This freeform necklace pendant employs a wire frame of 18-gauge half-hard round wire over which a weaving technique is used, as well as coiling. Beads, including a mix of square and round metal beads, are added later by "sewing" them onto the woven frame. This project includes step-by-step photographs.
Required Materials: Half-hard round wire, dead soft round wire, flat bead, square beads, pearl beads, rondelle, metal beads. See project for complete list.
Tools Needed: Round nose pliers, flat nose pliers, chain nose pliers, mandrels, flush cutters, ball peen hammer, anvil, clamp, ring mandrel. See project for complete list.
Techniques Used: Wirework
Originally Published: Step by Step Wire Jewelry, 2007