Focal Bead Pendant

by Sherrie Lingerfelt

Category: Classic
Technique(s): Wrapping
Skill Level: Beginner

While working out the instructions for my Interchangeable Pendant Frame, this idea jumped into my mind. The pattern below is made using a 1-inch long bead, but it can be easily altered. Experiment and record your results for different sizes. Maybe even try a multiple bead combination!

Technique: Precise Bending & Forming Heavy Square Wire

Materials

18 Gauge Half Round Dead Soft 1/10 Sterling Silver Filled Wire

H10-18HRD

Lesson Quantity: 4.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 1FT
Price: $0.69
Gold Club Price: $0.52

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22 Gauge Square Half Hard 1/10 Sterling Silver Filled Wire

H10-22SQH

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 inches
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 1FT
Price: $0.68
Gold Club Price: $0.51

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16 Gauge Square Dead Soft .925 Sterling Silver Wire

H8-16SQD

Lesson Quantity: 4.00 inches
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 1FT
Price: $9.10
Gold Club Price: $6.82

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Abstract Oval Amethyst/White/Aventurina/Yellow Gold, Size 25mm

A3-126

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $7.97
Gold Club Price: $5.98

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Tools

4-1/2 Inch Chain Nosed Pliers with Ergonomic Handles

G2-68

G2-68
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $8.97
Gold Club Price: $6.73

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6.5 Inch Long Flat Nose Pliers - Pack of 1

G2-74

G2-74
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $9.87
Gold Club Price: $7.40

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4.5 Inch Round Nose Pliers

G2-12

G2-12
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $3.97
Gold Club Price: $2.98

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C.H.P Milano Angled Flush Cutter, 5-1/4 Inches

PLR-489.00

PLR-489.00
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $21.95
Gold Club Price: $16.46

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12 Inch Stainless Steel Ruler

G7-30

G7-30
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $2.97
Gold Club Price: $2.23

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Instructions

Step 1

Using the 16g wire, straighten, measure and then cut one piece 7-3/8 inches long. Mark the center of wire at 3-11/16 inches and then measure and mark 1-5/8 inch on each side of the center. From the 1-5/8 inch marks, measure toward each end and mark at 1-3/16 inches. Use chain-nose pliers to hold the wire at the center and bend the wire up, forming a 40° angle

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Step 2

Use chain-nose pliers to hold frame at a 1-5/8 inch mark and bend inward, forming a 130° angle. Repeat on other leg of frame.

Step 3

Use chain-nose pliers to hold wire at the 1-3/16 inch mark and bend the wire at 28° to from bail wires. Repeat on other leg.

Step 4

Tape the ends of the bail wires together. Use 18 gauge ½ round wire to wrap up from the base of bail, 3 times to show. On the back of the frame, use small bail pliers or round-nose to roll the wire ends toward the back, forming the bail. From bottom of last wrap, measure down each leg 3/8-inch and mark. Place the frame to the side.

Step 5

From the end of each of the two 3-7/8 inch long, 22g square wires, measure down ¾-inch and mark. From this mark measure another 5/16-inch and mark again. Just below the 5/16-inch marks, tape these two wires together.

On the 5/16-inch mark, use chain-nose pliers to hold the wire pair and use fingers to bend the wires away from each other until they form a 130° angle.

Step 6

At the 3/4 inch mark, use chain-nose pliers to hold the wire and fingers to bend it back 90°. Repeat on the other leg.

Step 7

Hook one of these bent wires over the frame at the 3/8 inch mark and use it to wrap from the mark up, 3 times to show and trim. Repeat with the other bent wire.

Step 8

From the bottom of the bead, measure down each bent wire 1-1/8 inch and mark. Attach them each to the frame, wrapping down, 3 times to show.

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Sherrie Lingerfelt

Sherrie Lingerfelt is a native of the Deep South and a full-time, high school math teacher who has always had her hands in one craft or another. Her interest in jewelry making began more than twenty years ago, by mixing macrame with fossils and stones, which progressed into beading. After discovering the WireJewelry website many years ago, Sherrie's fascination with wire led her to meet and take classes with Dale 'Cougar' Armstrong and her life changed forever.

Sherrie is now a wire jewelry artist who combines her Native American heritage with her love of geometry and nature, to create fabulous wire jewelry designs that have taken many awards. Her inspiration comes from various sources, and she is often seen pulling out an ever-present, mini-notebook to sketch lines from architecture as future 'design fodder'. Sherrie and her husband Larry live on their farm in Fyffe, Alabama.