Wire Wrapped Gems and Minerals

You can really do a lot with wire. The straight lines are created by using half hard wire, whereas the more organic shapes are created by using fine soft wire. I use a variety of gauges of wire, and typically use square wire or round wire. I feel like round wire give the piece a softer look, whereas the square wire gives a classy feeling with clean lines.

I tend to use my hands and finger nails as my main tools. Wire cutters, child-sized (you know, the extra tiny ones) needle nose pliers and flat nose pliers are what I use most.