Description
It’s always fun to come up with new ways to bring leather and wire together, as well as ways to
finish the ends. The design shown combines two lengths of leather with a central wireworked
focal formed on the Now That’s a Jig! The ends of the leather are finished with fabricated metal
end caps, and the wire is secured to the leather by “stitching” with more wire. Loops and a
handmade clasp finish off the design; all combined, it makes for a very wearable statement piece.
Tools and Supplies:
- oo18-gauge copper wire, 1 yard
- 16-gauge copper wire, 24″
- 14-gauge copper wire, 12″
- 22-gauge copper wire, 12′
- Leather 10mm x 6mm with
hollow core, 16″ - 26-gauge copper metal sheet,
6″ square - 18-gauge copper head pin, 1
- 10mm Swarovski crystal round, 1
- 8mm Swarovski rondelle, 1
- 8mm OD copper jump ring, 1
- Copper chain, 9″
- Now That’s a Jig! CornerTaks, 4
- Now That’s a Jig! PatternPunchr
- Now That’s a Jig! ½” pegs, 11
- Now That’s a Jig! 1/8″ peg, 1
- Now That’s a Jig! medium Oval
BanglSizr puck, 1 - Now That’s a Jig! SwiveLok, 1
- Now That’s a Jig! Screwdriver, 1
- Now That’s a Jig! Lifter, 1
- Metal shears
- Round-nose pliers
- Chain-nose pliers
- Flat-nose pliers
- Bent-chain nose pliers
- Linesman’s pliers (heavy duty pliers
with “teeth” in the jaws) - Flush cutters suitable for fine
gauge wire - Heavy duty cutters, or memory
wire cutters - Bench vise
- Rotary drill
- 1mm drill bit
- 1.5mm drill bit
- Center punch
- Ball-peen or riveting hammer
- Steel bench block
- Leather cutter
- Cyanoacrylate adhesive
- Scissors
- Ring clamp
- Vellum template
- Wire straightener
- Flexible measuring tape
- Fine-tipped marker
- Piece of scrap wood
- Glue stick
- Medium, fine, and ultrafine
sanding sponges - Round jeweler’s file
Originally Published: Step by Step Wire Jewelry,
April/May 2015
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