9:15 am est I was scrolling through the items offered by my supplier, and I noticed the pre-made trees you mentioned in your video. I think they are ok, but there is never a substitute for a handmade item. Each one is unique, although they may be similar, and each one has a bit of the artist. The artist is the soul of each piece. Your work is stunning! As a beginner with wire wrapping I find your pieces a little complicated, but I am learning, and will be ready to tackle one or more of your tutorial pieces soon, I hope. You are one of a kind, and so is your work. Don’t let mass production put you off, it’s inevitable, but it is Not unique! Love your cat! I have two that are always wanting to hold something down or push something off my work table! Gotta love ‘em!
Love your videos, you are a wonderful teacher, and love your creativity. I do have one suggestion though, and it would to choose a background music that is less annoying, and distracting. I know few poeple might comment it isn't, but those will be the ones without hearing issues. Lots of poeple do have problem hearing what you are saying with other sounds, especially when you have a sweet mellow voice like yourself. Hope this doesn't offend you just thought I'd mentioned it. Looking forward into learning more from you.
Thank you for watching and for your input Linda! I hope you don't hold the music choice of this video against all of my videos :) I am still relatively new to making videos and am always trying to experiment and learn different and better ways of doing things. I try my best to not get offended by critique, and the way you went about it here is perfect! I get frustrated when folks tell me to drink bleach or that I just flat out stink without offering the reason or a way to remedy the problem :p
Wow! You just totally de-mystified making these wire trees for me! Thank you! I love your teaching manner and your accessibility! I am sending you a virtual hug!
Pretty tree.........some people also call it the tree of life........I have seen many people do these and I have always loved every single design.......and also it impresses me personally..........I loved the look of the effects the gem stone chips create.......it typically reminds me of the leaves that a tree sheds and before the leaves fall they turn this deep golden brown.......
I must say, I am such a big fan of yours and just finished a complete set with the herringbone weave that I learned just today from you but you look so great in this video??? I don't know what catches my eyes but it deffinetly are your eyes and the color of them, I'm so deadly jealous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As a hobby makeup artist I would dy for your eyes !!! I just think you're very happy and that blouse makes your eyecolor pop so much??? I don't know what it is but you look amazing and your work is incredible as always !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gonna try this too as I always made wire trees and kettled jewelry but this is such fun !!!!!!!!!!!
You have a lot more greenish in them mine are more to the grey tone but I heared it's named Hasel Eyes when they have different tones in them like little dots or brown little vains, so I have got Hasel Eyes but so much smaller than yours still jealous LOL I'm making bracelets with the Herringbone Weave but single ones, without the two sides you made in the tutorial, and I love doing that wrap !!!! It's easy and not boring it's real fun !!!! Thank you so much for 'you' !!!!!
Thank you so much, I love all your videos and art work. I try most of them and only failed at less than a few of them😅🙂but I'm a beginner and one day maybe you'll see one of my designs and duplicate it. 👀👍🏾☺️
hi sweet Yvonne about a year ago I made well let's say I tried to make a tree of life I hated it haven't tried since but unakite is my favorite Stone and I think maybe I'll try it one more time for you lol *huggs*
Yvonne Williams about time for another song for me don't you think lol just got home from my first physical therapy session on my shoulder what fun and it's raining like the Dickens here too luv you sweet girl *huggs*
You might try a thick doubled over piece of wire and just keep it in the center and wrap the other wires around and then two turns after your thick bit to hold it and continue.
It’s people like me that need to see what you’re talking about when you say “you see, this is how it’s suppose to look” and your hand is off camera………rant over. (It’s just I want to try your version of the tree of life, and I need to see the root part!)
Yvonne..I was wondering how you determine how much 24 gauge wire you use per branch..What if I wanted to do a 8" ring..how would I figure out how long the 24 gauge strands need to be..because I'm like you I want the artsy fartsy extras on mine also..Thanks for your time..Love your work!!
Love this video! I've been making the tree in different sizes but my problem is that since I've built them from the roots up, I never have enough room left after making the branches to put as many beads on as I would like. Making the tree from the top down will solve the problem. So thank you for sharing this!
I have been putting a swing on a few of my trees, ladders are hard. I did put a ladder on one, looked crummy. (Just didn’t seem to match……I think if I spray painted it?? Might have worked. I’ll have to check it out.). Also thinking about putting a bicycle up against the trunk of the tree.
You describe things very well but I hate the background noise you have playing. You don't need that. Sorry but I couldn't keep listening to you with that background.
I so agree about art vs income. I give a lot of my art away. I’m always being accused of not charging enough for my work. My pleasure and satisfaction is when I feel I’ve done a good job! I’m my worst critic !
Can we hear you without the music. I can't think with it playing. I would rather just hear you. I'm am learning how to make these and your way is the best. I could watch you all day. I laught like you do when I talk.
Thanks again for sharing, I do not get tired of watching you!! You have taught me a lot. You have a nice and relaxed way of talking through your tutorials as well as instructing...you are a natural teacher! I love making things too, and keep my hands busy...mosaics, stained glass, crochet, tatting, jewelry and wire wrapping, decoupage. I just love making things but time is against me...75 but so much more to learn and do!!
sorry I couldn't hear what type of wire you said you were using for this. I am just starting with making jewelry and I am absolutely loving your channel. I just subscribed today and have been watching for 4 hours to find which one i will attempt first lol . so many to choose from
Hey, Melanie! I am using enameled copper wire from www.parawire.com Thank you for subscribing! I would love to see what you make: you can share picture to my facebook if you would like facebook.com/Back-to-Earth-Creations-232879571674/ :)
thank you for making videos! your awsome and I love your cats I've been making a ton of dragon eyes and I have made a couple tree of lives you are my inspiration I LOVE YOU!!! lol and your cat is so cute :) do you have a Facebook page?
The tutorial is so inspiring. I love them all. I've been watching your tutorials for 24 hrs. Haha. But some of us more mature people can't see so good, and it would be nicer with a white piece of paper even. Because this one I mostly listened. You are such a sweet girl. I thoroughly enjoyed the tips and encouragement. You are a gem my dear. Thank you Rhonda in nor cal
I Love this video! Thank You for making it... I am a beginner to jewelry making so I will try this one and hope it turns out correctly...thank you for showing how to do it with such detail...most I have found do not show this well..I have subscribed and am looking forward to seeing more!
If you like how it looks then that is correct! There is no right or wrong way to make your art come alive :) Thank you for subscribing, and welcome to my channel!
The root/canopy ratio varies depending on the species. Most of the time the ratio is 1.5. I.e. if the canopy has 10m in diameter, the roots will have 15m in diameter. Good job on the jewelry :)
Amazing tree pendant! Love your reference of "As above, so below"! I love your work and you are extremely talented. Thank you for sharing this technique as I am in a major learning period, with many interests I've just discovered. I do have a question for you. What are your thoughts, or what do you know about RE-sellers on Etsy? I'm sourcing from a U.S. wholesaler through the Shopify platform, while I build my arts/crafts collection to sell my own handmade items in the future. I came across MANY shops on Etsy using the same supplier. This jewelry may only be sourced from this wholesaler. No one on Etsy's Facebook groups seems to care. I've emailed Etsy and they say they DO investigate every flagged/reported store or product. I don't personally source products through AliExpress or Alibaba. But, I'm quite aware of they items available. I've seen tons of shops selling products absolutely sourced from China. I have np with people sourcing their products from China or using AliExpress or Alibaba. I DO have a problem with businesses passing these products off as handmade by them. It seems to hurt the true creatives selling on Etsy, by increasing the number of stores, thereby making it increasingly competitive to be found due to the dishonesty flooding the platform. Also, this takes traffic away from those who take time to build and run an actual website, which can be very time consuming when you're wearing all the hats. Etsy provides the luxury of, almost, built in traffic. We must carefully use SEO to rank in Google, taking time to name and describe the products, differentiating from the blanket names and descriptions on same products on Etsy. How would you approach such a situation?
Hey, Monique! Thanks, I am glad you like it! :) I was really pleased with how this tree came out. This is a really good question, I am going to try my best to answer. I don't know any resellers on etsy personally. Some of the resellers are manufactures that are distributing their own product in different quantities. some of them are folks who buy from the manufacturers and redistribute without having to wait for what can be in some cases a really long shipping time. I personally do not use etsy because I didn't have a lot of success there; but I know many artists that use it exclusivity and are happy with how its going. I took the money I was spending on etsys fees and just got my own domain and built a website through weebly. I use social media, deviantart, youtube, and my presence at conventions to advertise and generate traffic that way. With etsy I felt like if I were lucky enough to get someone looking at my etsy page, it was just as likely that they would be distracted to another store by similar items. Also, etsy has become a name synonymous with handmade, so the average customer might presume that what they are buying is handmade when in reality its a cute, but mass manufactured, charm bracelet from aliexpress. the way I approach it is to do my best to spread knowledge where I can on my own personal platforms (on my own facebook page, my own website, and my youtube tutorials. I respect everyones' need and desire to make money and I feel like more often than not its the consumers responsibility to be informed about what they are buying. I do my best to pass along what I know and have experienced, but I don't go to other store's pages and post where they get their materials, or that their product isn't handmade. I typically don't really give my opinion or thoughts on something that isn't directly affecting me unless someone asks me. it gets difficult, because when a company sells mass produced items under the guise of handmade it complicates how the customer perceives the item. If someone who has been to hobby lobby or michaels and has seen their wire trees sees one of mine at a craft show, are they going to recognize the difference in quality? Are they going to think that the one at michaels defines handmade and that mine is just something store bought that I am reselling? I have no idea. So try my best to tell customers about the different pieces and refer them to the videos of how the pieces were made. I hope that didn't get too rambly or off topic. Its a really intricate and thought provoking question that doesn't really have a clean answer for me. tl;dr It sucks and I don't like it, but all I can personally do about it is spread artisan education so consumers can be better informed and artists can be better equipped to achieve their goals.
Hello Yvonne, wow! Since that night I went to the hospital. I have since been admitted to hospital and heart surgery done. #2 for new experimental pace maker. Still kinda weak but getting better. Thanks for being there the one night. I hope you had a Merry Christmas. I did.
You said "gnarl up the roots" right after I did :P great minds lol Loving these videos, Yvonne! Very relaxing to watch, and very informative and captivating :D
Whoa. I'm only a short way into the video. I started making my own tree of life wire thingy.. decided to come to you for some clearer direction bc I've hit a creative block. Already see you took a completely opposite approach to this. I started with some wires and freehand wove them to for the trunk and limbs and just wove in more wires as needed to form more branches. Then I left take wires to attach it to the large round base.. now 8m kind of wishing I would have started off with your video lol not that I dont like what I came up with. But yours seems more logical to get a nice finished look. Mine is very hap-hazard. Oh well. I am definitely taking your advice on the hammering to work harden the base and give it texture. Then the "beads" I'm just going to be gluing a random selection of small peoples onto it that our 6 yr old collected from the playground. To add a little bit from her into this piece. :)
... Question: What is that noise (tapping, drumming) in the background? it made it hard to hear you sometimes... ... so I muted the video, and just watched your great craftsmanship...
I love making wire trees and anything with wire, beads, stone. Havig a problem figuring out how to make a palm tree using just wire. Have not found anything so far. Do you have any ideas? I have decided that a multi wire braid makes a realistic trunk
There is a difference. Just putting something together that is not really being creative, but when you take the time and learn the craft it's much more rewarding and you can actually say hey I actually created this or that piece of jewelry or whatever it is that you're designing.
You are the sweetest,most honest, lovely lady with the cutest laugh & you make amazing videos especially for us newbies🤗 Thank you soooo much for sharing & teaching us all! I wish you all the love, luck & success you deserve😘
For What It’s Worth: I’m 👌🏾 this close to turning 59 and I too turn the tutorial sound down...because I am cranking up the Raconteurs CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY. And , yes, it might get loud. Very. Yvonne, my dilemma is I really want to use the simple wrap for the dragon’s eyes but my eyes are repurposed large aquarium marbles (a mesh bag full at Dollar Tree!) with mostly round ‘eyes’ and the tutorial example is more oval. And of course I can’t get the damned wire to obey, but I’m sure it’s operators error. Help me, Obi-yVon...you’re my only hope!
Hi, Yvonne. I love your tutorials and appreciate your always reminding me not to be afraid of trying things out. In the tree video, you mentioned a "bare branches" tree. Could you put that on your future tutorials list? And/or give a link to a photo of one you"ve already done? Hugs to the kitty, and stay warm.
Hey, Tiara! I will make a tutorial on how to make a bare branch tree for you! I am glad you enjoy my tutorials, and if you have any questions or ideas please keep in contact; wire that has been messed up from experimentation is better than wire that never gets put to use!
I love your vivaciousness and your creativity and maybe it's my age, but trying to listen to you talk and the thumping of drums or guitar in the background kind of made me have to turn off the volume, then I couldn't hear you. I know. I'm old (62) but I do drum and I'm very young at heart ♥ but it was too much input for my brain I guess. (I also have epilepsy so maybe that adds to too much input.) Maybe a few with just you or turn down the volume of the bg music? I think you do amazing work. Just wish I could watch more of your vids. Be well. Be. (whoops just saw the person below me but I'll leave mine here too. I have maybe a different reason to throw into the pile?) very light flute maybe? ☮️
I hear you, Amethyst! This was an experiment with background music that I don't know how to undo without reshooting the video. I am hoping that if I get better editing software I will be able to redo the same footage with quieter/different background music. Thanks for your input, though! I am always looking for ways to improve my videos for yall :)
Its funny reading this today. I fully understand where Amethyst is coming from but I was thinking about how I missed the drumming and chanting backgrounds that made me want to craft with your videos in the background. I am the opposite of Amethyst in that it helps me focus. lol. Thank you again for all the amazing tutorials. I still check in daily to see what you have created.
I think if it where turned down a little, it work a bit better. I had a hard time hearing your voice some of the time. My multi-tasks were trying to multi-task! LOL love your videos!
Maybe use smoother music so as to not over power what you're saying. Music is great to bead by but not if overwhelming. I am trying this now, thank you so much, easy to follow
I love your tree. I live in south Florida where the trees never loose their leaves. However, I would like to make one piece for winter, one for spring, summer and Fall. Each would use different gem stones with none for Winter, Green here and there for Spring; full green for summer and multi color for fall. This would be a reminder to me for where I grew up in Southern Illinois; and it would be fun to wear.
As you have , no doubt, now learned in finishing your Master Gardener program, a tree's root system is actually nowhere near what the top growth of the tree looks like. That is a myth. A tree's roots will reach 3-4 times the diameter of the crown of the tree, and, while some trees do have a deep tap root, most of the roots are in the top 3 feet of the soil, so it in no way mirrors the top of the tree., as you mention here. All that said, I love your videos and have learned lots, but am something of a horticulture crusader, having gotten my college degree in horticulture and landscape design and am trying to dispel the myths.
OH yes! Was cleaning up today, found some bracelets. They are too small for me, sooooo am going to make some of these. Thank You so very much for being yourself.
Well done! This is a great tutorial. Your narration speaks to beginners, as well as to seasoned wire workers.....I like that! I also love that you incorporated your “kitty.” My dogs are always with me, laying at my feet. I believe my creativity feeds off of their energy. Hobby Lobby customers are not your customers--a completely different clientele. As far as I’m concerned, chain stores pose no threat to creative artists such as yourself! Well done! P.S. Was your client happy with your creation?
Very nice, I have been watching your video's for weeks but haven't tried any yet. But I am sure going to try. Your video's are so great for teaching. Thank you.
Thank you for the video on tree of life i make them for my jewelry business and I make dream catcher pendant I'm always looking for different was to make them
Sarah Nelson most of the wire I use is pretty soft. you can work harden it by running it through nylon jaw pliers or a piece of fabric in your hand before wrapping with the wire. also, you can harden it up after wrapping by hammering lightly or pressing with nylon jaw pliers. I think I may put together a video demonstrating some of my favorite ways of hardening up soft wire :) I hope this was helpful!
