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Dewdrop Suncatcher WIPs
ByNicola 28/02/202528/02/2025

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
ByNicola 17/01/202117/11/2023

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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Gatekeeper Butterfly WIPS
ByNicola 22/04/202017/11/2023

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
ByNicola 03/12/201919/04/2024

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
ByNicola 03/02/201910/12/2021

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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Scandi Inspired Star Decoration
ByNicola 21/09/201817/11/2023

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
ByNicola 04/06/201811/02/2026

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
ByNicola 26/10/201727/11/2022

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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Fern Frond Pendant WIPs
ByNicola 18/09/201719/08/2023

Fern Frond Pendant WIPs Have a look into the copper wire work process during the making of my ‘Fern Frond’ women’s pendant design. This piece celebrates the uncurling fronds of the beautiful woodland fern plant and is adorned with Chinese Jadeite and agate semi-precious gemstones. Mix raw copper wire with hammers, snips, a metal file…

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Blue Tit Suncatcher WIPs
ByNicola 24/07/201719/04/2024

Blue Tit Suncatcher WIPs Celebrating the beauty of British garden birds Here’s a look into the copper wire work process during the making of my ‘Blue Tit in Flight’ suncatcher decoration. This piece was one of the most complicated designs I have made to date, and was born from a love of watching birds in…

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The Green Man WIPs
ByNicola 21/04/201703/10/2021

The Green Man WIPs A mammoth challenge, to make a green man decoration out of copper wire work, glass and gemstones. This design has been on my mind for a long time, yet knowing how difficult it can be to use wire-work to bring my ideas to fruition, I knew the task ahead would be…

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Ocean Waves Suncatcher WIPs
ByNicola 30/03/201713/01/2025

Ocean Waves Suncatcher WIPs Here’s a look into my copper wire work process making this large framed ocean waves hanging window decoration. Three waves are adorned with watery gemstones and glass beads, capturing the colour palette of the sea from the dark depths of the ocean up to the sea foam and crests of the…

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