Once you have learned the basics of jewelry making, I highly recommend experimenting with different styles and creating unusual pieces. Not only is it fun, but, if you want to sell your jewelry, you will find it is a great idea to offer something original and completely unique. You may not appeal to the mass market, but you may find that a smaller group of people will fall in love with your individual designs.
This necklace is a little different - you can make it as elegant or dramatic as you like. You can see that I have made it into a 'bib' style and added chain. You could make it longer to create a more dramatic effect.
For this project I used:
- 40cm of 24 gauge wire;
- 2.5m of 28 gauge wire;
- 39 beads;
- 1 necklace clasp; and
- 18cm of chain.
If you do not want to use chain and want to make the 'fringed' part of your necklace longer (you could make it the entire length of the necklace), then you should allow for up to 3.5m of 28 gauge wire. How much wire you use will depend on not only the length of the fringed part but also the length of the 'fringes' themselves.
If you would like to know more about the different types of wire used in jewelry making, check out the previous post.
The video tutorial for this project is below - happy twisting!
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