Dawn Horner

Start Wire Weaving: Cabochon Pendants

Dawn Horner

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  • In-depth Instruction; over 172 mins
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Meet your instructor, Dawn Horner, as you gain a sneak peek of the beautiful pendant you'll make in class. Next, learn how to select wires for your pieces, prevent injury while you work, and start practicing a figure-eight weave.
Now that you've learned some weaving basics, it's time to use them to build gorgeous bezel walls. Dawn shows you an easy way to measure your stones, and demonstrates how to weave and compress the bezel as you work. Additionally, you'll learn how to create a beautiful sawtooth variation.
Working with a bail can be intimidating, but Dawn shows you how to look at this jewelry component in a new way to recognize its artistic potential. Learn how to weave the bail, determining the best size and shape in the process. Dawn also shares the best ways to control the stone as you work.
After you've woven the wires for your bail, it's time to shape it and secure the base with wire. After using Dawn's trick to align the weave perfectly with the front of your piece, get inspired as Dawn helps you add a customized design in the process.
Why leave the back of the pendant plain when you can have so much fun designing it? Dawn shares techniques for placing your design and sewing it in snugly with wire. She also shares tips on accounting for a bezel that's too loose or too tight to ensure that your stone and designs stay in place.
The back wires are in place, and now it's time to reassess the stone to see how it's fitting within the bezel. Dawn shows you how to secure the fit and alter the final design accordingly, offering design variation ideas and helpful tips to hide mistakes along the way.
To antique, or not to antique? Learn the benefits of leaving your piece as-is or antiquing it to show off your weave in a different way. Dawn shows how to work quickly and safely to create the look you want, finishing with cleaning and polishing methods that will make all of your pieces shine!
 
 
7 Lessons
2  hrs 52  mins

Description

Create wire-woven jewelry with confidence! Instructor Dawn Horner guides you every step of the way, beginning with an introduction to materials and techniques. Discover Dawn’s figure-eight weave, then learn how to capture any cabochon with two variations of a woven bezel frame. Next, transform your bezel into a pendant with a lovely, marquise-shaped bail! Shape and align your bail and learn to weave a dreamcatcher-inspired netted backing to secure a stone to your pendant. Then, find out how to sew beads and eye-catching embellishments into the front of your piece and add finesse with an antiqued finish. Plus, discover key cleaning and polishing tips that will make all of your wirework shine!

Dawn Horner

Dawn Horner entered the world of jewelry design after a friend challenged her to try "the other side of the table" at the art shows Dawn loved to attend. Now, Dawn's jewelry has been featured in multiple issues of Wirework magazine, and she teaches her signature wire-weaving designs in classes across the country.

Dawn Horner

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