Twisted, Knotted and Fused
Twisted, Knotted and Fused
Use Fine Silver wire to make rings! In this class, learn basic skills like texturing, stamping, twisting, knotting and proper ring sizing. The objective in class will be to make rings but these same skills can also be useful in modifying rings into components.
This class has a running time of 52 minutes.
Pre-requisites
Tools
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Large Wrap and Tap Plier - $28.60 - To form rings.
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Chain Nose Plier For manipulating rings.
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Tronex Razor Flush Cutter - Long Handle, #7223 - $70.04 - To cut up to 14-gauge FINE Silver wire
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Fat Daddy Cutter - $45.45 - To cut 10-gauge FINE Silver wire
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Chasing Hammer - $15.00 - To texture rings.
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Steel Ring Mandrel - $47.00 - For sizing and hammering rings.
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Table Vise - $27.25 - To clamp wire for twisting.
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Electric Drill for twisting wire
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Liver of Sulfur - $8.84 - or Silver Black for oxidizing
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Fire extinguisher
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Noncombustible work surface
Materials
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18g Fine Silver Round, Dead Soft Wire - 1/2 oz (~6 ft) - $29.15 - 3 feet needed for class
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12g Fine Silver, Round, Dead Soft Wire - 1.5 ft - $20.57 - 1 foot needed for class
Optional
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1 lb Brass Head Mallet / Hammer - $26.50 - For striking design stamps.
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This is a great class! I learned a tremendous amount about how to make these great fused rings!
03/19/2015
Kelli
This class is really great. I love working with the fine silver. I have a question, when I fuse the twisted ring, I see to always have a big spot that is not twisted anymore. Is that just what happens or is it my technique? It almost looks like a sizing bar. And the first ring where it was approx. a size 2 and you stretch it to about an 8, what tool did you use to do that? My starting size ends up bigger than a 2. Thanks again. I asked here thinking someone else might benefit from the answers.
05/27/2015
I love this class!
Thank you for this class! Easy to follow instructions . Very nice rings. I can't wait to make these fused rings!
10/18/2016
Tamara Quintero
This is a great class. Kriss explains all the steps very well, and helps us know how to trouble shoot problems that may crop up. There is so much information here with 3 different designs, the possibilities are endless. Thank you Kriss and Beaducation.
08/10/2017
Karen B
I loved this class. There was a lot of information and I learned a lot. I would love to know how to add a solderable or if it’s possible to add one. I thought I saw one on the twisted ring in a diy picture.
01/15/2018
Marcia
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