Hooked On, Copper Wire Jewelry

Well, just a few new projects finished, thank the goodness. My hammer is broken, so I started to string some of the amazing beads brought to me from Mexico. The Turquoise, once again, is from the most amazing Magpie and I loved using these Carnelian beads as accents. Very ‘Egyptian feeling’ to me. Again, using a simple leather cord, I create a casual ‘finishing end’ to the necklaces. Some are simply tied and believe it or not, the leather holds as well as any clasp.

A nice way to finish off leather, at least in my opinion, is by using a handmade clasp in a figure 8. The leather, I add wraps of 21 gauge wire, attached one side, but left the other lopped. It threads through the figure 8 like a slide clasp and ‘catches’ just enough to hold firm, because of the wrapping at the ends. Take a closeup…. I like doing them this way as it gives an easy and secure way to alter the length of the necklaces. The leather is not large enough to be ‘bulky’ when knotted at the back, but it is large and rough enough to ‘hold tight. Sure, it’ll come off if you yank on it, but most clasps will too if you tug well enough. It’s a secure hold. Give it a try. These beads are a decent weight with the copper wires also and so I found this to be a nice surprise that a simple tie knot would work. The other copper clasp is simply hammered from 14 gauge wire as is the rest of the heavy copper in the designs. The accent wraps are all 21 gauge.

Click any of the images to enlarge. Enjoy the ideas and now I need to run off and list these.

As an update to the Artbeads.com blogging for beads promo I spoke on earlier, I got my bead! I’ll be thinking on a project to create and post soon – one quick trip out of town, but by next week, I should have that posted here also.

Hugs and creative days!

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