Top drilled beads add a lot of interest to a piece because they aren’t necessarily so perfectly symmetrical as center drilled beads. Also, all those wire wraps give great opportunity to make nice neat coils or add lots of fun messy wraps.
I love the way the wire wraps above the purple pearl and the amber chips act as funky bead caps.
If you are wrapping with a fine wire (24 gauge or smaller) I would suggest you leave the shorter wire long enough to make the loop as well (treating both wires as one.) Then you can do your wraps with both wires, tucking in the shorter one when it runs out. This will ensure that that short wire doesn’t pull out from under the wraps. (Try it and you’ll see what I mean.)
Enjoy the video and happy creating!
You can watch the Friday Findings-Wire Wrapping Top Drilled Beads video over at YouTube.
Those are all so cool. I love the steampunk gear earrings I bought from you–and I can wear them, finally!
Oooo, so you must have gotten your ears re-pierced. Enjoy wearing them!