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More Copper and Rhyolite

by Little Round Chick on 03/28/12

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About this design:

I've had the copper frame for this bracelet for ages. I had started to work on it with mostly stone beads but didn't like the way it was looking. So I abandoned it, more or less.

Last week I received some rhyolite beads that were a perfect color for copper so I clipped the wires and removed the blah beads from the frame. The colors of the rhyolite with a few Czech beads and crystal made a much more interesting cuff.

Components:

rhyolite, copper, Czech glass, jasper, crystal, seed beads

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Read the comments (or add your own)

On Mar 28, 2012 at 2:55 pm #
Elaine aka Belly Chick says:

This is fabulous!! This is exactly the inspiration for my Blue Fire Agate cuff that I just posted….yours is SO much nicer, though!
On Mar 28, 2012 at 2:55 pm #
olive penguin says:

This is a stunningly beautiful cuff! I’m in awe of your copper wire work in your bracelets, it’s always really interesting and unique. Those rhyolite beads are beautiful too! Great job! I love this.
On Mar 28, 2012 at 3:00 pm #
Little Round Chick says:

Thanks Elaine and Olive. This is one of those pieces where the beads and copper were made for each other.

Elaine, I need to check your Blue Fire Agate cuff. I expect you are being too hard on yourself.
On Mar 28, 2012 at 4:57 pm #
Fresh Baked says:

Gorgeous color combo in this piece…a beautiful mosaic effect. Love it.
On Mar 28, 2012 at 5:37 pm #
Wemai Coffee Chick says:

Lovely! Maybe some day I will try to make a cuff like this, but so far I have to admire yours!
On Mar 28, 2012 at 7:55 pm #
KatsAllThat says:

Really beautiful.
On Mar 28, 2012 at 7:57 pm #
KatsAllThat says:

Where did you find that frame? Love it.
On Mar 28, 2012 at 8:26 pm #
Elis Mom says:

This is gorgeous!
On Mar 28, 2012 at 8:30 pm #
Little Round Chick says:

Thanks for the compliments Everyone. I’m quite please with the over all design.

KatsAllThat, I made the frame. It’s 12 gauge copper electrical wire. This is the first style frame I learned to make. Since then I’ve been playing around with all kinds of variations for the frame structure, waves, swirls, paisleys, grids….. There is no end to all of the design possibilities.
On Mar 28, 2012 at 9:59 pm #
KatsAllThat says:

Wow…I must say you did a fantastic job! I would love to try that out.
On Mar 28, 2012 at 10:03 pm #
KatsAllThat says:

I just shared this on my Facebook page.
On Mar 28, 2012 at 10:03 pm #
KatsAllThat says:

https://www.facebook.com/KatsAllThat
On Mar 29, 2012 at 3:21 am #
Little Round Chick says:

Thank you for sharing my cuff on your Facebook page, KatsAllThat. One of these days I need to learn the ins and outs of Facebook.
On Mar 29, 2012 at 7:58 am #
D Luczak says:

This is gorgeous!!! I love how the copper and beads go together and that frame is amazing I really want to try to make one
On Mar 29, 2012 at 8:51 am #
Chicky Zee aka Alice says:

Gorgeous and a fav!
On Mar 29, 2012 at 11:54 am #
Little Round Chick says:

Thanks for all of the positive comments Everyone.

I can’t take credit for the original design of this cuff. Instructions for making it came from the book “Beautiful Wire Jewelry for Beaders” by Irina Miech. I learned the basics in a class offered by my LBS. It is a fantastic book full of ideas and techniques. Some day I may have to try some of the other projects in it.
On Mar 29, 2012 at 12:07 pm #
Little Round Chick says:

Hey all of you interested folk, Amazon has the book available for $14.93 which is a better price than I paid. If you do check it out be very careful….they have bunched of books on jewelry and it is easy to get lured into buying them.
On Mar 29, 2012 at 1:40 pm #
Nancy Mc says:

Absolutely gorgeous! You’re right about the beads and the copper together. Everything just “fits”
On Mar 29, 2012 at 2:45 pm #
Dragons Chicky says:

This is lovely!And that is a great book!
On Mar 29, 2012 at 6:08 pm #
gembeans says:

Love it, love it, love it!!!
On Mar 29, 2012 at 7:48 pm #
Lynn g says:

This is so pretty, and love the bead choice.
On Mar 29, 2012 at 10:47 pm #
Krystone Jewelry says:

I want one!!
On Mar 30, 2012 at 10:21 am #
Steph says:

I love how it all blends, I have yet to try doing one of these, I’d hate to waste the wire screwing it up.
On Mar 30, 2012 at 12:25 pm #
sunny chick says:

Gorgeous cuff!
On Mar 30, 2012 at 12:46 pm #
Little Round Chick says:

Thanks again Everyone.

Steph, you should see the container I put my scraps and screw-ups in. It is about 3/4 full and this is my second one. Of course they aren’t terribly big containers but then the scrapsare pretty small. If you want to try making this style bracelet start with a fairly small gauge like a 16ga then work your way up to the tuff stuff.
On Mar 30, 2012 at 1:10 pm #
Mary S - Sweet Chick says:

Geez! Thought I had commented on this….
Anyway, this is fabulous Nancy! Rhyolite and copper are a match made in heaven. Love it!

Any idea how many feet of 12g you used?
(I’ve gotta’ get that book from Irina!)
On Mar 30, 2012 at 1:18 pm #
Marlene says:

Beautiful bracelet and beautiful work. Just did my very first wire work (a class), and I think I’m going to love it. Thanks for the book recommendation – if it can show me how to be half as good as you, I’ll be thrilled.
On Mar 30, 2012 at 5:04 pm #
BeataViscera says:

This is absolutely awesome. And congrats on getting featured!
On Mar 31, 2012 at 1:29 am #
Little Round Chick says:

Thanks again Everyone. After a hard day at the farmers market this is great to come home to.
(Actually it wasn’t too hard just a bit slow.)

Mary, I think there is about 30 inches of wire in this bracelet. I really didn’t measure it. In the original project there was 36 inches of 16ga wire used but it had coils on both ends with many turns in them.
On Apr 01, 2012 at 4:01 pm #
Gina P - Delta Chick says:

Stunning work of art!
On Apr 03, 2012 at 12:47 am #
Chickie Nonnie T says:

So Beautiful, I love it!
On Apr 03, 2012 at 2:59 am #
BrendaBeads says:

How beautiful! I love the design!
On Apr 03, 2012 at 7:14 pm #
Lesa B says:

Beautiful! I love it!!
On Apr 03, 2012 at 8:11 pm #
faithstar51 says:

Love the copper frame. Great design!!
On Apr 05, 2012 at 10:10 pm #
Alice c says:

finally
On Apr 06, 2012 at 10:24 am #
Hayley K says:

I LOVE the combination of copper and Rhyolite – perfect!!
On Apr 08, 2012 at 10:09 pm #
AJDesigns says:

Beautiful Bracelet

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