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Butterfly Pendant

by Carolyn Baum

Jig-formed wire wings highlight a glass focal bead.

MATERIALS:

Bead with 4mm hole

14-gauge dead soft wire, 34" long (copper,

sterling, brass, or gold-filled)

20-gauge dead soft wire, 3" long

Wooden board at least 5" x 5" x 1/4"

Finishing nails

Paper

Marker

Cord or chain with clasp

Tape

When designing this pendant I did not have a particular

bead in mind to use, so I ended up designing the bead

to match the pendant. I chose to make a bead with a

conical shape. I used silver foil in the bead to give it

some sparkle and black markings to mimic a butterfly

body. The conical shape helped to give the pendant a

long slender look even though the bead was going to

have a large hole, to accommodate the two wires that

had to come through the bead hole.

However, I am sure that lots of other shapes of beads

will work, as long as the hole is large enough. It will

require some minor adjustments in the design of the

wire pattern to accommodate a different size and shape

bead.

TOOLS:

Planishing or ball peen hammer

Steel block

Wire cutters

Round nose pliers

Flat nose pliers

Hammer

File

TECHNIQUES:

Wirework, hammering, making a jig, beads

and wire.

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Butterfly Pendant

Step 1: Lay the bead in the center of a sheet of paper,

and trace around the bead. Remove the bead.

Draw a simple line design for the top of the

butterfly wing. Start drawing at the top of the

bead, and end near the center. Keep in mind

that you need a loop in the wire above the

bead to pull a chain or cord through. Try to

make it mimic the eyes of the butterfly. Start at

the bottom of the bead, and draw a simple

curved line down and then up, to end near the

center of the bead. The two halves should

touch each other at some point. Fill in with a

widened line where you want the wire to be

hammered flat.

Trace this design, and flip over to repeat on the

opposite side. Make any adjustments necessary.

Beware that too much free floating wire could

affect the wearability of the pendant.

To make the jig, place the finished drawing on a

wooden board, and tape or glue down. Hammer

the finishing nails into the board at all major

turning points of the design. It is only necessary

to do this for one side of the butterfly. Clip the

heads of the nails off with a heavy-duty wire

cutter.

not, file the bead hole opening larger until

both wires fit through the bead.

Step 2: Hammering the wire into a teardrop.

Begin forging the wire by hammering a teardrop

shape on the end of the wire. File the end

smooth.

Step 3: Hold the teardrop in place with round nose

pliers, and bend the wire into a C shape with

the teardrop sitting flat in the C.

Step 3: Bending the wire.

Step 4: Place the C shape over the pattern, and bend

the wire around the nails for several turns.

Step 1

Step 2: Cut two 17" pieces of 14g wire. The length may

vary depending on the final design. Check to

make sure they both fit in the bead together. If

Step 4: Shaping the wire on the jig pattern

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Butterfly Pendant

Lift the wire off the board, and hammer

portions of the wire if necessary to follow the

design.

to keep the design symmetrical. Straighten out

the remaining wire on each piece. Use flat nose

pliers if necessary to straighten out the wire.

Line up the two pieces next to each other, with

the wings flared out, and pull both wires

through top of the bead.

Step 4: Hammering the wire to shape

Step 5: Place the wire back on the jig, and bend the

wire around the nails until you reach the loops

above the bead. Make a loop around the nail.

Step 7

Place the bead and wire on the board, and start

bending the wire around the nails from the

bottom up. Remove the wire from the nails.

Step 5: Looping around the nail

Step 8: Hammer the first curve of the lower portion of

the wing.

Step 6: Hammer the remaining curves of the top of the

wing.

Step 6: Hammering the wings

Step 7: Repeat Steps 3-6 for the second piece of 14g

wire. When forming loops for the butterfly eyes,

make sure you loop them in opposite directions

Step 8

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Butterfly Pendant

Step 9: Place the pendant back on the jig, and finish

following the pattern with the wire. Cut off any

unnecessary wire.

Repeat Steps 7-10 for the bottom wing of the

other side. Flipping the bead over and using

the same nails works well, so it is not

necessary to have nails on both sides of the

board.

Step 11: Make final adjustments to the wire, and using

the 20g wire, wrap the upper and lower wings

of each side together. Hammer if desired. Pull

your cord or chain through the loops. Adjust

the length if necessary.

Step 9

Step 10: Hammer the final curves on the wire flat. In

order to do this, it may be necessary to bend

the pattern out of shape slightly to protect

the bead and finish the pattern. Bend the wire

back to your desired shape after hammering.

CAROLYN BAUM

has a Master's degree in Art Education and has been

making glass beads since 1996. She studied

lampworking at the Corning Studio of Glass. To see

more of her work, visit her Web site at

Cbeadsandbuttons.com.

Step 10

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