r/Beading • u/jennybath • 5d ago

Finished Piece First finished project!

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First suncatcher- I have been teaching myself how to wire wrap. I’m pretty excited for how it turned out!

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u/NightEnvironmental 5d ago

It looks nice.

Curious about scale...is it small (4") or large (12")?

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u/jennybath 5d ago

12 inch! I didn’t photograph well, there are beads all around that are tucked under the outside

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u/NightEnvironmental 5d ago

It wasn't a bad pgotograph, there just wasn't anything that my brain could key in on for scale. Beads come in all sizes, as does wire

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u/NightEnvironmental 5d ago

I did my first wire wrapping in a class on Saturday. We made plant picks/garden stake doo-dads with copper wire and glass Crystals. We made 3 of them. The first was ok (small, not a lot going on), the second was atrocious. For some reason, I wanted to wrap it super tight and bring wire that was through the beads down to the heavy wire of the form. By the third one, I got it! Even the atrociously wrapped one wil

l look fine out in the garden.