Wire Cactus by William

Wire Wrapped Cactus by William

William wire wrapped this using 19g wire for the cactus frame and a small Amethyst as the "root".

He uses it as a decorative item for his school bag.

Up and Coming Wire Jeweler in the House

Introducing someone who has shown interest in this thing called Wire Jewelry. 

He did play around with wire and made me these 2 pairs of 'S' shaped earrings when he's 4 years old. 

He is now 17 years old. Time really flies while they are growing. 

He is slowly taking interest in creating wire jewelry again.

Very slowly as he will be sitting for his exam soon.

Here are some of his earlier wire wrapped pieces with stainless steel, copper and brass wires. They were his 2018 year end long school holiday projects. Most of them are practice pieces. Haha, yeah, it took me that long to post them today.

This guy is good with crafting and working with his hands. In his own words, he likes creating "original designs" e.g. wooden crossbow, Katana, knives, mechanical thingy, etc.

Those are for another day posting.

Wire Wrapped Bookmark - Little Fish with Pearl

The last one from the bookmarks collection is this fish-themed bookmark.
The eye is wrapped with a turquoise 4mm bicone Swarovski crystal.
A little pearl sits at the bottom near the stomach to act as a stopper.

Wire Wrapped Bookmarks - Flora and Heart Themed

Continuation of the wire wrapped bookmarks from last few days.
Here is a closer look at the flora and heart-themed bookmarks.
Look at the whole thing here - http://www.wireblissmei.com/2019/12/beaded-wire-wrapped-bookmarks.html
Instead of flat, these bookmarks' end stick out on top of the book.
I use 15ga stainless steel wire for all of them.

Wire Wrapped Bookmarks - Flat Ends

Happy First day of the year 2020 to all WireBliss followers, readers, visitors.
I hope this new decade would be a great, happy, healthy, prosperous and successful one for all of you.

To start off the new year will be the continuation of yesterday's post for bookmarks.
We have a closer look at the "flat" bookmarks.
As you can see, the beads sit flat on the surface when in use.

The size of wire is 15 gauge.

  Flowery orange bead, very attractive about 1cm in size.

Colorful pearl for this one.

 Paua Shell and clear bead for this one.

Beaded Wire Wrapped Bookmarks

Is reading books a dying art?

The answer can be yes or no.

With the internet and modern devices such as computers, smartphones, tablets, ebook readers, etc, etc., our reading habit changes from the physical form of reading materials to digital forms instead.

It's so easy to access millions of reading material online and read to our heart content...of course if we have the time :)

So, what is the use of these beaded wire wrapped bookmarks if we read fewer and fewer books?

Well, some of us still love to hold and read physical books on our hands. 

The feeling of holding a book, the texture of the paper is just different from reading an ebook.

Like me...hehe....but I must admit reading more online though.

They will look good in your novels...that special look

This one is with pearl..classic 

The reddish-brown (left) is agate while the other one is fire-polished beads

These three are top-heavy instead of dangling at the side of the book

They are all made of 15g stainless steel wire

Involved lots of hammering and knocking

The wire bending to shape the bottom of the bookmark can be torturous. Yikes. Involve lots of finger and wrist power :D 

Still not finish editing and choosing the pics...will continue later.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2020

Simple Yet Elegant Studs with Various Stones

Been a while but am still here.
Just showing some simple studs completed quite a while ago.
These are based on the "Simple Yet Elegant" stud earrings lesson.

Minlet - Garnet and 4mm Goldfilled Beads

Haha...been posting last years projects these few days
Here is another one
Wire wrapped bracelet - minlet with Garnet and goldfilled beads

Wire wrapped bracelets - long overdue post

Very belated post of these bracelets and earrings done last year 🙂

Just basic wrap involved. 

BIB Conference 2017 is Back in Kuching

The Borneo International Beads Conference 2017 is back.
It is currently held at Plaza Merdeka - a Shopping Mall + Hotel venue, right next to the previous venue - the Old Court House.

Actually went there yesterday after lunch but left without setting foot at the mall. The area was jam packed and we couldn't find any parking space. Disappointed!

So, this morning, we made it a point to leave an hour earlier, around 9 am. Just so that we can find parking space. Hais! Guess what?....We were not allowed to enter the Mall/hotel basement parking area before 10 am. Got such thing onekah???

Lucky us, we found a spot along the Main Bazaar. Phew!!
Off we went for a short sightseeing of the old bazaar area. This is the section of the city where we drive pass quite frequently but rarely stop to visit or shop.
If we do, only to a particular shop but not the whole stretch of the shops along this street.
This morning, we managed to take a peek at most shops - at least those that were already opened at 9++am.

Back to BIB, stalls were set up within the mall itself, therefore, it's way more comfortable with air-conditioning.

This year, however, I did not see any stall displaying beads from other countries. Most are locals. Not sure if it was because we were too early.

Here, let the pictures dothe talking.