ovals with Eye Loop, we made a few weeks ago. I am really pleased with the way my projects turned out and want to share the technique. […]