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Giveaway-Woven in Wire: Dimensional Wire Weaving in Fine Art Jewelry book

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Giveaway-Woven in Wire: Dimensional Wire Weaving in Fine Art Jewelry

Leave a comment in this post by Sept 13, 2018 and you are in the running for this beautiful wire jewelry making book.

Open to U. S. Residents only please.

Looking for jewelry-making supplies? Check out our favorite supplier BeeBeeCraft

Weave – Sculpt – Transform

Break through the boundaries of traditional wirework jewelry to discover the world of intricate possibilities in Woven in Wire. As you weave, sculpt, and transform wire, award winning jeweler and wirework instructor Sarah Thompson guides you through the steps of achieving spectacular wearable art.

Follow along as Sarah shares:

  • Wire weaving fundamentals and her most prized techniques, helping you become a distinguished wire artist.
  • Mastering form and symmetry as you create ornate necklaces, rings, bracelets, pendants, and earrings.
  • The final steps to becoming a wire-weaving master–dismantling and reassembling the woven components for truly transformative jewelry designs.
As you work through the techniques and designs in Woven in Wire, your artistic power will grow, your skills will advance, and you will have the confidence to create your own intricate breathtakingly beautiful designs.

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Comments

  2. Oh my goodness, sign me up now! This would SO enhance my limited skills. I am a self-taught jewelry crafter and wire weaver, I LOVE the process and would SO appreciate new ideas and techniques from an expert! Please consider me!

  4. Looks like a fantastic book…I am just starting to “play” with this type of jewelry making and this could help elevate my progress

  6. This book looks awesome! I am just learning some wiring and was excited to read about this book! thank you!

  8. The cover photo is gorgeous. I’ve been looking for a new craft that would be rewarding in many ways now that I am disabled. I have a lot of time on my hands and want to make something with them. Beautiful art.

  9. This book looks amazing and I would really like to read it.. thanks for the chance to win it.

  14. This picture gave me ideas I have not thought about before. Using the large gage wire to create a form. I have only thought about small gage and wrapping to make larger lines. Thank you.

  23. That book looks like its filled with creative ideas. I love upcycling/recycling, I would love to have that in my resource library.

  24. As a recent retiree, I’m looking for something to do that would potentially expand into gifts for family members. Is this something a novice could do?

  25. The cover of this book is a seller in itself. I would really enjoy trying my hand at some of the patterns. Thanks for the opportunity.

  28. Have worked with wire myself but, this book…just by looking at cover could bring it to a new level. Excited to have the chance to add this to my resource library.

  31. To win and use this
    book would be so
    amazing in learning
    how to work this
    jewelry out.
    Carla from Utah

  32. I would love to win this book. I have a piece of Sarah’s jewelry and it would be amazing to learn how she does it and try myself.
    Nancy

  35. The necklace on the cover is beautiful. I’d love to win this book and try making one for myself.

  38. I know very little about wire-weaving, but it looks like this book might be a way to fix that. Thanks so much for the opportunity!

  39. WOW Gorgeous creation. I never tried wire weaving but it looks so interesting. Thank you very much for opening up my eyes to a new craft or more

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