Wire: An Addict's Confession

Hello my name is Molly and I am addicted to wire. All types of wire: copper, silver, colored, oxidized, shiny - you name it and I've worked with it and probably have it in my stash.

The new wire colors and tools that have come out in the past few years have made working with wire even more fun and accessible to the masses.  In fact, I made this bracelet with just a few supplies and a fantastic book, Totally Twisted by Kerry Bogert.

Here are the supplies I used:

Metal Trinkettes Bangle Bracelet

11pc Trinkettes Mix- Heart Spacers

8yd-7.3m 20g Copper Wire-Purple

8yd-7.3m 20g Copper Wire-Blue

7ft-2.1m 16g Copper Wire-Silver

Prima Bead has other tools to help you expand your wire-working skills:

Copper Wire Assortment with Technique Book

Wire Jewelry Kit

Wire Jig

6pc Jewelry Tool Pack and Case

And one of my favorite wire coiling tools, the Coiling Gizmo.

I hope you have as much fun playing with wire as I do!  For even more wire supplies, check out Prima Bead's selection!

Totally Twisted!

OK...I FINALLY picked up Kerry Bogert's book, "Totally Twisted", and I just LOVE it! 

If you aren't familiar with Kerry and her work, she is an absolutely FABULOUS lampwork bead artist whose beads are both beautiful and whimsical.  Her blog (http://www.kabsconcepts.blogspot.com/) is great as well - check it out!

I love the book so much that I've decided to work my way through all of the projects, putting my own spin on them.

Here's the first project I finished, "Twisted Love" that you can find in my etsy shop:

Now, those of you who know me know that I am a copper freak.  I wanted to use all copper for this first project, so the presence of brightly colored glass beads and wire are notably absent in my version of "Bang Gals".  I incorporated one of B Heart Ranch's fun copper heart buttons and one of my favorite copper beads from Rings and Things.

On to the next project!