'Blaze' wire work pendant video tutorial

'Here be dragons' design series - 'Blaze'

This is the first tutorial of my 'Here be dragons' design series. For this series, I offer written PDF tutorials in my shop and less complicated, free video tutorials here on my youtube channel, all will have kit options available. In this tutorial I will show you how to create a 'floating sphere' style dragon egg design using just one length of wire and accent beads. I am using some absolutely incredible fluorescent focals. These focals are known as uranium or vaseline glass. The glass is infused with a trace amount of uranium which causes it to glow a bright green under UV light. Don't let the name scare you though, it is perfectly safe to touch and wear as the amount is negligible and less than what humans are exposed day to day from sunlight. There are many beautiful glass ware collections using this type of glass.

A full kit including all the materials I have used can be found here

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Jewellery polishing tutorial

Full weave library and stone setting PDF tutorial

What you will need to make this design:

Wire:

• 5 m (196.9 in.) of 0.3 mm (28 ga) wire
• 1 m (39.4in.) of 0.6 mm (22 ga) wire
• 1 m (39.4in.) of 0.6 mm (22 ga) square wire
• 1 m (39.4in.) of 1.3 mm (16 ga) square wire
• 1 m (39.4in.) of 0.6 mm (22 ga) half-round wire

Beads & gemstones:

• 1 x 18 mm pear gemstone (I have used a lodolite pear)
• 1 x 5 mm round cut faceted gemstone (I have used an amethyst)
• 2 x 1.5 mm beads
• 3 x 2 mm beads
• 7 x 2.5 mm beads
• 7 x 3 mm beads
• 2 x 4 mm beads
• 1 x 5 mm beads

Tools required:

• Chain-nose pliers
• Flat-nose pliers
• Needle-nose pliers
• Round-nose pliers
• Flush cutters
• Polishing materials to finish your piece