Wire Wrapped Sea Glass Pendant

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  Step 1

  When you pick up natural sea glass, it looks a bit cloudy. The cloudiness does look nice and natural, but I chose to polish my sea glass with olive oil so that the cloudiness wouldn't blend in as much with my silver wire.
  To polish your sea glass, simply pour a tiny amount of oil (vegetable or olive) on your cloth or paper and rub your sea glass until the cloudiness comes off.
  (in picture to the left: top row is unpolished, bottom row is polished; it's hard to tell, but the polished glass is clear and smoother)

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  Step 2

  Start by making a small loop. This will be the loop that you'd attach a jump ring for a pendant.

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  Step 3

  Decide which slant direction you want and position the wire behind the sea glass accordingly. From the picture above, you can see that my slant will have a negative slope (from top left to bottom right) (negative slope -- yes, I am that nerdy).

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  Step 4

  Firmly pinch the wire and sea glass between your left thumb and index finger. Then bring the wire around to the front of the sea glass.

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  Step 5

  Keep the same pressure so that the wire doesn't move much, and wrap the wire around to the back of the sea glass.

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  Step 6

  Pinch the wire and sea glass firmly again. Wrap the wire around to the front and then around to the back. Make sure that your wraps are evenly spaced.

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  Step 7

  This is what the back might look like. You can adjust the spirals so that it looks nicer, but it's the front that matters more.

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  Step 8

  Continue to wrap the sea glass in a spiraling fashion until there's no more room for another wrap.

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  Step 9

  When you've reached the point at which there's no more room, cut the wire, leaving about a 0.75" tail.

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  Step 10

  Make another small loop at the end of the tail using your pliers.

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  Step 11

  Then gently, using fingers and pliers, curve the loop into the final spiral at the bottom so that the small loop looks like it's the bulls-eye of an archery target.

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  Step 12

  The silver pendant on the right demonstrates the ideal bull's eye that you're aiming for.

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  Step 13

  Your pendant is finally complete! Take a moment to adjust the spirals with your fingers so they aren't crooked relatively to each other.

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  Step 14

  Use your wire to make a small jump ring by making a loop and cutting it off. String the pendant's top loop through and then attach it to the chain to complete your necklace.

  That's it! I hope you enjoy this tutorial and try it out. ^^

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Paula Watson

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Jem L. · 1 project 14th October 2015

In love with this. I will definitely have to try out a version of this!

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