Monday, November 28, 2011

Wire Wrapped Bookmarks

As much as I love to read, I found that most of the books that I've been planning to read been sitting in the rack collecting dust, some for years...I can't remember exactly when I read a whole book.
Managed a quarter of Eat, Play, Love sometime last year. Before I can finish it, I got distracted.
Those are books that I can physically hold.
There are also a collection of ebooks, emagazines sitting somewhere in my hard drive and ereader, waiting for me...wonder when I can get started with them.

Anyway, for those who love to read, here are few bookmarks completed recently.
Wire wrapped bookmarks with pearl, rose quartz and heart amethyst

Material used - 19ga stainless steel wire and various beads and gemstones.
Involved lots of hammering to harden the wire.
Designs are endless, just work on your imagination..e.g. shapes such as stars, triangles, squares, zig zag, etc. etc.

Wire wrapped bookmarks with pearl, rose quartz and heart amethyst

Wire wrapped bookmarks with rutilated quartz and glass beads

Wire wrapped bookmarks with pearl, rose quartz and heart amethyst in between pages of a novel

Wire wrapped bookmarks with native Sarawak beads 

3 comments:

  1. I like these very much Mei...practical but pretty at the same time!

    How did you find working with stainless steel wire? That is something I've not worked with...

    Cheers

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  2. :) I work with stainless steel wire most of the time. Comparatively, it is a wee bit harder than half hard sterling silver wire. If you move from stainless steel to silver, you'll say "so soft!" :)

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