Wire Wrapped Spiral Bead Ring

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You Will Need (1 thing)

Steps (8 steps, 5 minutes)

1. 1

   Gather your materials:

   *Ring Mandrel
   *Round nose and Chain nose pilers
   *Wire cutters
   *Wire 20 gauge
   *Measuring Tape
   *2mm Bead any color

2. 2

   Measure out your wire:
   *20 inches in length

3. 3

   Start making the ring shank:
   *Wrap the 20 gauge wire around the ring mandrel. (If you don't have a ring mandrel you can use a marker or pen)
   * Wrap your wire at one size bigger than your actual ring size (For ex: if you wear a size 5 wrap your wire at a size6)
   * Wrap the wire around 2x making sure the wires don't touch.

4. 4

   Pull your wire tails up so you can get ready to add your bead.

5. 5

   Push your bead all the way down to the wire shank.

6. 6

   Start making the spiral:
   * Push your wire tails down to create the wire spiral
   * Wrap the wire around the spiral making sure the spirals meet evenly.
   * Continue wrapping the wire around until you have a 4 to 6 inch tail.

7. 7

   *Wrap the wire tails around the bead base 2x
   *Seperate the wire tails into two sepearate tails (a left and a right)
   *Wrap the left wire tail around the shank 3x
   *Wrap the right wire tail around the shank 3x
   *Cut off the exess with your wire cutters and pitch down with your round nose pilers.

8. 8

   Voila!!!1 Your statement ring is done. Now go and rock your bling.