Copper Wire Bracelet
I'm a big fan of wire and beads, so I had to stop when I was surfing around looking for copper wire ideas. Victoria has mentioned before that when working with metal, copper is a great place to start because it is so inexpensive. So for newbies, it is a good way to get started without spending a lot of loot to boot.
But just because you don't spend a bunch of money on your jewelry supplies doesn't mean you can't make some great designs that you'll wear and enjoy for a long time. This bracelet project designed by Margot Potter, which I found on the Beadalon web site, is an excellent example of that. It combines natural copper wire with crystal beads, and then you can see that the various strands are woven together so the wire is visible through and around the beads. While the complete instructions are linked above, I think this is also a good inspirational project because you can go on to create a number jewelry combinations with clear crystals and copper wire.
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Doing this one with some sort of black wire and colours beads would be so cool!
I really like this look, I think different pieces of glass beads on a wire for a necklace could be very interesting especially if it has a large chunky centre piece. :D