This tutorial was inspired by
my attempt to wire together some small resin cabochons I had made. I wanted those cabochons to be closer together so these coiled wire hinges were the solution. I am using those resin cabochons as an example. But you could easily use the same technique for any small two hole beads you want to link together for a bracelet.
You will need :
- 20 G and 26 G dead soft wire ( I used gold colored fine silver plated copper wire), courtesy of Parawire
- 2 hole beads - I used small resin cabochons made with the molds and resin from Little-Windows.. The holes were manually drilled.
- wire coiling tool (I used the Deluxe Coiling Gizmo)
- flush cutter
- chain nose pliers
- a small knitting needle or bead awl
You can use small knitting needles if you do not have a coiling wire tool. I used the smallest mandrel (1.1 mm) of the Deluxe Coiling Gizmo to create a long wire coil of about 5-6 inches long. The internal space of the wire coil just allows for 4 passes of the 26 G wire.
Measure the depth of your bead. Then separate the long wire coil and cut short lengths. Try to do flush cuts. File ends.
Cut about a 6 inch length of 26 G wire. Go through the wire coil and one hole of the bead twice. The wire ends should then cross through the wire coil and end up on either side of it.
Use each wire end to wrap a few times around the double wire near the coil itself.
Trim and tuck the wire ends neatly so they do not protrude.
Now join up the next bead using the same method and the same wire coil. Continue to connect up all the beads you need for the required bracelet length.
There is no wire coil at the ends of the bracelet. Just use an awl or a small knitting needle to act as a mandrel. Take another length of 26 G wire and take it through the hole and around the mandrel twice.
Then wrap the wire end all the way around the double wire,. Trim and tuck the wire ends neatly. Add jump rings, clasp and charm. See the final design picture below.
Instead of wire coils, you could also use a small metal tube or bead as I did for the blue cabochon tile bracelet.
DisclosurePhotographyI used natural light my iPhone 6S with the camera+ app and the Modahaus TS320 tabletop studio for final jewelry photos. Tutorial photos were captured in my windowless basement studio equipped with LED lights. Check out my
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