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Leather Jewelry Making:


3 Free Projects on How to
Make Leather Jewelry
LEATHER JEWELRY MAKING: 3 FREE PROJECTS
ON HOW TO MAKE LEATHER JEWELRY

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Fleur de Lis
BY DENISE PECK
3 7
Western Influence Wired Vine
BY LINDA LARSEN BY LINDA LARSEN
skill levels
BEGINNER
BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE
INTERMEDIATE
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
ADVANCED

Loving Leather!
Adding a touch of leather to your metal jewelry designs changes the personality
instantly! The soft, sumptuous feel and look of leather brings a funky chic to
your designs. In these three projects, leather becomes a conduit for showing off
some beautiful metal and wirework. Check out how Linda Larson creates her
own leather cord ends. Use these ideas to jumpstart your journey into adding
leather to your designs. Its a whole new direction and its bound to be great!

Denise Peck
Editor in chief
Step by Step Wire Jewelry

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Forged BRONZE wire is the


perfect partner in this leather bracelet.

| Tools & Supplies


10-gauge bronze wire, 4"

western
14-gauge bronze wire, 12"
4mm vintage-look leather cord, 12"
14-gauge sterling silver wire, "

influence
Round-nose pliers
Chain-nose pliers
Flush cutters
Ball-peen hammer
BY Linda Larsen Large bench block or anvil
116" drill bit
Hand forged metal and leather are a natural combination that
Drill
look great together. This bracelet is very comfortable to wear and per-
File
fect for a casual outfit. Easy to make and with a great handmade look.
Propane torch
Flameproof work surface
skill level
Bowl of water
Brown marker or brown paint
Utility pliers
Gilders paste
Toothbrush
0000 steel wool
Polishing pads

RESOURCES: All items: Objects and Elements,


objectsandelements.com.

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2a 2b
1. Anneal the 10g bronze wire with the
torch, then quench and dry. File the ends
and shape the wire into an oval, with the
ends overlapping slightly.

2. Place the oval on the bench block or


anvil and hammer to flatten the wire; flatten
the ends with some extra blows. Use the
ball end of the hammer to texture the oval.
Remove the oxidization with fine steel wool,
then polish with the polishing pad.

3. Draw a large ball on one end of the 14g 3 4a


silver wire with the torch. To do this, hold
the wire in the hottest part of the flame
from the top.

4. Using a 116th drill bit, drill through the


overlap on the oval. Thread the silver head
pin through the hole and trim the end to 116".
Place the oval, ball-side down on the bench
block. Hammer the cut end of the rivet with
the ball end of the hammer, tapping around
the outside edge to flare the rivet.

5. Cut two 6" pieces of leather. Fold 4b 5a


1 piece of leather around each side of the
oval, bringing the leather ends together
evenly. Cut two 1" lengths of 14g brass wire;
hammer them flat, anneal, and polish. Using
round-nose pliers, form a hook on one
end of each flattened wire. Place the hook
around the doubled leather on 1 side of the
bracelet then wrap the wire tightly close to
the oval. Squeeze the wraps with chain-nose
pliers to tighten the wraps. Repeat on the
other side of the bracelet.

5b

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6. Cut 2" of brass wire and flatten the


first " of one end on a bench block with a
chasing hammer; anneal and polish. Make
a small loop on the flattened end with the
tip of the round-nose pliers. Grasp the wire
just below the loop, with the loop facing you,
with the back of the round-nose pliers. Roll
the pliers away from you, forming a hook.

7. Using the back of the round-nose pliers,


make a simple loop, below and opposite the
small loop on the hook. Trim the excess wire.
Measure your wrist with the tape measure 6a 6b
to determine your bracelet size (average
7"). Place the hook clasp at the end of the
leather strips on one side of the bracelet
and measure the total length of the bracelet.
Trim the leather strips on 1 side so the total
length of the bracelet, including the clasp,
equals your desired size.

8. Cut a 3" piece of 14g brass wire; flatten,


anneal, and polish it. Cut a 1" length from
the 3" annealed wire. With round-nose 7b
pliers make a U-shaped bend in the 1" piece,
placing it over both leather ends on one side. 7a
Pinch the U-shape together so it fits. Make a
hook on the end of the remaining 2" length
of wire and start wrapping it around the
U-shape and the leather ends. Squeeze and
tighten the wraps as you go, making sure
they take hold. Repeat on the other end of
the bracelet.

9. Attach the hook to 1 end of the bracelet.


Use a brown marker or paint to color the cut
ends of the leather so they blend in. Using
8b
Gilders paste and a toothbrush, add a little
color to the leather and blend it in for a
8a
natural look.

LINDA
LARSEN is
a mixed-media
artist who has been
designing jewelry
for many years.
As the owner of
ObjectsandElements
.com, she spends a lot of time looking for
treasures and developing new products for the 9b
jewelry supply website. She teaches at several
national shows and blogs frequently about 9a
projects and techniques at objectsandelements/
typepad.com.

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fleur de lis
BY Denise Peck

Theres no disputing that leather is hot in


jewelry making right now! You can even buy flat
leather lacing in your local craft store. Get a few yards of
it and cut it into perfect earring-sized strips and make this
earring with any of your favorite briolette stones!

1. Fold the leather strip in half around a 14mm ring


and make a hole through both ends with the hole-
punch pliers.

2. String the pendant onto the 8mm jump ring and


thread the jump ring through both holes on the folded
leather strip.

3. Cut the 24g wire in half and wrap it around the


folded leather strip 810 times and tuck in the ends. 2

4. Add an ear wire to the 14mm ring. Repeat Steps


14 for the second earring.

skill level 1

| Tools & Supplies


Leather strips "x1", 2 Ear wires, 2
14mm copper rings, 2 1.5 mm metal hole-punch
8mm copper jump rings, 2 pliers
1"x1" rusted iron fleur Chain-nose pliers
de lis pendant
24-gauge copper or craft 4
wire, 10"

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LEATHER, bronze,

Step photos: Mavis Dean


and gilder's paste make a
RUSTIC choker.

| Tools & Supplies


20-gauge bronze wire, 6"
12-gauge bronze wire, 12"
14-gauge bronze wire, 8"
Waxed linen, 12"
Crystals, 3
Spacers, 7
22mm brass oral bead cap, 1
Purchased or handmade hook clasp
Vintage-looking leather cording,
one 4 mm and three 2 mm
Round-nose pliers
Chain-nose pliers
Heavy-duty pliers
Torch and MAPP gas
Fireproof work surface
Bowl with cool water to quench
Gilder's paste: Rust, German silver,
and Patina

wired vine
Soft polishing cloth
Round ball-point pen (like a Bic)
to use as a mandrel
Heavy-duty wire cutters
BY Linda Larsen Heavy hammer (10-pound)
Forging is a process of working metal to a finished Texturing hammer
Large anvil or large steel
shape by hammering. Its considered a hot process because the bench block
metal must be annealed to keep it from getting brittle. Annealing Mini texturing wheel on a ex shaft
requires that you heat the metal to a dull red with a torch and then (optional)
File
quench it in cool water when the redness disappears. This has to be
Brown acrylic paint and toothbrush
done as you move the metal into shape as it becomes work hard- (optional)
ened and brittle. For this heavy-gauge wire, you will need a pretty 0000 steel wool
hot torch such as MAPP gas from the hardware store. Fine sandpaper
Polishing wheel (optional)
skill level
RESOURCES: All supplies available at Objects
and Elements, ObjectsandElements.com.

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1. Cut three 2" pieces of 20g wire. Use


the torch to make a small ball on one
end of each piece of wire. Quench in the
bowl of cool water.

2. String 1 crystal and 2 spacers onto each


Step photos: Mavis Dean

wire. Make a wrapped loop at the end of


each wire that is big enough to go over the
12g wire, making each dangle a slightly
different length but close to ". Note: They
will need to be long enough to hang below
the end of the oral cap. Set aside.
1

2a 2b

wire tip
Try using a mini texturing
wheel on a ex shaft for
cleaning and polishing.

3a 3b

3. With a very heavy hammer, atten the


12g wire with random blows, attening all
but 2" at one end of the wire. Anneal the
whole wire and quench it in cool water.
Add texture to the attened portion of the
wire using the texture hammer (this one
has polka dot and slash hammer markings).
Anneal the whole wire again, quench, then
clean and polish it before forming.

4. Wrap the attened portion of the wire


around the Sharpie marker, making one of 4
the loops a bit bigger than the others, so it
looks freeform.

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5. Slide 1 spacer and the oral cap onto the


round end of the wire. Begin a wrapped loop
on that end of the wire but before completing
the wrap add the 3 dangles from Step 2.

6. Use chain-nose pliers to adjust each


wrap on the textured wire and the oral-cap
end. Gather the leather cords together and
slide on the wire from Step 5.

7. Cut two 1" pieces and two 3" pieces of 14g


wire. Flatten and texture the wires as in Step 3.
5a 5b
File and smooth the ends. Using round-nose
pliers, bend the 1" pieces in half, into a "U"
shape. Slip the hook onto one U-shaped wire
then slip each wire over the gathered leather
cords on each end, leaving a gap between the
leather and the wire. Wrap a little waxed linen
around the wires to keep them in place.

6a 6b

7a 7b 8

8. Using a smooth pen as a mandrel, make


a coil with each 3" piece of wire that is big
enough to t over the gathered cords and
U-shaped wire.

9. Slip a coil onto each end of the necklace,


and use chain-nose pliers to squeeze and
mold the coil around the U-shapped wire
and the leather cords. Squeeze the bottom
end of the coil into the leather cording to
lock it in place.
9a 9b

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6. Cut 2" of brass wire and flatten the


first " of one end on a bench block with a
chasing hammer; anneal and polish. Make
a small loop on the flattened end with the
another idea
tip of the round-nose pliers. Grasp the wire
just below the loop, with the loop facing you,
Color the ends of the leather
with the back of the round-nose pliers. Roll
with a little bit of brown acrylic
the pliers away from you, forming a hook.
paint on a toothbrush so they
blend better.
7. Using the back of the round-nose pliers,
make a simple loop, below and opposite the
small loop on the hook. Trim the excess wire.
Measure your wrist with the tape measure
10a 10b to determine your bracelet size (average
7"). Place the hook clasp at the end of the
10. Adjust the wire and oral bead leather strips on one side of the bracelet
cap so they hang properly. Mine is and measure the total length of the bracelet.
asymmetrical, but you can place it Trim the leather strips on 1 side so the total
wherever you like. Squeeze the top end of length of the bracelet, including the clasp,
the wire into the leather cording to keep equals your desired size.
it in place.
8. Cut a 3" piece of 14g brass wire; flatten,
11. To mellow out the piece and make anneal, and polish it. Cut a 1" length from
it somewhat vintage-looking, randomly the 3" annealed wire. With round-nose
brush three colors of Guilders paste pliers make a U-shaped bend in the 1" piece,
onto the leather and metal parts. placing it over both leather ends on one side.
11a Pinch the U-shape together so it fits. Make
11b a
(I prefer this to other methods of patina
hook on the end of the remaining 2" length
because I have greater control; it never
of wire and start wrapping it around the
fades, and has a wax glow finish.) Let the
U-shape and the leather ends. Squeeze and
paste dry for about 10 minutes. tighten the wraps as you go, making sure
12. Use a cloth to polish the wax and they take hold. Repeat on the other end of
remove some of the thickness. Use 0000 the bracelet.
steel wool to highlight some of the areas,
and ne sandpaper or a polishing wheel 9. Attach the hook to 1 end of the bracelet.
to bring up the metal on the oral cap. Use a brown marker or paint to color the cut
Polish the whole piece with a soft cloth ends of the leather so they blend in. Using
and its ready to wear. Gilders paste and a toothbrush, add a little
color to the leather and blend it in for a
natural look.
12a 12b

LINDA
LARSEN is
a mixed-media
artist who has been
designing jewelry
for many years.
As the owner of
ObjectsandElements
.com, she spends a lot of time looking for
treasures and developing new products for the
jewelry supply website. She teaches at several
national shows and blogs frequently about
projects and techniques at objectsandelements/
typepad.com.

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