Hello Everyone...Today I'd like to show you how to make these beautiful rings.
Some of them are Midi Rings... Others are regular rings...
These Two I've made it with Sterling silver 12 gauge Half round wire and also this one i've used freshwater pearls with glass beads...
That one's got crystals with it.
These ones I've made using a 16 gauge copper wire...This is a Round copper wire.
And they're adjustable...
And they are just beautiful...
So whichever one you make, it's up to you as to what color of beads or gemstone you're gonna use...
But the effect is just gorgeous...
So let's begin...
And I am going to get a piece of string to measure first.
The size you want, so I'm gonna put in my middle finger.
Roughly as to
Transfer that...So I need 2 and half inches...
I already got some wire. This is a half round sterling silver and this is just leftover from my scrap.
So we need, 2 and half and I might as well use the whole lot. I got 4 inches...
So allow about half an inch overlap minimum.
So as your ring meets in the center like that, so just allow half an inch over on each side...
Just to be safe, always have more than less...
Now that part is bent but I'm not gonna worry about that, I'm just gonna go ahead and hammer this...
I'm just hammering the end about 3 quarter of an inch...
As I'm hammering it....I'm dragging it...
Just flaring out the ends and tip it over... Coz they tend to bend...
And i'll do the same on the opposite side...
And just inspect it...
So now I'm gonna take my scissor and with this one...
I'm gonna go on the other side first where it's straight...
So I'm just basically cutting it bit...by bit...
As you cut it, you can see that it's curling...
and it's quite thin on the edge there.
so I'm just gonna go and angle it to the other side
coz we dont want it to break...
and then, these two now...
So the center, as you can see...is quite thick
if i put my beads through
See how it's just a little bit on the tight side...
So i could file that back
Or I could just cut it as well...
But anyway, I'll leave that side for now,
and I'm gonna go on the opposite side
and do the same
So now what we gonna do is straighten this up
The middle part here...
I'll just see which one I need to use to put the bigger beads.
So I'm gonna try the bigger beads first
the 6 and half or 7mm
So that fits perfectly in there,
so i'm gonna leave that there.
And what I'm gonna do is...see I have a lot of room on the back part here..
So...I'll just file this back
a little bit here coz it's a bit sharp...
So the middle, I would like it to
sit sort of halfway to the tip there
but see how it goes up there...
so what we gonna do, is just twist that a little bit.
Now we're creating a different look again
So it's like a little vine.
And so now I'm gonna insert this...
The large bead and then at the end there...I got enough room to loop it.
or just make a little curl on the tip of it.
Like that...
Just easy...
And I'm gonna get my flat nose pliers
and just squeese it..
Just gently...
There you go...So it doesn't move.
Now! If it's a little bit sharp...
Just file it...
Ok, so the other side now, I'm gonna insert the other beads...
And so that one's got a natural curl, and it just stops there
So again, I'll curl up the end.
Tucking it in...
And again press it.
And file it again...
And on the other side here
That's a little bit thick.
So what I wanna do with that one
see it's quite thick
so if I try and put this one, it's not gonna fit.
So either,I could put another one of this bead or
put smaller bead.
So what I'm gonna do is straighten that up,
and I can see that's thick enough to have another bead through there
But in here, I've got a smaller area...
So...to widen that, so I can cut it...
I'm gonna put the wire right inside the mouth of my pliers and squeeze it...
and you will notice that it's starting to widen...
Just ease it along
Turning it the other way
So now, that is wide enough for me to cut
So now I've got a wide enough surface to cut that...
Just be really.....careful...
Ok...
So now...I got those two
And so now I can put...just see if it fits...Excellent!
And on the other side...
Ok! Beautiful...
Now we'll put that one in and curl it
The same drill...
Take my chain nose pliers, and curl the end,
and flattening it with the flat nose pliers...
Filing it again...
And I'll do the same on the other side...
So now I got one side done and it's all nice and no sharp edges...
So now, I'll do the same on the other side but notice how it's twisted up.
So if I put that there,the wire is twisting up or flicking out...
And what I'm gonna do is takemy flat nose pliers,
And straighten it out.
So now I'm gonna put on
the side there I'll put the small ones.
and with this one, i'm just gonna curl it..
and the end of it is quite thick, so I'm just gonna trim that off.
and curl it...
and squash
and see that's the end with the other bit there that's sticking out,
What you do is get anything pointy,
So I'm using my nail punch.
And then just pushing in...
The tip of that, just so it doesn't catch on on anything...
Now...we'll put the other one here.
and then with this one, I'd like it to go on the end.
so I'm gonna bend it, to stop it from rolling down
See how it's stops just there,
So if I bend it more,
that would give a nice curve to our ring
and then this one now, I'm just gonna curl this up.
or loop it up.
Flatten and the middle part here now,
What I wanna do is I could put the same green one or I'll put another one of these
but this time I'm gonna use a bigger one.
So that one is a 6 1/2 mm and this one is an 8 mm.
But will see first if it fits just in case,
but what we're gonna do is straighten it up
so it'll go in.
So now the tip we're gonna curl it,
I just make sure that everything is in....
also file it...but be very careful not to scratch the glass bead.
So now I'm gonna take my ring mandrel.
so I'll sit it on 8
and I'm going around,
so I want it to be a 9 but I'll just go on 8.
I'll use a nail punch to just push things down.
So that's how it sits.
So now we are gonna adjust it.
So from that point, those 2 points,
And we're gonna do some curling...
So I'd say that's the center,
and i'm gonna take a flat nose pliers,
just bent it a little bit.
and this side as well, we're gonna just bend it...
so what i'm doing is making some adjustments.
So now after a bit of tweaking, my ring is now finish.