Just a note to say how much I appreciate your tutorials & humor! I’m not into making jewelry, but I do some model building and the techniques you demonstrate are infinitely useful in my efforts! Thanks for spending the enormous amount of time and effort to produce these excellent videos!
I started watching your channel because I wanted to learn a little more about working with copper wire... duh, but not to make jewelry. I want to use hammered copper wire as a component in an art piece and am currently trying to work with 6 gauge copper wire! I wasn't sure exactly how to make it more easily workable after slamming it with a steel hammer for an hour! Annealing is a new trick in my magic bag now as well as how to make a few new shapes! Trying to coil and hammer 6 gauge hard copper wire is easier now thanks to your excellent teaching skills and huge knowledge base! My wrists, finger joints and elbows thank you!
Phenomenal experience to watch your working on this pendant. I am excited to have learned a couple of new words that I can add to what I say when I am working on my projects. Thank you ever so much for your sharing of your phenomenal talents and I look forward to watching more videos... You're a great teacher!!!
I always enjoy watching you work AND listening to your humorous delivery! It’s been many (many) years since I sat at a jeweler’s bench AND am sooo not getting back into gold and silver work again (well…maybe silver, later), but decided to do copper wire projects, so have different sizes of copper wire, just waiting their turn to be mangled at my hand! LOL Not wanting to trust my old torch setup since I don’t know how long torch hoses last in storage, I decided to use a kitchen torch. Gghhrr! I couldn’t get enough heat to melt the solder, but I could only find gold solder in my tool box from WAY back when. I think it was medium or easy, not hard (too lazy to go out to workroom to check), but I’ve checked online, looking for actual copper solder…mainly to match the wire. Do anyone not make actual copper solder? What kind of solder do you generally use on copper wire pieces? I figured gold would blend better than silver, but it was a moot point, considering that I couldn’t get enough heat to melt the solder! Metal work definitely does NOT fit the old adage about “like riding a bike”. LOL
What fun to watch video. Such great craftsmanship, and attention to detail. Very informative on so many different techniques .....very inspiring,thank you!
rofl i hate to say it but i love it when you lose things on the floor or turn around going "have i lost that pearl?...where the he.....ck is that stone??" not cos i like to watch people struggle but because i thought it was only me......i TOO have a floor monster that eats dropped stones, wires, and various other items, which vanish when they land down there.....and ive got a plain laminate floor so theres nowhere for em to go, but go they do!! i too will have a stone in my hand, put it down to find the right drill bit or the calipers, and then have to spend half an hour looking for it cos i have NO idea where i put it. its nice to know that even so, its possible to put out good work lol
Hi Nancy! I am loving these wire, soldering and finishing tutorials! Thank you ! Any suggestions for soldering copper wire to silver sheet. I just started soldering and will gladly accept any pointers. Thank for the entertaining tutorials!
Interesting to watch. Not that a guy is gonna make ladies jewelry but it does give a guy a heads up to the process and how to spot quality jewelry of this type. In your other video you showed how to make loops. Everyone shows how to make loops but how to make small squares and rectangles without having to bend all the points You can wrap on a pen for loops sure but no one shows how to make squares without having to make them ourselves. I was looking all over the place and couldnt find anything square or rectangluar in a smaller size. Now that Im thinking about it maybe Dice. But it would be nice to have several of a type of object of varying sizes going to down the list the only thing I can think of is id have to make it myself.
Is there some reason that you do not use a "jig" to make your swirls? Seems that would make 2 alike easier. Love Love Love the design you made. Swirls are my favorite to doodle, and your result is elegant!
As always, great info and terrific camera work! I enjoy working with copper and started out doing wire work, then moved into more traditional jewelry work. I've been trying to find copper solder vs. silver solder, in search of a better color match. So far, most of the copper solder I've tried is very brittle and doesn't make a strong join. Can you recommend a good source for copper solder?
It's because it's next to impossible to get a wire to stay in position if it's hard or half hard. Both of those states mean that the wire retains a memory of its shape and does its best to retain that shape. It's VERY hard to solder something if it keeps trying to spring apart. Also if yo DO manage to get hard or half hard to retain a shape, if you solder it, the wire will anneal and relax and the shape will shift. It's also impossible to get half hard or hard to make a smooth curve for the same reasons. Yes you can anneal it but why bother.... skip a step and start with soft wire that you can work harden when done.
Just a note to say how much I appreciate your tutorials & humor! I’m not into making jewelry, but I do some model building and the techniques you demonstrate are infinitely useful in my efforts! Thanks for spending the enormous amount of time and effort to produce these excellent videos!
I started watching your channel because I wanted to learn a little more about working with copper wire... duh, but not to make jewelry. I want to use hammered copper wire as a component in an art piece and am currently trying to work with 6 gauge copper wire! I wasn't sure exactly how to make it more easily workable after slamming it with a steel hammer for an hour! Annealing is a new trick in my magic bag now as well as how to make a few new shapes! Trying to coil and hammer 6 gauge hard copper wire is easier now thanks to your excellent teaching skills and huge knowledge base! My wrists, finger joints and elbows thank you!
Two year s later CZcams shows me your channel. Great vidsl!! Easy too follow instructions.
Wow, thanks!
Phenomenal experience to watch your working on this pendant. I am excited to have learned a couple of new words that I can add to what I say when I am working on my projects. Thank you ever so much for your sharing of your phenomenal talents and I look forward to watching more videos... You're a great teacher!!!
loving your work.
I always enjoy watching you work AND listening to your humorous delivery! It’s been many (many) years since I sat at a jeweler’s bench AND am sooo not getting back into gold and silver work again (well…maybe silver, later), but decided to do copper wire projects, so have different sizes of copper wire, just waiting their turn to be mangled at my hand! LOL Not wanting to trust my old torch setup since I don’t know how long torch hoses last in storage, I decided to use a kitchen torch. Gghhrr!
I couldn’t get enough heat to melt the solder, but I could only find gold solder in my tool box from WAY back when. I think it was medium or easy, not hard (too lazy to go out to workroom to check), but I’ve checked online, looking for actual copper solder…mainly to match the wire. Do anyone not make actual copper solder? What kind of solder do you generally use on copper wire pieces? I figured gold would blend better than silver, but it was a moot point, considering that I couldn’t get enough heat to melt the solder! Metal work definitely does NOT fit the old adage about “like riding a bike”. LOL
What fun to watch video. Such great craftsmanship, and attention to detail. Very informative on so many different techniques .....very inspiring,thank you!
It's very beautiful, love it!
hi I always love your work, and today was no exception awesome piece inspired me to make one.. cheers Nancy
Thank you for tutorials.So beautiful
SQUINCH...I love it!
Hi Nancy! I'm one of your fans. Havent seen you for a while. Good to see you :)
rofl i hate to say it but i love it when you lose things on the floor or turn around going "have i lost that pearl?...where the he.....ck is that stone??" not cos i like to watch people struggle but because i thought it was only me......i TOO have a floor monster that eats dropped stones, wires, and various other items, which vanish when they land down there.....and ive got a plain laminate floor so theres nowhere for em to go, but go they do!! i too will have a stone in my hand, put it down to find the right drill bit or the calipers, and then have to spend half an hour looking for it cos i have NO idea where i put it. its nice to know that even so, its possible to put out good work lol
Just beautiful!! 😊.
Wonderful. Thanks
Hi Nancy! I am loving these wire, soldering and finishing tutorials!
Thank you !
Any suggestions for soldering copper wire to silver sheet.
I just started soldering and will gladly accept any pointers.
Thank for the entertaining tutorials!
Interesting to watch. Not that a guy is gonna make ladies jewelry but it does give a guy a heads up to the process and how to spot quality jewelry of this type.
In your other video you showed how to make loops. Everyone shows how to make loops but how to make small squares and rectangles without having to bend all the points You can wrap on a pen for loops sure but no one shows how to make squares without having to make them ourselves. I was looking all over the place and couldnt find anything square or rectangluar in a smaller size. Now that Im thinking about it maybe Dice. But it would be nice to have several of a type of object of varying sizes going to down the list the only thing I can think of is id have to make it myself.
I'm surprised the pearl survived...may I ask why you didn't wait to put it on when you were finished?
I was thinking the same thing. Pearl’s are delicate and chemicals can’t be good for them .
Is there some reason that you do not use a "jig" to make your swirls? Seems that would make 2 alike easier. Love Love Love the design you made. Swirls are my favorite to doodle, and your result is elegant!
So awesome, is there a way to turn it gold or silver, or do you have to start out with precious metal.🥰
Did a car with super loud bass go by at 10:00 ? Thanks for the tutorial 🤓👍
What are the best soldering supplies? I am just starting and have nothing.
As always, great info and terrific camera work! I enjoy working with copper and started out doing wire work, then moved into more traditional jewelry work. I've been trying to find copper solder vs. silver solder, in search of a better color match. So far, most of the copper solder I've tried is very brittle and doesn't make a strong join. Can you recommend a good source for copper solder?
I heard on one of her vids that she prefers silver over copper.
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Bellissimo tutorial, spiegato molto bene. Mi può dire come si chiama quel bellissimo attrezzo per raddrizzare il filo? Grazie mille
I noticed a lot of people using wires, use ded soft.... why ??? I can't do that maybe for earnings. But I like medium or semi hard wire.
It's because it's next to impossible to get a wire to stay in position if it's hard or half hard. Both of those states mean that the wire retains a memory of its shape and does its best to retain that shape. It's VERY hard to solder something if it keeps trying to spring apart. Also if yo DO manage to get hard or half hard to retain a shape, if you solder it, the wire will anneal and relax and the shape will shift. It's also impossible to get half hard or hard to make a smooth curve for the same reasons. Yes you can anneal it but why bother.... skip a step and start with soft wire that you can work harden when done.