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Tutorial – Art Nouveau Bangle

I’m pleased to announce that my newest tutorial, Art Nouveau Bangle, is now available!

This bangle features lovely flowing curves and Celtic elements that were common in the Art Nouveau period.

The project was a big hit with my students at the Haliburton School of the Arts! Once you have the basic technique down, you can easily adapt the design and let your creativity flow to create your own variations!

16 pages, 103 photos, 110 steps, plus design notes
USD $15.00

Level of Difficulty: Advanced

Tools and Materials you’ll need:

Tools:
Flat Nose Pliers
Round Nose Pliers
Flush Cutting Wire Nippers
Permanent Marker
Measuring Tape/Ruler
Bracelet Mandrel
Penknife
1/4″ dia. Masking Tape
Rouge Cloth

Materials:
96″ (240 cm) 20 ga Soft Square Silver wire
69″ (175 cm) 22 ga Half Round Silver wire
22 x 30 mm cabochon

Substitutions:
22 ga Soft Square Silver wire can be substituted for the 20 ga. wire.

Available from my tutorials page and my Etsy Shop.

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Tutorial – Two Tone Prong Ring

Two Tone Prong Ring

Add a little colour to your finger with this fun and funky prong ring! For those interested in developing their skills, this project introduces some advanced calculating and measuring.  It incorporates an innovative prong setting technique pioneered by Jorgen Greftegreff.

15 pages, 46 photos, 44 steps, plus design notes

USD $8.00

Voted “Best Advanced Tutorial” & “Favourite Piece” by the Members of the International Guild of Wire Jewelry Artists, Ring Tutorials Contest 2007!

(FREE to IGWAJ members, login to the guild’s website to access the tutorials library. Note: IGWAJ version does not include all of the design notes)

A little bit of a story behind this ring.

I originally submitted this project to Lark Books for their book “Contemporary Bead & Wire Jewelry”. One day I got a call from Nathalie Mornu, one of the Editors of the book, saying that they loved the project, but could I shorten down then number of steps needed? The original project was something like 40 steps long.

I didn’t see any way of simplifying the project. While I was talking to her, it occurred to me: “Hey, isn’t this book going to be called Bead and Wire Jewelry?” Nathalie said yes. Well… there was nary a bead to be found in this project. When I made her aware of this fact, we both started laughing. None of the editorial staff – about a dozen people – had noticed that the project didn’t use beads. She asked if I would be able to submit another project. I asked for 24 hours to come up with an idea.

The replacement project was the Illusion Prong Ring, which together with the Beaded Channel Ring, ended up being published.

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