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Intro to Wire Techniques Part I

  • Beginner
  • 16 and older
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  • 145 Harrison St, Illinois City, IL
  • 3 hours

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Class Description

Description

This class is for you if: 
  • You really want to learn how to work with heavier gauge wires (22 to 18 gauge) 
  • You've always wanted to make your own dangles, coils & jump rings 
  • You like a class where you get lots of practice 
Students will Learn: 
  • What tools to use and how to use them 
  • About the characteristics of wire and techniques for working with it 
  • How to make headpins, eye pins, jump rings, S-hooks and the love knot bead 

Materials for Intro to Wire Techniques – parts I & II
Students will need:
  • copper round wire:
  • 18 gauge - At least 10 feet
  • 22 gauge - At least 3 feet – more is better to allow for practice.
(Copper is the most reasonably priced for practice, you can also use dead-soft sterling silver or gold filled wire, not half hard.)

Recommended Items include:
  • 6” ruler
  • permanent marking pen (Sharpie)
  • notebook & pencil or pen
Items available for use during class include:
  • flush cutters suitable for cutting up to 16-gauge wire
  • extra-long round-nose pliers
  • mandrel – aluminum knitting needles (short works fine, size 10 or 11) or any other smooth round object to wrap wire around
  • metal files
  • jewelry pliers: small round-nose, chain-nose, and flat-nose
  • polishing cloth (sunshine cloth is an example)
  • fabric placemat to work on or other soft work surface
The following items are needed for hardening soft wires – copper, silver or gold filled – and will also be available for use during class:
  • chasing hammer with convex (slightly rounded) head
  • plastic mallet or hammer
  • steel bench block, 2½”x 2½” or jeweler’s anvil

Refund Policy

Class fees are non-refundable and non-transferable to other classes, unless we cancel the class.

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Bead In Hand

We are a retail bead shop in Oak Park, Illinois, just outside of Chicago with an extraordinary selection of beads and beading supplies. We specialize in helping you find just the right color, size or shape bead (or other material) for your project.

Doris Weinbaum opened Bead in Hand in 1993 at its current...
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