Jet Scarab Copper Ring Tutorial
Depending on the beads you use, this quick and easy unisex design can go from frilly and feminine to macho and masculine.
Created by: Michelle Horning
Designer Tips
- For step-by-step instructions, see the Double Wrap Hammered Ring portion of our 2014 blog post on creating rustic hammered wire wrapped Swarovski crystal rings.
- Putting a small bend in the wire on either side of the bead before attaching to the thicker gauge wire will help keep the bead in place.
- Make sure the ends of the large gauge wire don't hang too far over, or they will catch on things and bend.
- Copper can turn you green, but it's also believed to have anti-arthritic properties when worn directly on the skin. Other wire options include 14ga and 22ga sterling silver and .999 fine silver, or gold-filled and silver filled.
- We don't really recommend plated wire, but it would be ok for a ring that is only worn occasionally. Shop all 14ga wire and 22ga wire.
Suggested Supplies
- 1 each #05-728-12-24 Swarovski 5728 Scarab Bead, 12mm - Jet (Most Swarovski beads are no longer available. But this is a great design for roughly 4-10mm gemstone beads!)
- 1 pack #47-405-14 Copper Jewelry Wire, 14ga, Round, 20'
- 1 pack #47-405-22 Copper Jewelry Wire, 22ga, Round, 125'
Tools
- #69-157 Ring Sizers, Plastic
- #69-291 side cutters, round-nose pliers, chain-nose pliers from: Tool Set, Zebra Stripe, Six-Piece Set
- #69-151 Plastic Ring Mandrel, Ungrooved
- #69-135 EURO TOOL Hammer, Ball Pein, 4oz
- #69-125 Steel 4" Square Block
- #69-330 Beadalon Pad for Bench Block
- #69-252-01-2 EURO TOOL Flat File, 6", #2 Cut
- #63-528 EURO TOOL Polishing Pads, Ultra, 2x2"
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