Horseshoe Lampwork Bracelet, Part 2
Please ignore the puffy pregnant hand. Focus on the bracelet.
The fun part about this bracelet is that it looks like it should fall apart, because of the open horseshoes, but if you make your twisted loops smaller than the flared ends of the links, it’s perfectly secure. Now, for the assembly.
1. Using the 24 gague silver wire, create a wrapped loop around the first horseshoe link. Test it to make sure that it will not slide off.
2. Thread one round bead, one lampworked bead, and one round bead onto the wire. Make another wrapped loop around the next link, orienting the link in the opposite direction from the first.
3. Continue as established until all the links and lampworked beads have been added. End with a bead link, attaching a handmade or storebought clasp. Attach the opposite side of the clasp to the first link. Et le voila, the completed bracelet:
Posted: September 2nd, 2009 under Jewelry, Tutorials.
Tags: bead, lampwork, silver