All posts tagged "pendants"

  • Daily Wire Tip: Silver Temper for Stone Pendants

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip Question: What is the best temper of sterling silver wire; dead-soft verses half-hard for wire wrapping semi-precious stones both rough and faceted? Probably into pendants. I have been working with copper splashes...

    • Posted December 12, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip: Dulling Sharp Stone Edges

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip Question: Hi Dale, I have some flat cut rock that I would like to wrap as individual pendants. The rocks have sharp edges on the outside. Is there anything I can use,...

    • Posted November 4, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip: Wire Wrapping China

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip Question: Hi! I’m just getting started with wire wrapping and have been reading the Tips of the Day each day. It seems like you can wrap just about anything – is that...

    • Posted October 31, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Oct. 23: Wire Wrapping Pendants

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 23, 2010 Question: I am 73 and started wire wrapping agates I find on the beach. I would like to know if you have any books or DVDs on just...

    • Posted October 22, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Aug. 16: How to Use a Snapset

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip August 16, 2010 Question: How do I use snapsets in wire jewelry? I am not sure how they work. -Donna in Burlington, Connecticut Answer: Snapsets are silver or gold prong settings for...

    • Posted August 15, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip May 31: What Chain Sizes Are Best?

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip May 31, 2010 Question: Dale is it possible to have you tell me, when making pendants or working with beaded necklaces, what chain sizes are the best sizes? Do you go by the...

    • Posted May 31, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip May 2: Light Lapidary

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip May 02, 2010 Question: I have a rock about the size of a large cobble stone,  beautifully patterned  how can I cut (slice) it so that I can polish it and wrap it...

    • Posted May 2, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip April 9: Cleaning Tarnish off Turquoise Jewelry

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip April 09, 2010 Question: When I wrap turquoise pendants, they turn black in areas from the silver rubbing against them. What can I do to take this off of the gemstone? Answer: Turquoise...

    • Posted April 9, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip March 4: Alternative to Chain for Necklaces

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip March 04, 2010 Question: I have purchased some cut glass pendants and would like to know how to make a chain of sorts to hang them from for necklaces.  I do not...

    • Posted March 4, 2010
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