Friday, July 4, 2014
How to Make a tree of life jewelry pendant
How to Make a tree of life jewelry pendant<br /><br />This is part one of two in how to make a beautiful tree of life pendant. It is very easy, and youll only need a few items. Things youll need: wire 2 3 mm thick, Round nose pliers, 4 pieces of thin wire, 12 inches long, wire cutters. With your round nose pliers, bend the thick wire about an inch form the end. Make a question mark shape, and twist the end around. Go down about 5mm, and make a 90 degree bend. Go across as far as you want, and make another 90 degree bend. Keep making bends until youve formed a square. Cut the wire giving yourself about an inch at the end. Place the end of the wire behind the loop you first made, and twist around. Clip the two ends very close in the back, and squeeze in to place with your round nose pliers. Find the center of your first piece of thin wire, and wrap it around the base of the piece you made earlier. Continue to wrap wires around the base according to how many branches you want on your tree. Continue to watch part two to learn how to finish your tree of life.<br /><br />As seen in Avatar sort of, the Tree of Life represents all the connections we have to one another as life forms, past, present, and future. It really quite a deep concept, and is one explored in a beauteous way in this wire wrapping project.<br /><br />Called the Tree of life pendant, this wire project includes a circular pendant adorned in the center with a twisted wire tree and opalescent white beads which stand in for leaves. Make this pendant now by watching this video.<br /><br />Tutorial on how to create a tree of life pendant a little beaded tree. Inspired by a comment posted on another of my.<br /><br />Join Lisa Niven Kelly from beaducation and learn all the basics on getting started with stamping. Learn how to personalize your jewelry by stamping on metal. In this demo, Lisa discusses the necessary tools and teaches you how to make a pendant by stamping on a metal blank, punching a hole, and oxidizing. So get out your letter stamps, bench block, and hammer and stamp away! Learn how to make a stamped pendant for jewelry making.<br /><br />Part 1 of 3 How to Make a stamped pendant for jewelry making.<br /><br />Part 2 of 3 How to Make a stamped pendant for jewelry making.<br /><br />Part 3 of 3 How to Make a stamped.<br /><br />The phrase you can never have too much of a good thing isn particularly true when it comes to jewelry. While we love our bohemian tree pendants and dangling chandelier earrings, we don like the fact that they weigh five pounds and pull down on our ears and/or necks.<br /><br />So how do you continue wearing pretty though heavy pendants without developing chronic neck pain? Check out this jewelry making tutorial by Kate Drew Wilkinson to learn how to craft a sliding knot necklace which is proven to lighten the load.<br /><br />You learn how to gloss/polish your polymer clay pendant jewelry in this video. To do this, you need a brush. Preferably, a nice, soft brush. You also need your clay pendants of course, some gloss, and aluminum foil. First, you pour two drops of the gloss onto the aluminum foil. Next, you take your brush, put it in the gloss, and run it across your pendant. This will give your pendant a really thin coat of gloss. Be sure to wash your brush soon after, otherwise the gloss will dry and ruin your brush. If you want a thicker coat of gloss, you can use your finger.
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