Complete Starter Guide to Wire-Wrapped Pendants

Everything you need to create beautiful, sellable wire-wrapped pendants -- from your first bend to a finished piece ready for market. Lora S. Irish, one of the craft world's most trusted instructors, breaks down wire wrapping into three core techniques that work across focal materials: polished stones, cabochons, resin castings, lapidary pieces, and polymer clay. This is the rare jewelry title with genuine crossover appeal, speaking directly to makers across multiple craft categories who are ready to take their handmade pieces all the way to finished, wearable jewelry. Step-by-step projects pair with a library of quick, versatile wire designs that can be mixed and expanded -- from a first simple wrap to confident entry-level advanced work. Photography-rich instruction covers every technique in full, and an extensive gallery of finished cabochons and contributing artists' work provides the inspiration to keep going. With more than 500,000 copies of Lora Irish's books sold through Fox Chapel Publishing, this title arrives with a built-in audience and strong placement potential wherever jewelry, beading, and mixed-media craft titles perform. --Lora S. Irish