I am back in full swing now after an interstate move. My real love is raw natural crystals, for example the Pink Tourmaline I have listed on Artfire (photo below). It's actually easier to wrap odd shapes and let the wire go where it will, and then add coil and weave. I am collecting new pieces to wrap and the requests for custom items have been coming in lately as well. All good!

I now have a shopping cart on my own site:
Moonbeemz Shop

I am going to concentrate on wire wrapping natural crystals, it is something so unusual and so satisfying to do.

Aura wire wrapped crystals

I love working with natural crystals and these beauties are superb. Aura crystals are natural quartz crystals have been infused with Platinum at high heat and bonded at a molecular level with either Platinum, Gold, Iron, Indium or silver to form a permanent bond. This mineral coating breaks light into rainbow colours, and the coating is permanent.

The result is stunning and I have had a lot of fun making these.
Tanzan Indigo crystal pendant listed at Artfire.
Opal Aura wire wrapped pendant

Wire Wrapping

Wire wrapping has such endless possibilities. When I first started, it was a tentative few twists with what I found later was the wrong kind of wire for what I was trying to do, yet I was immediately hooked! It is so different from putting beads onto a headpin, or making a bracelet with tiger tail. The limits are off and the only limit is your imagination.

Quite often you can find a tumbled stone, or odd shaped piece that simply seems impossible to make into normal jewellery. With a few strands of wire, I found I could! Mind you, I certainly struggled a lot as I had no reference for what I was trying to do, and since then have found some amazingly generous wire artists who share their knowledge. The best resource I have found is http:/www.jewelrylessons.com where a love of creating is shared.

With practice, you can wire wrap almost anything. The tension of the wire holds it all in place, once you understand the basics. I'll be adding some posts on my experiences in learning and falling in love with this wonderfully creative activity. Each and every piece is unique and that is just so satisfying!