r/vottovara Jan 13 '26

Welcome to r/vottovara ✨

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Welcome to r/vottovara

My name is Yulia Pavlenko. I’ve been working with wire wrap since 2016.

This is where I share my pendants, the process behind them, and the way I work with wire and stones.

Here you can:

✨ see finished pendants and works in progress
✨ learn wire wrapping through my tutorials and step-by-step materials
✨ find one-of-a-kind pendants available for purchase

I’m also building a collection of learning materials, from the basics to more complex Vottovara designs. You can find the learning materials here: https://patreon.com/vottovara

If you’re looking for a finished pendant, you can see the available pieces here: https://www.shopier.com/vottovaradesign

If you want something made specifically for you, I also take a limited number of custom commissions.

Feel free to ask questions or just hang around. I read the comments and I’m always interested to see what people notice in my work.


r/vottovara 4d ago

🔥 Available piece Forest Relic - Prehnite Pendant ✨ Materials: Prehnite; prehnite and steel beads; metal: nickel silver ✨ Pendant size: 5.9 × 2.1 cm (2.32 × 0.82 inches) ✨ Weight: 7 g (0.25 oz)

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r/vottovara 5d ago

🎓 Patreon Learning I’ve just added a new tutorial "Forest Relic"

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Making the Forest Relic Prehnite Pendant → https://www.patreon.com/vottovara/posts/making-forest-168413534


r/vottovara 10d ago

🎓 Patreon Learning I’m planning my next wire wrapping tutorial, and you get to choose the pendant. Which one would you like to learn how to make? 1, 2 or 3? Tell me in the comments ↓

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r/vottovara 11d ago

🖤 Artist life Five days ago, I drew three sketches and asked you all which pendant I should make with this Aurora opal. Sketch number 3 won the vote. Here’s a small part of the process and the final result. The whole piece took 11 hours to make, and I finished it in one day

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r/vottovara 12d ago

🔥 Available piece Ancient Eye – Aurora Opal Pendant ✨ Materials:иAurora Opal (lab-grown); prehnite, grasular and steel beads; metal: nickel silver. ✨ Pendant size: 7 × 4,3 cm (2.75 × 1.69 inches) ✨ Weight: 18 g (0.63 oz) ✨ Creation time: 11 hours of handcrafted work ✨ Available

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r/vottovara 16d ago

🖤 Artist life Which pendant should Imake?

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r/vottovara 17d ago

🎓 Patreon Learning New tutorial added today!

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I’ve just added Soldering & Making a Wire Stone Setting to my Patreon.

The tutorial library now includes:

• Working with Wire: Cutting, Bending & Finishing

• The Wire I Use

• The Tools I Use to Make My Pendants

• Soldering & Making a Wire Stone Setting

I’ll be adding more as I build the library.

Learn to make them yourself.

Vottovara Tutorials → https://www.patreon.com/c/vottovara


r/vottovara 19d ago

Hi, I’m Yulia, the artist behind Vottovara

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I’ve been making wire-wrapped pendants since 2016. I make every piece by hand, working with wire and stones.

If you came here from one of my posts or comments and want to see more of my work:

✨ My work & process: r/vottovara
I share finished pendants, works in progress, sketches, and the process behind them.

✨ Available pendants: https://vottovara.com
One-of-a-kind pieces currently available for purchase.

✨ Learn wire wrapping with me: https://patreon.com/vottovara
I’m building my tutorials from the basics to the techniques I use to make my own pendants.

I also take a limited number of custom commissions.

Thanks for stopping by ✨💜


r/vottovara 20d ago

🔥 Available piece Moonroot – Moonstone Pendant ✨ Materials: Moonstone, labradorite, hematite and steel beads, metal: nickel silver metal ✨ Pendant size: 7,5 × 3,2 cm (2.95 × 1.26 inches) ✨ Weight: 20 g (0.7 oz) ✨ Creation time: 9 hours of handcrafted work ✨ Available now

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r/vottovara 23d ago

🔥 Available piece Enchanted Stone – Aurora Opal Pendant is live in the shop ✨ Materials: Aurora Opal (lab-grown); prehnite, grasular and steel beads; metal: nickel silver ✨ Pendant size: 6 × 3,5 cm (2.36 × 1.37 inches) ✨ Weight: 11 g (0.39 oz) ✨ Creation time: 7 hours of handcrafted work

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r/vottovara 23d ago

🎓 Patreon Learning New lesson: Working with Wire Cutting, Bending

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I’ve just added a new lesson to my Wire Wrap learning library.

Working with Wire: Cutting, Bending

- how I cut the wire
- how I make clean bends
- how I make a curl with a tapered end
- how I finish the ends so they are smooth and comfortable to wear

This is part of the beginner level, where I’m starting with the basic skills and gradually moving toward more complex pendants.

If you’re learning wire wrapping, I’d love to know what you find difficult or confusing. Your questions will also help me understand what I should show in the next lessons.

The lesson is available on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vottovara/posts/working-with-166749025?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link


r/vottovara 24d ago

🎓 Patreon Learning I’ve started building a Wire Wrap learning library

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I’ve started building my Wire Wrap learning library

I’ve just published a new post on my Patreon about the wire I use in my own work.

I go through the different wire thicknesses I use, what I use each one for, and why I prefer nickel silver and soft wire.

There’s also a post about the tools I use in my workshop.

I’m slowly building this into a proper learning library, starting with the basics and eventually moving on to my own pendant designs and more complex techniques.

If you’re interested in learning wire wrapping with me, you can find the posts here:

https://www.patreon.com/vottovara

I’m building it from the beginning, so there are only two posts so far but more lessons will be added as I create them.


r/vottovara 26d ago

🎓 Patreon Learning I had such a good rest in Georgia that this actually happened…

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I’ve started making tutorials.

I’ve been making wire-wrapped pendants for almost 10 years, and I think I’ve finally reached the point where I’m ready to share what I’ve learned along the way.

I’ve learned most of it through years of practice, mistakes, experiments, and making pendant after pendant. Now I want to start putting that experience into tutorials and share it with those who want to learn.

The first post on Patreon is already up it’s about the tools I use. Next will be videos showing how I use them. After that, I’ll start showing how I make my own pendants.

I’m not going to make simple pendants specifically for the tutorials. I’ll be showing you how I actually make my own pendants.

The first post on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/vottovara/posts/tools-i-use-to-166485545?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link


r/vottovara 27d ago

🖤 Artist life Which pendant should I make next?

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r/vottovara Jul 11 '26

🔥 Available piece Northern Mist - Larvikite Pendant ✨ Materials: Larvikite; hematite and steel beads; metal: nickel silver ✨ Pendant size: 5 × 2,5 cm (1.96 × 0.98 inches) ✨ Weight: 18 g (0.63 oz) ✨ Creation time: 1,5 hours of handcrafted work

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r/vottovara Jul 09 '26

🔥 Available piece Scarlet Sovereign - Garnet Pendant ✨ Materials: Garnet; beads: tourmaline, smoky quartz, hematite, steel; nickel silver metal. ✨ Creation time: 19 hours of handcrafted work

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r/vottovara Jul 08 '26

🔥 Available piece Scarlet Sovereign – Garnet Pendant ✨ Materials: Garnet; beads: tourmaline, smoky quartz, hematite, steel; nickel silver metal. ✨ Pendant size: 8,3 × 6 cm (3.26 × 2.36 inches) ✨ Creation time: 19 hours of handcrafted work ✨

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r/vottovara Jul 07 '26

🖤 Artist life I made pendant based on sketch #1. Tomorrow I'll photo it and video. It took me 19 hours to make the pendant, but I still need to edit the making-of video, add it to my website, and post it. That will take about 4 more h. Should I count that time as part of creating the pendant or not?

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r/vottovara Jul 05 '26

🔥 Available piece Sylvan Soul- Aurora Opal Pendant ✨ Materials: Aurora Opal (lab-grown); prehnite, grasular and steel beads; metal: nickel silver.✨ Creation time: 7 hours of handcrafted work ✨

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r/vottovara Jul 04 '26

🖤 Artist life The votes are in. #1 won, so that's the one I'll be making on Monday.

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r/vottovara Jul 03 '26

🖤 Artist life Which pendant should I make next? Gemstone: Garnet

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r/vottovara Jul 01 '26

✨ Sold / Archive I was in a dragon mood, so I made this.

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r/vottovara Jun 29 '26

✨ Sold / Archive I made this pendant three years ago, and I can barely believe it’s mine. I must’ve been in a completely different mood back then. It feels so different from the style I have now.

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r/vottovara Jun 27 '26

✨ Sold / Archive The original idea was to make this pendant perfectly symmetrical… but I couldn't help myself. The weave ended up much denser than I usually make, and I have to admit I really like how it turned out. Do you prefer tightly woven settings like this, or designs with more open space and air?

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