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Fleur de Lis
BY DENISE PECK
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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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LEATHER JEWELRY MAKING: 3 FREE PROJECTS
ON HOW TO MAKE LEATHER JEWELRY
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
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.
5b
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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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LEATHER JEWELRY MAKING: 3 FREE PROJECTS
ON HOW TO MAKE LEATHER JEWELRY
fleur de lis
BY Denise Peck
skill level 1
LEATHER, bronze,
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.
2a 2b
wire tip
Try using a mini texturing
wheel on a ex shaft for
cleaning and polishing.
3a 3b
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6a 6b
7a 7b 8
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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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