{"id":5761,"date":"2014-03-06T18:16:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T23:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=5761"},"modified":"2014-03-06T18:16:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T23:16:13","slug":"little-orbits-jewelry-links-make-march-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2014\/03\/06\/little-orbits-jewelry-links-make-march-day-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Orbits Jewelry Links &#8211; Make It In March &#8211; Day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today instead of playing with polymer clay, I decided to work with 14 gauge copper wire and try one of the projects from Cindy Wimmer&#8217;s <a title=\"Cindy Wimmer's The Missing Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/159668707X\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=159668707X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=secroforgapeo-20\" target=\"_blank\">The Missing Link: From Basic to Beautiful Wirework Jewelry<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=secroforgapeo-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=159668707X\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/beads-and-jewelry\/little-orbits-metal-links.JPG\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" alt=\"little orbits metal links\" src=\"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/beads-and-jewelry\/little-orbits-metal-links.JPG\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cindy&#8217;s book walks you through making several different shapes and styles of wire links for jewelry. I love that the book isn&#8217;t project based, but gives you a jumping off point for your own creativity.<\/p>\n<p>The links I made are ones she calls &#8220;Little Orbits.&#8221; They involve making large rings from heavy gauge wire, flattening and texturing the wire and then wrapping it with finer gauge wires, either twisted or not, messy or neat, matching or contrasting.<\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;m going to love using these in projects and they&#8217;ll look even better after a patina with liver of sulfur.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Creating!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today instead of playing with polymer clay, I decided to work with 14 gauge copper wire and try one of the projects from Cindy Wimmer&#8217;s The Missing Link: From Basic to Beautiful Wirework Jewelry. 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