Lots of people seemed to be interested in this, so I've just done a VERY quick and rough version for forum members.
You'll find it here:
http://designedbygeorge.co.uk/page15.htm
Please feel free to let me know if it makes no sense at all, or there are any blindingly obvious mistakes!
Hope it's some use :)
Great George !
had a quick squiz... brain is mush at the mo, so if there were any mistakes, I'd not spot them ;)
xx
George that is fab, easy to read, fab clear pictures and makes complete sense to me!
Thank you so much!
Sam
Looks brilliant george, thank you!!!
See you in a bit................. :P
Looks great George. Thank you! :)
Lorraine
Superbe! :-*
Thanks George. That's fab :-*
Oh you are lovely! I will have a go ;D
Looks great George! Thanks; very kind!!
Roy :)
That's brilliant, George - thanks soo much (for some stupid reason I had envisioned it starting the other way round ::)) - must go and see if I can find a fuglie I can test it on ;D ;D
I LOVE you, George!!! Thanks so much for putting this together.. it's awesome!
Love,
k
x
ohhhh thank you george ...printing as we speak lol :-*
Thankyou so much you lovely, lovely lady :-*
Thanks George, great instructions, looking forward to giving it a go.
Clairex
Brilliantly clear, George, thank you very much.
Now go and wash your hands. ;D
Thanks for the tut - I look forward to giving it a go with my odd beads
Great tutorial George :D
George, if that's your quick and dirty tut, I don't want to see what they look like when you spend serious time on it - it would be depressing ;D Fabulous rings........I really don't wear rings, so come on peeps, let's see what you did!
Looks great George - Many thanks :)
Fab tutorial George - thank you very much for being so lovely and generous with your time and techniques. :-* :-*
Thats a fab tut George, so clear ;D I might have to have a go despite not wearing rings
hm....I've had a go, I thought the design was so brilliant....have posted in the Finished Jewellery section, so as not to pollute this thread ::)
Thank you so much ,George, for doing this - I'd made one of these before, but lost
the instructions...so, very pleased to see your tutorial. :)
Marg x
very clear tutorial, thanks George :)
I'm going to have a go. I just ordered some copper wire to play with :)
Brilliant George.. clear and totally understandable and great pics as well...
Now where did I put my copper 'play' wire... and what can I use instead of a ring mandrel....?? any suggestions (the mandrel part, not the copper wire bit ) :) :) :)
Thanks for the brilliant tut George, I'm off to order some copper wire to begin with :D
Looks like we wont need badges for the Flame Off as we'll all be wearing George-inspired rings ;)
Clairex
woo hoo I just made a ring ;D ;D huge thanks George for sharing this !!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3382/3217067741_9703d790aa_m.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3382/3217067741_9703d790aa_m.jpg)
That's gorgeous, Becky!! Fun, wasn't it? :)
It was lots of fun, and much easier than i thought thanks to the great instructions ;)
Quote... and what can I use instead of a ring mandrel....??
I read somewhere that you can use a thick magic marker pen barrel, and if it is too small put some layers of masking tape on top.
Marg x
Thanks for the tut George, very generous of you to take the time to do the instructions.
Becky - that's ace!
I've never tried wire wrapping before and I only had my phone handy to take a piccie, but, this is one of my beads with the George's tutorial and, I'm chuffed to bits with it (even though it's very very amateurish and a cr..p picture!!)
(http://www.applecroft.co.uk/beads/wrapped-ring-001.jpg)
Thank you George!! :-* :-*
Lorraine
Quote from: Margram on January 22, 2009, 12:50:06 PM
Quote... and what can I use instead of a ring mandrel....??
I read somewhere that you can use a thick magic marker pen barrel, and if it is too small put some layers of masking tape on top.
Marg x
Thanks Marg... I made one using copper wire and its far too small... but this is the first wire tutorial that I have actually been able to understand and 'do' fairly competently... Thanks George :) :)
Brilliant!
If this is just a rough version, I'd love to see a polished one!
Thank you for sharing with us!
Lorraine - that's fab!
I'm so pleased that people are having a go!
You may be seeing more tutorials from me in months to come ;)
Quote from: mizgeorge on January 22, 2009, 07:41:41 PM
You may be seeing more tutorials from me in months to come ;)
I for one would look forward to that a lot!! ;D
Thanks for sharing that George :-*
Quote from: julieHB on January 22, 2009, 07:51:32 PM
Quote from: mizgeorge on January 22, 2009, 07:41:41 PM
You may be seeing more tutorials from me in months to come ;)
I for one would look forward to that a lot!! ;D
I would too - pretty please.
Lorraine
Here you are, my first was the one on the left, it's very wonky, but the others are better! I made some flatter beads for the purpose of doing the rings. I really enjoyed it, except my thumb is really sore! I guess that's what comes of not doing silver work for a while..
Thank you so much for the tut!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/3225792234_d48d378e35.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53211004@N00/3225792234/)
;D
Those are lovely Kathryn ;D ;D
Love 'em! Especially the orange one :)
Ooooh, these are beautiful!! Thanks for the tut, George!
Must get some beadies and wire and give it a go! Anyone sell singles? :D
Kevin x
Whoar!! Those are beauts!
Marg x
Those are lovely, Kathryn - they look particularly good in your happy colours!! :)
Crumbs George!!!!
I am SOOOOOOOOOO sorry I have'nt been back to you on this (seeing as I was the one who started the thread). I did'nt think to look in the Tut's page!!! DUH!! The Tut is fantastic going to have a go tonight...really clear and concise. Once again many MANY thanks
Janey x
LOL! Hope it does the trick for you Janey!
I was sooo lucky to get my hands on some of Lush Julie's daisies, and this is what happened to them :):
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9229659@N03/3241562408/" >(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/3241562408_35a04a6ce7_o.jpg)</a>
Again, George, thanks for the tut - it really is fabulous!!
Oh. Wow. Would you look at them. Yum! When's my birthday?!?!? ;D
Took delivery today of a metal ring sizer (off E Bay for £6.95 + p&p...bargain!) so there'll be no stopping me now....IF they ae acceptable I'll post some piccy's
Janey x
Ooh, only just seen this. What a pretty way of showing off beadies!
Well I know I'm a tad late - but I made one of these for my daughter, she wore it to school & all the girls fell in love with it! This one is a special request from one of her male friends, a valentine present for his "girlfriend" (they're 11 years old - ahem..... :D)
(http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o96/strawackie/RedRing.jpg)
Thanks again George ;)
Aaaaw, that is so sweet, Carol - and the ring is fab too ;D ;D
How fab is that Carol - I'm so pleased it's been useful!
(and may the path of young love etc etc....)
Tut tut. We weren't allowed to wear any jewellery in my days at convent school. Nice ring by the way.
Here's I couple I made too. Thanks for the tutorial George :)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e14/beadmonkey_pics/jewellery/DSC_0053.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e14/beadmonkey_pics/jewellery/DSC_0052.jpg)
Roy :)
Those are beautiful, Roy!!
Quote from: julieHB on January 31, 2009, 03:35:43 PM
I was sooo lucky to get my hands on some of Lush Julie's daisies, and this is what happened to them :):
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9229659@N03/3241562408/" >(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/3241562408_35a04a6ce7_o.jpg)</a>
Again, George, thanks for the tut - it really is fabulous!!
just love these ;)
Quote from: mizgeorge on February 08, 2009, 11:24:47 PM
(and may the path of young love etc etc....)
My daughter just told me he's dumped her friend at school today.....so I guess we'll just keep the ring for now!! :D :D :D
Wow, there are some gorgeous rings on here! I'll add my thanks to George - I've been wanting to make these rings for ages, so now I've made a few...will post some pics. I know what Kathryn means about the sore thumb, though... :D
I LOVE the look of those rings and I think my customers could really go for them.
Just a couple of quick questions...
I know that the tut says 1mm sterling wire but what hardness should it be for this? Would it work with silver plated to try it out before getting out the expensive silver?
Also, do most lampies have holes big enough to fit two lengths of this wire through?
Thanks,
Kevin x
I've made quite a few Kevin but not used any sterling silver wire as yet. I've used copper wire & enamelled copper wire which works well & looks quite good, haven't been brave enough to waste any of my silver yet! I reckon the plated stuff would be good until you get the hang of it.
Lampies made on the 2.4 mandrels have big enough holes, not tried the smaller ones.
George is the silver expert, I'm sure she'll advise on how hard the wire needs to be ;)
Soft temper works best - you can get away with half hard, but it's tough on the fingers! I love these in copper as well. I can see no reason why plated wouldn't work - I just don't use it myself :)
For beads made on 1.6mm mandrels, you can use 0.8mm wire - the whole effect is more dainty, but does still work.
Thanks George :D
I've got another question (sorry!) Ring mandrels-is it best to get separate ones as in one as a gauge and one as a proper smooth mandrel or would a steel mandrel with markings on be ok? Would the markings mean that when you were hammering it would mark the ring? Does that make any sense?
Thanks!
Sal
I have both - but rarely hammer rings to resize, so I generally use my marked one. Sorry not to be more helpful! Since the marks are indented, any ring would have to be pretty thin for it to be marked by hammering on the outside though.