At the bead show earlier this month, I walked away with the purchase-of-the-day...a "Gizmo". The "Gizmo" is a set of three tools that I use to coil wire into spirals. I thought I would share a picture of the parts to the "Gizmo". Maybe you can tell how I would use them? Sounds like a good contest to me...and the winner gets a free pair of earrings!
Speaking of which, I have made a silver pair of spiral earrings to match the Rainbow Sherbet necklace pictured in the link at the right-hand side entitled, "My Photos". Here is a sneak peak at the earrings...and I haven't even had a chance to list them on Etsy yet. And yes, I made them using the "Gizmo"!
I have also been experimenting...I made longer spirals and shaped them into hoops to attach to some ear wires. This was a suggestion from my dear friend Rachel at Koukla Mou Designs!
If you think you know how I make spiral beads with the "Gizmo"...just leave me a comment to this post explaining your thoughts on how it's done. Oh, this could be quite interesting!! I am actually planning to document the process in pictures and share with you all at a later date.
Moving forward one day at a time...
Carole
I stared at the picture of the Gizmo, and I still have NO idea in the whole world! :)
ReplyDeleteOk. So I'm thinking the long thing is what you wrap your wire on - like you would a pencil or something - and the short end is like a handle. But I have no idea how you hold the wire onto the stick-end. Is that where the U-shape thing comes into play? or is that a different piece of equipment altogether? You need to post a video of how you do this after your contest closes.
ReplyDeleteEither way, I HAVE to be closer in my guess than Tracy! LOL.