What is Wire Wrapping?

Wire wrapping is taking wire and wrapping it around itself and/or beads, pendants, etc to create jewelry. When wrapped, curved, bent and manipulated, the wire itself can become the structure and foundation of your piece or act as a design detail. Wire wrapping lets you create custom shapes and angles, and gives you more ways to use different components together.

Wire Wrapping with Jacob

Recent Mountain Alliance graduate Jacob Hoke taught a great wire wrapping sessions back in May and we wanted to share it with you again because it was a lot of fun!

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Supplies Needed

• Needle nose pliers (that have the ability to cut wire)

• Apprx 20 beads

• 3 ft of copper wire (20 or 22 gauge is best - you don't want super thin wire because it can break)

• Arm's length of fishing line

• Washer Pendant (or some other “centerpiece” item like a stone, gem, etc)

• Nail, pencil, or other similarly sized, cylindrical item