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Dewdrop Suncatcher WIPs

Nicola — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:08:51 +0000

Dewdrop Suncatcher WIPs Welcome the beauty of spring with my enchanting dewdrop suncatcher. As the season bursts into bloom, there’s no better time to get creative with a dazzling wire craft project. Watch my step-by-step video tutorial below and follow along to make your very own shimmering beaded hanging decoration. Perfect for catching the sunlight,...

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Hand Forged Bangle Tutorial

Nicola — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 10:30:10 +0000

Hand Forged Bangle Tutorial Sharing with you latest tutorial for my raw copper wire paddle bangle. Follow each stage of the metal-work process to create this wrap around women's bangle design. This is one of my most popular designs, the bangles are cold formed, work hardened in a barrel tumbling machine and then goes through...

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Meet the Maker Lois from Molko

Nicola — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:10:15 +0000

Meet the Maker Lois from Molko Introducing the lovely Lois, a textile artist and designer. Her small business Molko provides PDF sewing patterns and sewing tutorials for sewing hobby enthusiasts! Read on for her 'Meet the Maker' interview. Tell us about yourself I have always been a creative person, throughout my childhood art was a...

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Gatekeeper Butterfly WIPS

Nicola — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:43:36 +0000

Gatekeeper Butterfly WIPS Bringing Nature to Life through Wire Art Introducing the gatekeeper butterfly suncatcher and sharing with you my latest craft tutorial. Learn how to make this butterfly with easy to learn copper wire work techniques. This design is handmade with lashings of copper wire work, dotted with semi-precious gemstones and glass beads. Ingredients:...

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Holly and Mistletoe WIPs

Nicola — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:00:15 +0000

Holly and Mistletoe WIPs Inspired by the winter solstice and season of Yule, these hanging ornaments are hand-made with copper metal wire work, gemstones and glass beads. The designs follow the familiar contours of holly and mistletoe leaves, adorned with red and white berries. Together they celebrate the heart of winter time when the earth...

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Unboxing a Wire Craft Kit

Nicola — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 15:21:25 +0000

Unboxing a Wire Craft Kit Taking you through the contents of my wire-work craft kit. With bundles of titanium wire, semi-precious gemstones and ribbon, along side a set of three wire working tools. For rainy days and hands that like to make. These craft kits for beginners will start you on your wire work journey. ...

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Wire Work Hobby Kits

Nicola — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 11:19:26 +0000

Wire Work Hobby Kits Introducing the 'Hobby in a Box' Introducing the Wire Bird Craft Kit for adults, as the perfect gift idea for hands that like to make. Featuring a little robin red breast, my favourite British garden bird. He is made from copper wire, red and black gemstone beads and blue ribbon. This...

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Scandi Inspired Star Decoration

Nicola — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:05:49 +0000

Scandi Inspired Star Decoration This festive hanging decoration follows the symmetrical geometric shapes of the 'Nordic Star'. With a familiar Scandi design, this contemporary ornament loves sunny windows and winter gardens. Hand-made with copper wire work and Czech glass beads that love to shimmer and shine. The eight pointed star (octogram) has been part of...

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Wildlife Suncatcher WIPs

Nicola — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 09:00:44 +0000

Wildlife Suncatcher WIPs One of the largest most intricate pieces I have made to date is this wildlife suncatcher. Hand-made using only copper wire wrapping, adorned with semi-precious gemstones and Czech glass beads. A labour of love went into the design and making of this piece, featuring three clouded yellow butterflies, an azure dragonfly and...

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Azure Dragonfly WIPs

Nicola — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:15:59 +0000

Azure Dragonfly WIPs This sun catcher design is inspired by the 'Azure' damselfly, one of the British dragonfly species with bright blue-green metallic colourings, she is a shimmering beauty! She is adorned with rainbow fluorite, labradorite, table-cut glass and Czech glass beads. Her frame is made with many metres of soft copper wire, shaped to...

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