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Although wire-wrap jewelry has just recently gained popularity around the globe it is not a new idea by any means. Phonecian jewelers used wire in their jewelry as early as 1250-500 BC, and there are references to wire-wrapping in the Bible. Wire-wrapped jewelry was found in some of the archaeological excavations at the Pyramids!
A good everyday definition of Wire-Wrap would be that it is a method of creating jewelry designs by using the hands and tools to bind and twist wires together. Typical of the tools used are pliers, a pin vise, file, and wire cutters. Jewelry wire comes in many shapes, such as round, square, half round, triangular, flat, or patterned. The wire metal type can be brass, copper, fine silver, sterling silver, karated gold, or gold-filled (brass core with karated gold on the surface). The gauge of wire is a reference to its thickness, which varies from 8-gauge (thick) to 26-gauge (thin). Some basic design techniques include twisting the wire, wrapping a wire bundle, scrolling, and shaping. In wire sculpture the accent is on the beauty of the twists and curls of the wire. Border wrap tends to focus your attention on the item that is wrapped and not the wire, and a Freestyle wrap is more of an expression of the artist themselves. I have added a fourth style to that mix: it is a style I call Combination wrap, which mixes the elements of the other three. It was this style that helped me to be voted in as a Juried Member to The International Guild of Wire Jewelry Artists in 2005.
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