Showing posts with label wire wrapping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wire wrapping. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Herringbone Weave

Hello ladies!  Well, it's been an interesting day, I can't say I've ever been tear gassed before, but I can now!  I've got something to show you from last weekend, or was it the weekend before?  I went to another craft class at The Bead Shop, Nottingham, this time we learnt wire wrapping, using the Herringbone Weave.


I am so sorry about the photos.  I took them on a piece of blue paper as they looked even worse on white.  I think there's a problem with the white balance on my camera, however it's not an expensive camera and I can't figure out how to adjust it...


We used Swarovski pearls, which are beautiful, and wire wrapped them using 0.6mm wire.  Confession?  I hated it.


I don't know if it was because I was stressed out, or it was the technique (it certainly wasn't the tutor, she's brilliant!), but I just could not get it neat and that frustrated and annoyed me.


This one (above) is the back.  We made links for a bracelet and I have almost enough, but I'm not sure I'll make it into a bracelet, they just look too amateurish for me.  


We'd been wrapping the smaller pearls, 6mm I think, so I tried a larger pearl to see if that would be better.  Erm... no! 

What do you think ladies, do these look like something a 3-year old would make?