This complicated looking ring uses the herringbone weave, which is actually suprisingly simple. It’s pretty much “over and around.”
To start out you’ll need:
- 1″ 18 gauge wire
- 12″ 24 gauge wire
- 9mm round bead
- Flush cutters
- Solder setup
- Metal File
Begin with enough wire to overlap whatever size you want your ring to be (make ring 2 sizes larger than intended finish size to accommodate for the weave). I used 18 gauge silver square wire as my base.
Slide your bead on the wire. I used a 9mm glass bead. Cut the wire ends flush against eachother and file.
Solder set upSolder the edges of the wire. I used a rosin core flux so I just cut off a tiny piece of solder, wedged it between the wire edges and heated up the wire with my iron. This also may be completed using a torch.Coil wire on one side of the bead.
Use a small gauge wire (I used 26 gauge sterling silver wire). I used about a foot of this in the next few steps. Wrap around the solder join until you have a coil around the wire about 1/4″. Repeat on the other side of the bead.
Bring the long tail of the wire around and make an overhand wrap around the other side of the bead.
April 14th, 2011 at 6:02 am
so cute 🙂
April 16th, 2011 at 8:11 am
hermoso.
abrazos