Pair your favorite found objects with steel wire for a whimsically edgy pendant, ring, or both-in-one! Cage Contender teaches you how to capture any object—drilled or un-drilled, found or unfound—inside an intriguing and fun wire bezel. This transferable technique will work for any number of item sizes and shapes, and with all wire types. Neck ring design and creation is covered along with steel wire manipulation, forging, and finishing!
Materials provided for attendee use in class:
- Tool set designated for use with steel wire
- Hammer and hammering surface
- Files
- Wire brushes and steel wool
- Tissue
- Finishing wax and application rag
- Ring/other mandrels
- White pencil
Materials provided in kit (additional materials fee of $30 is payable at workshop):
- Several gauges of steel wire
- Cage-able found objects and trinkets for three focal cages
- Ear plugs
- Neck ring and bangle size templates
- Handout
