Wire Wrapped Drusy

A few days ago, I talked about a pink drusy stone that I picked up at the Omaha Bead Show. While I'm not a "pink" girl, I loved the sparkle of the stone, and wanted to do something with it that would be simple and elegant.

So here you go.The wrap method is the same method that's described in this free tut..... except because of the cut of the stone, I didn't need to do anything on the front to hold it in place. My stone had a slight slope inward, toward the crystal, so when I made the frame for my wrap, it held the stone in place.

I did a little research on the drusy stone, and was advised that I shouldn't tumble it. Too much risk of knocking off one of those beautiful crystals! I did want to clean up and harden my sterling silver frame, however, so I tumbled it for a couple of hours before setting the stone.

To hold the drusy in place, I had to do some wrapping on the back. Because my wraps were very tight, I opted to cut and then wrap some of the sections.End result is a very secure piece...and still, while I don't really like pink all that much for me (it clashes with my hair LOL), this is a gorgeous stone, and I think the wrap is perfect to showcase it. :-)

posted by Beading Help Web Editorial Team at 8:57 PM |