I've been making jewelry for years, but have shied away from making shapes with wire because they never quite come out as I want. Your video makes this so much more understandable than many I've seen. Now it's time to break out the wire and start practicing. Thanks!
@lisaforbes7325 I'm all natural jewelry. I've been making bracelets from 12ga wire, earrings and necklaces of all sorts and dabbling wire weaving. Any hoops I've done were bought as hoops for me to add crystals or stones to via wire wrap or as dangles from the hoops.
I like your style of teaching. You show users exactly how to do it... I've noticed some people just rush through without explaining the technique. .. Thank you 👏
If you want to make the loops exactly the same size on the mandrel, just mark the location with a black Sharpie. You can remove the Sharpie mark later with Goof Off.
U can also use rubbing alcohol to easily wipe away away dried-on permanent marker from any smooth/slick surface. Always do a spot test on the surface in a hidden inconspicuous area first, to ensure the alcohol is safe to use on that surface first! Never use rubbing alcohol on your wooden or finished furniture please. Rubbing alcohol also works very well when ur trying to remove alcohol based -or- sharpie permanent marker & even some types of dye stains from ur cotton clothes as well! Start by placing the cloth on a clean white towel or rag, with the ink mark/dye mark, stain side down onto the towel/rag and use another white rag/towel saturated in rubbing alcohol to dab the inside of the cloth stain with (ideally u should use some rags that you don’t care about ruining for this, b/c when ur finished it will be probably be stained). Using the rag saturated with rubbing alcohol, dab the the ink/dye mark on ur cloth repeatedly by pressing down on the stain until the stained cloth is fully saturated, and the ink/dye begins to seep back out of the cloth in the same direction that it entered the cloth and out onto the bottom towel that u had placed underneath ur cloth in the beginning. As the ink/dye transfers out from ur cloth and into the towel and the dabbing rag, you will need to regularly readjust the cloth and towel underneath, so that u are always dabbing with and pressing onto a clean section of the towel with a clean section of ur dabbing rag (so u don’t transfer the stain back onto ur cloth). When the ink has all been transferred out of ur cloth, rinse ur cloth well with cold water to remove excess rubbing alcohol & then immediately run it through a cold cycle wash in the machine with ur normal detergent and then hang to dry somewhere inside ur home, away from any heat source and direct sunlight. (don’t ever subject any stained cloth to a hot wash cycle or a heated dry, until u have treated the stain, rinsed the stain well, washed the stain, let the cloth have plenty of time to cool dry on its own or in front of a cool fan, and then still not until after u have carefully rechecked the cloth after it’s dry, just to be absolutely certain that u got all of the stain removed from ur cloth first, before EVER allowing any heat to get near it!) A hot wash or heated dry will potentially ruin ur cloth for good if any of the ink/dye still remains on the cloth when it is subjected to the source of heat. Heat will almost always “set in” a stain for good! 🖊+👚🫙🪞=👍🏼❄️💧/ 🛑🌡🚫☀️❌🚱
Thank you SO MUCH for these wonderful tutorials!!!!! I was going to get a soldering kit but it's kind of expensive but now I know how to make what I'm wanting to make without soldering! You are an awesome teacher, very clear, explanatory, and easy to understand. Thank you SO much! P.S. The way I found your channel was through your commercial.
The video was great but I still can’t do it. Getting very frustrated with the wire. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. You make it look so easy. You do beautiful work with the wires, it’s amazing! Thank you for sharing this video and I look forward to seeing the next video for beginners like me!
Thanks for this amazing video! I found this channel as I was mildly starting to get interested in wire art and jewelry making, and after watching this, I'm so excited to start learning!!
So glad you found us, too!! Let us know what videos you like - and feel free to suggest techniques or ideas you want us to tackle on this channel! Thanks for watching!!
This was 3yrs ago. This is 6/14/22 The pear shape earring U could also have made that a post earring. When u bent that piece back and clipped it. Left it straight and made that a post earring. I have an idea about that hoop earring u did also. 💜 Luv it. 💞
Thanks! I could see what you were doing just fine. Not understanding the complaints. I’d say your videos are more midlevel for working with wire. Maybe that’s it.
I'm sorry to have to say this to you but I as a subscriber want to see more is a very clear video of what you're working on But the camera Doesn't come close enough perhaps a overhead video might work better.. I've watched many videos done that way and were able to see the full picture..Not to being rude but sometimes constructive criticism is good for Us all watching You !
I agree. I have watched people make jewelry for hours now and i will only subscribe to those that allow me to see the full video with closeups included.
Marlene Jones Hahaha on no. If you don’t subscribe to her channel she will not be successful. Oh wait. Nope, never mind she’s been doing the damn thing without you this entire time. Never forget, you don’t matter.
Susan, I Love the way you recap the supplies you chose at the end of the video. I was wondering, you hear so much about half-hard, dead-soft, copper, or aluminum wire. However, you don't always mention that information when you speak of wire. Are those things important to the various topics? I hope to hear a reply, but I know you must be awfully busy being an International TV Star. It is so kind of you to share your knowledge with all your followers. Thank you for being you!
The best thing to happen to me, is my supplier ran out of dead-soft. I bought half-hard and never went back to soft! My loops are neater, the wire is more controllable, no more wrinkles and imperfections. This is true with small gauge especially (24-28), as well as heavier gauges (16-20).
Well, I have the basics but no mandrels yet. BUT my hubby, who is a maintenance man, has lots of bags with gadgets, whatchamacallits, tools, and hammers in them so I should be able to find substitute 'molds'. :)
Oh I just had a fun thought , when. You were making your kite I thought it was looking like a neck tie , I could imagine a nice longish one as a necklace to dress up an outfit. You could wire wrap the middle to give it a pattern. I haven't thought beyond that . I challenge you to make one . ☺
Love your videos! I learn so much! Can you make a video on how to work with colored aluminum wire or colored copper wire and projects? Specially the tools needed so the wire doesn't get scratched. Thank you!❤
Yay..👍 Thanks for sharing. Who's tool do you recommend & like the best. Rarely do people share the tools that they are using and it's hard to know what tools would be the best in functionality and to invest our money in. I've probably button for five different sets of tools and still don't feel I have found the best performing tools. They Bend or indent or start separating. I'm tired of investing in tools that are not quality 😔
Hi! I would highly recommend all of the tools that you see in this video. They are all of the highest quality, functionality, and definitely worth the cost! You can find them in the links included here: Hammers - www.jtv.com/product/hammers-101-includes-chasing-hammer-and-checkered/pinstripe-texture-hammer/JSYT12?mcid=XSOjsyt Pliers: www.jtv.com/product/essential-tools-101-includes-cutter,-crimper,-tapered-round-nose,-flat-nose,-and-chain-nose-pliers/JSYT01?mcid=XSOjsyt Wires: www.jtv.com/product/jewelry-making-101-forming-shapes-out-of-wire-supply-kit/JSYT36?mcid=XSOjsyt
I have numb hands and I can't put backs on earings anymore, watching you with the long piece coming off the earing could you just bend it and I could put that in my ear with the long piece in the back?
