Crop Circles Bracelet Project Download

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