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A Jeweler's Life, Carnelian Spiral Drop Earrings, Jewelry Projects, Jewelry Techniques, Wire Components, Wire Jewelry

Carnelian Spiral Drop Earrings – Oval Ear Wires

April 20, 2020
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by Detrina Kofroth

Hello and welcome everyone. Today, we are going to learn to make a new style of component. The Oval Earring Wire, is a unique and beautiful finding that adds the special finish to your work, making your piece entirely handmade. The ear wires made today are used in the Carnelian Spiral Drop Earrings. These special […]

A Jeweler's Life, Carnelian Spiral Drop Earrings, Jewelry Techniques, Wire Jewelry, Wire Wrapping Techniques

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 […]

A Jeweler's Life, Boho Turquoise Drop Earrings, Jewelry Projects, Jewelry Techniques, Wire Components, Wire Jewelry

Boho Turquoise Drop Earrings ~ Paddle Ear Wires

April 13, 2020
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by Detrina Kofroth

Hello and welcome everyone. Today, we are going to learn to make a new style of component. The Paddled Earring Wire, is a unique and beautiful finding that adds the special finish to your work, making your piece entirely handmade. The ear wires made today are used in the Boho Turquoise Drop Earrings. These special […]

A Jeweler's Life, Boho Turquoise Drop Earrings, Jewelry Techniques, Wire Jewelry, Wire Wrapping Techniques

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 […]

A Jeweler's Life, Jewelry Techniques, Wire Jewelry, Wire Work Basics

Wire Work Basics – Open Spirals

April 4, 2020
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by Detrina Kofroth

Welcome back to Wire Jewelry and Wire Work Basics. I have been working on a new series of videos and tutorials for you to enhance your basic wire working skills. In the next few posts, we will focus on creating a variety of Wire Spirals which we can add to our jewelry designs as embellishments […]

A Jeweler's Life, Jewelry Techniques, Wire Jewelry, Wire Work Basics

Wire Work Basics – Cone Spirals

March 30, 2020
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by Detrina Kofroth

Welcome back to Wire Jewelry and Wire Work Basics. I have been working on a new series of videos and tutorials for you to enhance your basic wire working skills. We are focusing on creating a variety of Wire Spirals which we can add to our jewelry designs as embellishments or components. Wire Spirals can […]