Following from my previous post, here is part 2 of the jewelry making process and tutorial for the Zodiac Pendant. If you would like to have the PDF version of the tutorial, you can buy it from here.
Step 6: Using 18 ga wire, wrap the wire around the dowel and form a circle measuring 0.8 inch in diameter. A talk of around 0.4’ is left for the loop.
We will refer to this component as Circular armature throughout this tutorial. The circular is used as the outer frame from the pendant.
Step 7: Form the loopUsing the round nose pliers, create a small loop at the top of the circular. Notice how a small portion of the circular is overlapped. The overlapped should remain at your left if you are right handed (and reversed if you are left handed).
Step 8: Flatten the shapeUsing a hammer, flatten the entire piece a bit in order to make the structure more rigid. Open the circular armature a bit to ensure all portions are hammered.
Step 9: Re-shape the circle and attach thin wire. Cut 50 inch long of 26 ga wire. Attach the wire to the left of the loop if you are left-handed by coiling it around the circle 2 or 4 times.
Step 10: Coil the circular armature.
Continue to coil the wire following clockwise direction.
Step 11: When you are reaching the left side of the armature, you may turn the circular around so that it is easy for you to coil left side of the circle using your right hand.
Step 12: Coil the loop.
When you complete the wrapping the circular armature, continue to wrap the loop using the thin wire.
Tips: If you are using shorter thin wire, you may not have enough wire to continue with the rest of the steps. You may cut off excessive wire here. Use flat nose pliers to flatten the edge of the wire. Place a new thin wire to continue with the next steps.
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