Making a Neck Ring/ Choker

I want to make a neck ring/choker

I have made no jewellery before and this is a one off.

Where do I buy an 18" length of thin silver bar/wire from in the UK?

How do I get a good circle?

Is the best join the ends bent into small hooks?

Is bought silver shiny?

Thanks

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:53:48 GMT, "Hello"
wrote:

I want to make a neck ring/choker

I have made no jewellery before and this is a one off.

Where do I buy an 18" length of thin silver bar/wire from in the UK?

How do I get a good circle?

Is the best join the ends bent into small hooks?

Is bought silver shiny?

Thanks

Look for "memory wire" in necklace size at a UK jewellery supply shop.

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Marilee J. Layman
Handmade Bali Sterling Beads at Wholesale
http://www.basicbali.com

Hi there,
You can get the silver wire in any length from Cookson Precious Metal
or Kernowcraft if it is a small order - it does come shiny but after
you have shaped it etc it may loose its shininess. Then if it was a
one off piece and you don't have any tools, then you could shape it
by hand around an old paint tin or something of similar diameter and
shape - a leather mallet would be a good tool as it helps you to shape
the metal a little easer around your form. Then the ends you can
either heat with a small gas torch to melt the ends so the silver
balls up (if the silver wire is thick enough) which is a nice finish
or like you said you can bend the wire into a loop one end and a hook
the other and ensure the choker goes all the way around the neck.
(just make sure the ends are filed so they don't scratch the wearer!)

Alternatively you can buy ready formed silver choker wires where you
can thread on pendants etc.

Just my little pennies worth!!

Vicky Imogen,
www.ukcraftcommunity.co.uk




"Marilee J. Layman" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:53:48 GMT, "Hello"
wrote:

I want to make a neck ring/choker

I have made no jewellery before and this is a one off.

Where do I buy an 18" length of thin silver bar/wire from in the UK?

How do I get a good circle?

Is the best join the ends bent into small hooks?

Is bought silver shiny?

Thanks

Look for "memory wire" in necklace size at a UK jewellery supply shop.

it does come shiny but after
you have shaped it etc it may loose its shininess.

Little polishing required - so I can do it by hand.

Then if it was a
one off piece and you don't have any tools, then you could shape it
by hand around an old paint tin or something of similar diameter and
shape - a leather mallet would be a good tool as it helps you to shape
the metal a little easer around your form.

It will be a one off as I can't find any I like at the size I want.

Then the ends you can
either heat with a small gas torch to melt the ends so the silver
balls up (if the silver wire is thick enough) which is a nice finish
or like you said you can bend the wire into a loop one end and a hook
the other and ensure the choker goes all the way around the neck.

I have got quite a few modellers tools - I will do a hook method

(just make sure the ends are filed so they don't scratch the wearer!)

Yes

Alternatively you can buy ready formed silver choker wires where you
can thread on pendants etc.

Can't find any I like

Just had a look on Kernowcraft

3mm is 34p/cm 45cm = £15.30 - pretty good value

4mm would be £27

Also I don't know how flexible 3mm and 4mm are, but the neck ring wouldn't
be put on and taken off all the time.

If I could silver solder it would be so easy to make bangles and similar
from thick wire.

Thanks