Each week I pick a piece from my shop Fashion Magpie Jewellery to talk about on my blog. This week is one of my unique wire brooches the red wire brooch.
I mainly sell these brooches at craft fairs because a photo doesn't look as good as seeing them in person. There made very simplistically and add a little someone to a outfit.
There's only 4 parts to these brooches, tiger wire, copper welding wire, beads and a clasp for the back.
The copper welding wire is the main base to the brooch and forms the shape, I have also used it through the middle on some of the other ones for added support. (This brooch just has the copper wire as its main shape.)
I never plan out these brooches, instead I find they look better if you just let loose and see where your creativity takes you. I start by taking a very long length of the tiger wire and winding it around a starting point. Usually I'll chose to use the joining point for the copper wire as my starting point for the tiger wire.
This type of brooch is useful when you have a lot of single beads left from projects or some beads you brought because they where pretty but don't have a plan for.
In this brooch I used a mix of red beads and Tibetan silver connector beads left over from another project.
When filling the tiger wire it's best to leave the beads some room to move before wrapping the end around the copper and going off in another direction. I do it this way because I've found it stops the wire bending in the design and its personal preference also. I like how you can hear the beads moving on the brooch when it's worn and it shows off the colour of the tiger wire.
If you would like the red wire brooch it is £ 6.00 with £1.95 UK postage and packaging from Fashion Magpie Jewellery
All jewellery brought from Fashion Magpie Jewellery comes to you wrapped with tissue then placed in an organza gift bag.
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