Tree Weaver - Wire Weaving

Hi again! Been working on pieces from Lisa Barth's book Timeless Wire Weaving lately. Love her work and so glad to learn how to do it! I was using wire that was a little too thick and they were coming out rather large...but it's okay, since I come from a family of giants. :) I am 5'8" but my one aunt is 6'4" and another is 6'9"!

The book calls for small square diagonally drilled turquoise beads...no luck on those! So I adapted...:)

 Side view of the bracelet above. This wire is 18g and probably 14g. The cool thing is the turquoise pieces spin! Great for fiddly people like me. :D

 The bracelet above was the same pattern but made with 20g wires. And additional turquoise! Spin, spin spin!

You can see the difference between the two above, just because of the wire size. I haven't decided whether to put a patina on these or not, I like them so much like they are!

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The one above is also from Lisa's book, but I put one of my polymer clay mokume gane pendants in it. I wish I could take a good picture of these stones! That red color is actually a brilliant pinky/purple. :) With lots of sparkle! I love the color with the copper wire though...

This one is a dyed crackled agate with copper wire. It comes this color, I did not put a patina on it and it won't change or come off...My own design. 

Side of the dyed agate pendant. Just wanted to show that weave....I just love it, looks like knitting!

This is another bracelet from the book. I used a tiger eye donut I already had, just waiting for a design like this!

CSL Designs on Youtube has a tutorial for elven ears and I thought I'd give it a try. 

These are copper with Swarovski AB crystals. 

And then I got on a Tree of Life kick after I made one for one of my FB groups. I had seen one someone made with a crystal and decided to try a similar project. 

The one below is much smaller than the one above, which is more of a fan pull or window hanging than a pendant! The one below is nice, though, I wore it the other night and it doesn't scratch or anything. Kind of important when you have so many wire ends!

And finally, this is the one I entered in the FB contest on my group. Love how it came out although the swing is a little too delicate to wear this! Again, much larger than you would probably want to wear for a pendant, though that is just MY taste!

Thanks for looking and come back soon! Please give my  FB page a like!