26 inches of 24 gauge, half-hard, silver jewellery wire
2. Making a wire-coiling tool
1. Bend a loop in the 16 gauge floral stem wire to form a "handle" as pictured.
2. This is the tool we will use to help us in coiling the silver wire. It should be about 5 - 6 inches long.
3. Coiling the silver wire
3. Hold one end of the silver wire against the handle of our wire-coiling tool.
4. Leaving about 1 inch of wire uncoiled on the end, wrap the silver wire tightly around the tool.
5. Continue wrapping the wire around the tool about 25 times, or until the length of the coiled section is about 1 inch long.
6. Thread a bead onto the long end of the wire.
7. Backtrack in your coiling by wrapping the wire around the left side of the bead a couple of times in order to hold the bead in place, then continue coiling the wire on the right side of the bead until you have added another inch to the coil.
8. Add a second bead to the long end of the wire.
9. As in step 7, coil around the left side of the 2nd bead a couple of times, then continue coiling the remainder of the wire to the right of the bead. Stop when there is about 1 inch of uncoiled wire left.
10. Grip the coil on the end closest to the handle and slide the coil off of the tool.
Your coil should look something like this.
4. Transforming the coil into the Flying Spaghetti Monster
11. Stretch the entire coil until its length is roughly quadrupled.
12. Tangle the midsection of the coil around one of the beads.
13. Tangle an equal amount of wire around the second bead. Using the remainder of the coil, tangle it around the wire surrounding both beads to hold the mass of tangled coils together. This will form the body of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
14. Feed one of the uncoiled ends through the body of the FSM.
15. Feed the second uncoiled end through the body of the FSM.
16. Using the round nose pliers, make a loop at the very end of the wire to form an eye stalk.
17. If there is excess wire on the end, you may trim it off with the wire cutters
18. Repeat steps 16 and 17 on the second end to complete the FSM.
5. Attach jewellery components
Attach the charm to a hoop to make a ring.
Attach to a bobby pin to make a barrette.
Attach to a chain to make a necklace.
Your 2 cents
Hey thats great. Love it.
I'm a jeweler/convert too. 15 years jeweler 2 months 'because I want to believer'.
Is there somewhere to see your jewelry?
I like melting glass too.
Saxon
2 cents from: saxon on August 27, 2006 12:34 PM
Hi there,
I love your jewellery! And I've just recently discovered the FSM, I think its fab! Was wondering if you sell any of your jewelley? Because I would love to buy some! And I also saw your FSM plush on Flickr, do you sell those as well?
Cheers!
Mariah
2 cents from: Mariah Lelos on February 27, 2007 2:04 PM
Where do you purchase those type of bobby pins?
2 cents from: katie on April 14, 2008 8:57 AM
I got the bobby pins at a drug store.
2 cents from: Winnie on April 24, 2008 1:42 PM
Awesome. Is it possible to purchase your finished product? I'd like to get matching necklace charms for my sister and me.
2 cents from: Michele Lundeen on August 9, 2008 9:22 AM
Would you spare me some change?
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Hey thats great. Love it.
I'm a jeweler/convert too. 15 years jeweler 2 months 'because I want to believer'.
Is there somewhere to see your jewelry?
I like melting glass too.
Saxon
2 cents from: saxon on August 27, 2006 12:34 PM