Here is a simple wire work necklace I created not long ago. I first formed the lampwork glass beads with Moretti Glass Rods to fit the idea of this necklace. The pendant is actually an aroma therapy bottle.
Some of these components made of sterling silver were created by my sister Patricia Brockert during the time she never met a wire she couldn't bend to perfection. She gave me a box of wire to recycle into a Cuddle-fish form pendant. That would be remelting the silver and forming it once again. I rescued several pieces and added them to this necklace.
I made the closure and all of the jump rings as I described in one of my earlier posts on my blog.
This simple necklace is made up of creative bending and forming of the sterling silver wire. I didn't add complicated wire beads in this necklace.
Each wire component was hammered to give the sterling silver strength for long wear. Hammering will harden the wire and jewelry makers call this annealing the wire. It does this by lining up the molecules. I actually call this tapping flat or tapping strength into the wire. If you hammer the wire too much -- the wire will break easily. I use a jewelers hammer, but if you find a nice flat surface hammer in your hardware store that works too.
When doing your wire work it is good to have a anvil to be used while hammering your wire. I have a small one in my tool case to take along for classes. They run about $17. in any jewelers supply shop.