Wow! Someone came up with a good idea!
Very interesting! Thanks for the link.
Tina
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Marisa Cappetta" :
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----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
My rational for posting this site is that there are those who may not do any form of metal work, not even wire wrapping, yet may still have a nice object they'd like to turn into jewelery. Having tried these thingamajigs, it may also give someone the impetus to explore wire wrapping a little further. You just never know what will kick-start a new journey for someone! While these thingies are too simplistic for me, I could see how they might benefit a novice.
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Marisa Cappetta" :
]My rational for posting this site is that there are those who may not do any ]form of metal work, not even wire wrapping, yet may still have a nice object ]they'd like to turn into jewelery. Having tried these thingamajigs, it may ]also give someone the impetus to explore wire wrapping a little further. You ]just never know what will kick-start a new journey for someone! While these ]thingies are too simplistic for me, I could see how they might benefit a ]novice.
oh, i'm sorry. i understood that. i get so frustrated at not being able to make the wire do what i know it SHOULD do, i've looked at those several times and wondered about buying them. i just haven't made up my mind yet whether they would work for me or not!
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
Ah, we crossed wires, so to speak :) Well, the rock wrappers seem fairly inexpensive, maybe you could try one out. Anyhoo, what seems to be the problem with your wire work? Is there anything I could help with? Wire can be stubborn sometimes. One of the things I do when I'm trying out an idea is to sit down with a large roll of inexpensive wire and just play. It's a bit like practicing scales on the piano. It warms up the fingers and also teaches them the properties of the wire. I often come up with wire 'sketches', I've got a tin full of little ideas that I refer back to much as I would a visual diary.
Do you know how to anneal wire? Sometimes it helps especially when you're attempting a complex design. The clean up after anealling is a bitch though, unless you pickle and then put the piece through a tumbler with metal shot. This takes some of the grind out of it and hardens the finished piece as well. If you want to anneal a piece in progress, stick it in a tin can sat in a bed of pumice. Heat the can, this way there's less risk of melting a portion of your design (learned THAT the hard way when I was a student rushing to finish end of semester projects, yikes!!!).
Let me know if I can help.
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Marisa Cappetta" :
]Ah, we crossed wires, so to speak :) Well, the rock wrappers seem fairly ]inexpensive, maybe you could try one out. Anyhoo, what seems to be the ]problem with your wire work? Is there anything I could help with?
EVERYTHING is wrong with my wire work! i have too many designs in my head i don't know how to get out, for starters. i'm going to start looking for classes again once i get to the Seattle area. i've pretty much got the VERY BASICS down, i think, but . . . like i said, i'm still back in the kiddie pages of WAJ!
]Wire can ]be stubborn sometimes. One of the things I do when I'm trying out an idea ]is to sit down with a large roll of inexpensive wire and just play.
**grin** that's partly why i have so much copper wire! Harry's Paua luckily looked GOOD in copper!]Do you know how to anneal wire?
no - does that harden it, or resoften it?
i do tumble things, sometimes, if it needs hardening. mostly, i think my problems are "fumble-finger" related and arthritis-related.
]Let me know if I can help.
**grin** when are you headed for the US???????----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
Sketch them for later when you're more proficient, this way you lose the anxiety associated with fearing you might forget.
Anealling re-softens metal. In the case of wire and silver, heat it with a torch until it's cherry red (a dim room is best for seeing the colour).
December, 2005.
Good information. Thank you.
Tina
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Marisa Cappetta" :
]Sketch them for later when you're more proficient, this way you lose the ]anxiety associated with fearing you might forget.
i'm trying. my sketching is worse! **grin**
]Anealling re-softens metal. In the case of wire and silver, heat it with a ]torch until it's cherry red (a dim room is best for seeing the colour). ]> no - does that harden it, or resoften it?
uh-oh. we're back to that open flame again. **sigh** if we can find a place with a garage, i may have to give in . . .
]December, 2005.
i'll try to find a way to be there! that's about 3 months after Jamie gets her next assignment. i could be anywhere!
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
I get a blank white page. What are they?
Celine
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindCHEMISEspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :
]I get a blank white page. What are they?
premade forms for wire-wrapping things like rocks.
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
I've been looking for those! Could you please e-mail me the company's physical and e-mail addresses and phone #? Thanks!
Celine (who is going to have a severe talk with *someone* at that company about excessive reliance on Javascript)
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindCHEMISEspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :
]I've been looking for those! Could you please e-mail me the company's physical ]and e-mail addresses and phone #? Thanks!
e-mail on its way!
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
Got it, thanks! I think this must be the same thing the people at the rock shop in Cedar Rapids told me about -- they said it was in Estes Park, and this guy appears to be in Boulder. (If I've just made myself look silly to anyone from Colorado, please forgive me!)
Celine
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