I periodically create wire-wrap tutorials for youtube.com. I have a full-length video class called Organic Wire-Wrapped Pendants at Bluprint. You can purchase downloadable tutorials at Etsy or Bluprint. In 2014, the video below prompted the craft publisher Interweave to reach out to me, and I later published a book called Freeform Wire Art Jewelry. Interweave has since been acquired by Penguin Random House.


My Experience
Without a doubt, writing how-to tutorials is what I’m best at. When I was ten, I wrote out the instructions to create a cat sculpture using a cardboard tube and pipe cleaners!
Since then, I’ve gotten some slightly more impressive credentials :)
- I’m a self-taught wire artist, since 1998, so I know what it’s like to struggle with a new technique or to work without special tools, and you’ll find workarounds in my tutorials.
- Since nobody was teaching when I was learning, I had to invent something new every time I was solving a problem – so you’ll find many of my techniques are different from the usual!
- I have a BA in English from CBU, so (hopefully) there aren’t any typos or grammatical errors that will confuse your learning. I’m also trained in educational pedagogy.
- I was an instructor for an online private career college in Canada, writing course curriculum and providing tutorial assistance for online, adult learners since 1999, so I know where you might get lost – and how to avoid it!
- You’ll find my tutorials have clear, concise, accurate instructions with photos for every step – even partial steps. I know how to teach you no matter how you learn best!
- I make jewellery to sell – and I sell a lot of it – so many of my techniques are designed to efficiently put into production, leading to tutorial stages which you can easily follow.
- That instructing I do? It’s for web and graphic design, so you’ll find a consistent, readable layout on every page, photos that draw your focus to the relevant step, and constant clues to keep your place – even if you forget to staple your printout and the whole thing falls apart!
- In 2014, I was approached by f+w / Interweave to write a jewelry how-to book, based on my existing online offerings. After publishing in 2015, it has sold over 15,000 copies so far. In 2015, I published an online video class with Craftsy.com.
All of this is to reassure you that you can feel safe with me. I take your jewellery education seriously, and it is important to me that you can become comfortable with wire, clay, design, and – possibly the biggest thing – beauty in imperfection.
beautiful, thankyou. i find sea glass regularly as i walk on the beach every day so now i can use their beauty other than in my plant pots for decoration.
I learned more about this type of wire wrapping, than I’ve ever learned before. Simple and intuitive. Thank you very much.
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you have any tutorials on round rocks??
Not yet! They’re way harder for sure.
WOW, thank you so much for sharing this! I am a beginner, I have so much sea glass from many years of walking the beach. Now I want to make something from them. I was thinking wire wrapping. You made it look easy, I will be watching this video over and over while I try my first piece!!! Thank you again!
Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial. :-)
buenisimo!!!!
No need for words
thank you so much for sharing. I just started wire wrapping Herkimer Diamonds found only in NY. I’m in Wisconsin . You have helped me so much. I wish you had a book published. I have purchased two books and neither one has taught me as much as your short videos. Thanks again.
Very clever! And very pretty!
Bello
Thanks for sharing. Great tutorial!
easy peasy!
Pretty!
pretty cool! Thanks for the demo
This was a wonderful tutorial! Thank you SO much for sharing your talents! I hadn’t seen a wrap done that way, and you’re absolutely right! It does look so much easier – can’t wait to try it!
what gauge wire are you using?
Beach glass can be a fun medium to work with, and it’s simple with this tutorial! How to Wire-Wrap Beach Glass the Easy Way
I LOVE this tut!!! So simple and fast, but the results are beautiful!! I found the background noise to be a bit distracting, but it might be because I have a migraine. I used this method to wrap a chunk of green malachite, and used the extra wire to curl and attached peridot Swarovski beads. It was a gift for my SIL, and she loves it!!Many thanks!!
very nice and it looks quite easy to do. Thanks for the tutorial. Talking ones are easier to follow, though!
Thank you for the instructional video, I will give it a try, like most folks here I have a lot of sea glass with nothing to do with; now you have shown me a way to share my collection. Thank you.
Excellent execution – nice clean finish!
Brilliant presentation, brilliant idea, brilliant result. Thanks for sharing!
Easy way to wrap a stone for pendants!
Thanks for the great demo, appreciate it.
Excellent Pretty!,,, Brilliant, just love it,,,,graciasssssssssssssssss
Thank you so much for making this tutorial. My little sister learned how to do this in Girl Scouts a few weeks ago but it always comes out sloppy and over wired. Thanks to your video, our pieces come out perfectly!
Best tutorial I’ve seen on how to wire wrap beach glass. It’s much easier to follow & stay focused without all the rambling in the background, your on screen memos are a smart way to convey the steps as you go. Would love to see more vids from you. Thank you!
Thank you! Excellent video & finally someone who didnt talk us to sleep!! LOVE IT!
Great tutorial!
its okay to talk dude
very well shown , superb, congrats , Yes without any background noise , it is very easy to focus on what you are watching, at least for me.
nicely done
Excellent tutorials … thank you very much for sharing your skill. I’ve tried to do this many times with varying degrees of success and I can see from this demo, where I was going wrong. Thank you again.
what dose ’20 or 22 ga’ mean? thanks
Excellent! I have lots of beach glass from my travels and this is the best tutorial I’ve found on wrapping them. Thanks!
Excelent ¡¡¡ Thaks a Lot for Demos ¡¡¡ Beautiful ¡
a very inspiring and good tutorial. Thank you so much !!
Really Great Job :)
what kind of wire are you using. Thanks!
Thank you! This is the third video I’ve watched on how to wire wrap and the first one I’ve understood. Thank you for the demo :)
so very helpful, thank you!
Thank you so much . sending reiki healing energy as a special thank you. ????????????
Very good tutorial.
K
Wow! That was so simple. Thank you so much
It is possible I will take for memory? Non-standard decision.;)
Muy bonito travajo