Wire Jewelry Inspiration: Try, Try Again

by Rose Marion, Wirejewelry.com

Wire Jewelry Inspiration for
June 5, 2013

Don’t Give Up!

Name: Revamping a jewelry piece

Submitted by: Frances Lediaev

Technique used: framing a cabochon, wire wrapped headpins, persistence!

Materials used:

• Copper wire
• Chain
• Agate Cabochon
• Gemstone Beads

Frances’ original design:

Frances Lediaev originally wire wrapped this agate cabochon bracelet for a Wire-Sculpture.com contest. But she wasn’t finished with it yet…

Frances’ new design:

Frances remade her copper-wrapped agate cabochon into a beautiful new necklace.

Here’s a close-up of Frances’ new agate cabochon necklace design. Much nicer!

Frances says:

This is one of those occasions where I felt the need to revamp a bracelet that I made. I had entered my bracelet in the 2011 Gold Club “OOAK” Contest, but was not really happy with the sideways look of the Mexican lace agate. Also the bracelet did not move freely.

I had to get brave and start taking apart the bracelet to decide what it was going to end up as. So I decided to revamp it and came up with this necklace. It really shows off the beauty of the agate cab.

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” is what I was thinking. Of course, I have already sold the piece.

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3 Comments

1. 

   Linda B

   June 5, 2013 at 7:17 am

   It certainly made a big difference! The first one looks too much like so many finished pieces I have seen. Too many curly-ques and added embellishments that do nothing for the beautiful stone being wrapped.
   Great job on the necklace!
2. 

   Shirley Crabtree

   June 5, 2013 at 8:55 am

   I love the revamped piece! Much less “busy” than the original. This one does bring out the beauty of the stone, where before, all I saw was “curly copper wire.”
3. 

   Joani Mullen

   June 5, 2013 at 11:16 am

   I’m glad I’m not the only one that remakes initial efforts. I have a little box that I put my “re-purposed” items in so I can sit and dwell on them over time until I get an inspiration to re-make them. Sometimes these are items that I thought looked good but haven’t sold. People like them but always found something they liked better. That’s when I decide they need a makeover to become a contender.