Old-Fashioned Chain - Wire Work Tutorial
Intro: Old-Fashioned Chain - Wire Work Tutorial
Materials suggested:
Wire 1/2 hard - square or round - 1 1/16 inch straight wire per link - 3 links per inch finished chain. Almost any gauge wire can be used, just keep in mind the larger the gauge, the harder the links are to form, and the higher chance of your fingers falling off
1 clasp of your choice
Tools needed:
- Ruler
- Cleaning cloth
- Round nose pliers
- Chain nose pliers
- Flush wire cutters
- Permanent marker (Sharpie)
STEP 1: Step 1
STEP 2: Step 2
STEP 3: Step 3
Hold your pliers in your dominant hand, and the link you are working on, on the index finger of your non-dominant hand.
STEP 4: Step 4
STEP 5: Step 5
STEP 6: Step 6
STEP 7: Step 7
Congratulations, you just completed your first link. Now you need to repeat steps 4 through 7 to form a fair amount of links (or your fingers fall off). Remember roughly 3 links form 1 inch of chain.
STEP 8: Step 8
STEP 9: Step 9
STEP 10: Step 10
STEP 11: Step 11
STEP 12: Step 12
STEP 13: Step 13
STEP 14: TaDa :
This style of chain looks equally good in either round or square wire...
You can even add twisted wire links to your straight links to create your own version of a Figaro chain.
I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial.
You may use this design to make jewelry for sale ~ If you do, please link back to https://my-wired-imagination.com/
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6 Comments
donrb1 1 year ago
BobbiWired 1 year ago
kind regards,
Bobbi
veronica2 11 years ago
BobbiWired 10 years ago
All my wire comes from RioGrande.com - I have made this chain in just about every metal except aluminum and Artistic - those I would think would be too soft and flimsy for chain.
Scarlettred41816 12 years ago
BobbiWired 12 years ago