Wire-wrapped Pearl Ring

1. Introduction: Welcome to this Wire Jewelry tutorial. In this tutorial, I will be showing you a really neat way to hide the ends of wire for a seamless look. Once you have finished watching the video, and if you created the ring, I would love to see your design. So please share that in the comments or in the project section. If you don't follow me already, you can find me across most social media platforms at Katie Rose Creates, and you can find me on Skill Share, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and the Threads app. If you found this tutorial helpful, I would love to have you check out my other videos where you can find more wire jewelry tutorials. Thanks so much for watching, and now let's jump into creating this wire ring. 2. Pearl RIng #2: Hello, folks, and welcome to another tutorial. To start off our tools and materials, we have 18 gauge solid brass wire. Next, we have some 22 gauge wire for attaching the beads. Choosing a four millimeter bead, I went with cultured pearls, and we also need a ring mandrel to shape and size the ring. For pliers, we have some Nylon jaw pliers, wire cutters, chain nose pliers, and round nose pliers. Using the Nylon jaw players, we are going to begin by straightening out a length of the 18 gauge wire. I forgot to mention this at the beginning, but having a file on hand is super helpful for smoothing out wire. To begin shaping the ring, we will place the wire onto the ring mandrel and wrap it completely around. Overlapping the wire, we want to make sure that the ends are curved with the rest of the ring. I find that using the handles of my pliers works way better than trying to press the wire with my fingers. Next, we are going to grab our wire cutters and we want to snip the ends of wire so that they are exactly flush to each other. You can see here that the wire slipped when I was cutting it the first time. I'm just going to go back and make sure that I'm holding the wire tightly against the ring mandrel, pressing it to have that curve shape, and then I'm going to take the wire cutters and snip off any excess wire so that the ends meet flush. Taking the wire off the ring mandrel, I'm just going to use my fingers to gently over bend the wire so that as it naturally springs back, the ends will meet perfectly. Next up, we are going to straighten a length of 22 gauge wire. We're going to use this 22 gauge wire to hide the joint on the band of the ring. We are going to bring that 22 gauge wire in through the ring, pulling out a length of wire that is about three or 4 " long. And with this long end of wire, we are then going to begin wrapping that 22 gauge wire tightly against the band of the ring. Holding both wires firmly, continue wrapping the smaller wire around the bigger one. The idea with creating the spiral is to create a wrapping that is long enough that we can then slide it over both ends of the wire to hide the joint in the ring. I wrapped the wire around until I had a length of wrapping that was about a centimeter or a quarter of an inch long. Using the chainas pliers, I pressed both sides of the wrap together so that there are no gaps in between the wire. Leaving a tail of the 22 gauge wire, we are then going to work the end of wire into the wrapping. Once we have pressed the end of wire into the spiral, we are then going to continue wrapping the 22 gauge wire down the ring so that the end of wire is secured within the wrap. Then using our chamlespliers, we're going to press the end of the 22 gauge wire securely against the band of the ring. And also using our pliers to press the wrapping together end to end so that there are no spaces in between the wire. With the wire secure, we will then snip off the excess wire with our wire cutters and flatten down the end of wire with our chain nose pliers. Placing the ring onto the ring mandrel, we will again use the handle of our pliers to round out the ring. Again, with a 22 gauge wire, we're going to pull out a length that is about three or 4 " long and cut it off. This is what we are going to use to attach the beads. We're going to wrap this wire onto the ring next to the wrapping that is already there. Holding the wire firmly, we're going to wrap that short end of the wire down and around away from the spiral. Using the chain nose pliers, we will press that wrapping together and then tightly secure the end of wire against the ring. Now that we have anchored this wire, we can begin adding the beads. Bringing the bead down against the ring, we are then going to adjust the wire so that the bead lies flat against the ring. We can just use our fingers to bend and adjust the wire. With our bead seated on the ring, we're going to take our wire and continue wrapping it in the same direction. Taking the wire, we're going to bring it down through the center of the ring and then bring it up, wrapping that wire tightly against the band of the ring to secure the bead onto the wire. I. Again, threading the wire through the center of the ring, we're going to wrap it two times. Once we have wrapped the wire the second time, we can bring the end up and add the next bead. We're going to repeat this process with the second bead, adjusting the wire so that the bead can sit against the ring, and then bringing the wire around, wrapping it two times before we add the next bead. Holding the beads firmly in place with one hand, wrap that wire tightly around with the other. After adding the last bead, we can then finish off the wrapping. We're going to wrap the wire so that it continues the spiral that is on the band of the ring. Again, holding the beads firmly in place as you wrap the wire. We will stop wrapping this wire when it matches the spiral on the other end and use our wire snips to cut off any extra wire. After clipping off the excess wire, we can then use our hanosepliers to tighten down that end. We can then also use the chainnosepliers to press the entire wrapping together, or we can use our fingers to do this. Also, if we need to adjust the beads so that they are centered over the top of the ring. Then testing with our fingers, if there are any rough spots, we can smooth them out with the file. Great work. You have completed three. Thanks for watching, and I'll catch you next time.