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• Daily Wire Tip Oct. 27: Snapsets and Ring Designs

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 27, 2010 Question: I would like to start making rings with snapsets in them to sell. I am interested in different designs,...

  • Posted October 26, 2010
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• Daily Wire Tip Oct. 26: Suggested Jewelry Wire & Jewelry Terms

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 26, 2010 Question: In the past, you ran an article on suggested jewelry wire and a glossary of wire jewelry terms. This...

  • Posted October 25, 2010
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• Daily Wire Tip Oct. 25: Match or Clash? Clasps with Colored Wire

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 25, 2010 Question: When using colored wire/jump rings, what is the best color choice for clasps, etc? -Meredith in Calgary, Alberta Answer:...

  • Posted October 24, 2010
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• Daily Wire Tip Oct. 24: Hypoallergenic Ear Wires

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 24, 2010 Question: What do you suggest, or do you carry something specific to use to make earrings for someone allergic to...

  • Posted October 23, 2010
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• Jill Gentry

  Those of you who are signed up to receive Free Wire Jewelry Patterns may be seeing some patterns from Wire-Sculpture Faculty member Jill Gentry soon… Raised on a farm...

  • Posted October 23, 2010
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• Daily Wire Tip Oct. 23: Wire Wrapping Pendants

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 23, 2010 Question: I am 73 and started wire wrapping agates I find on the beach. I would like to know if...

  • Posted October 22, 2010
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• Daily Wire Tip: Adding Snapsets to Bundles

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip Question: I am trying to attach a snapset with a gemstone in it to a wire bundle that has already been wrapped together. I...

  • Posted October 21, 2010
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• Reserve Your Advanced Series DVDs Today!

  They’re almost here – reserve your copy of the Advanced Series from Dale “Cougar” Armstrong and Wire-Sculpture today! During the presale for the Advanced Series, you’ll save 10% (and...

  • Posted October 21, 2010
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• Daily Wire Tip Oct. 21: Black Goop on Tumbled Silver

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 21, 2010 Question: Hi Dale, I read your tips every day, and you give great advice. I recently had a problem with...

  • Posted October 20, 2010
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• Daily Wire Tip Oct. 20: Substituting Wire Gauges

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 20, 2010 Question: When a pattern calls for 16- or 14-gauge wire, and I have 18-gauge, how do I know the amount...

  • Posted October 19, 2010
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• Daily Wire Tip Oct. 19: How to Ask a Tip of the Day Question

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 19, 2010 Question: When I leave a comment with a question on a Tip of the Day answer, it doesn’t get answered....

  • Posted October 18, 2010
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• Daily Wire Tip Oct. 18: Wire Wrapping a Marble

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 18, 2010 Question: How do you make a simple compression setting for a sphere? I would like to make a pendant using...

  • Posted October 17, 2010
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• Daily Wire Tip: Wrapping Ungirdled Cabs

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip Question: I have a lot of cabs, but they don’t have the girdled edge, and are hard to wire wrap. Do you have any...

  • Posted October 16, 2010
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  Daily Wire Tip Oct. 16: Gluing Crystals to Gemstones

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 16, 2010 Question: Do you know what type of adhesive would work to apply small flat back crystals to a gemstone (such...

  • October 15, 2010
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• Daily Wire Tip Oct. 15: Removing Clay from Glass Beads

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 15, 2010 Question: Hello Dale! I recently obtained some glass beads, and they have a line of dust in the beading hole....

  • Posted October 14, 2010
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• Daily Wire Tip Oct. 14: Telling Bone from Ivory

  Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 14, 2010 Question: I read your "how to" on authenticating ivory by the "checkering." I wire wrap some bone carvings (ox, cow...

  • Posted October 13, 2010
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