Sunburst Pendant

There are many ways to use this technique and one example is taught in this class.

In this class students will complete the above pendant design. You can use either the color bead shown above or an alternate light brown bead.

Once you master the technique you can complete many projects of your own choosing. We will focus on this one in class as everything will be premeasured for you. This allows us to focus on learning rather than choosing beads and wire for most of the class.

This pendant uses other techniques also so you should have completed a couple of other classes in order to do this one. Or be able to do the techniques taught in wire whimsy, heirloom pendant, woven triangle or coiled wire earrings as examples. You can always send me an email to check first.

This turquoise pendant is only 1" in diameter while the picture jasper pendant (right) is 1 3/4" diameter.

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Tools

Round nose pliers, chain or fine flat nose pliers, flush wire cutter, six step pliers (optional). Set of mandrels (required purchase) that I make especially for this project ($5 total).

Materials

Small flat round bead, 1 ft 18 gauge wire, 4 ft 26 gauge wire, 1 ft 24 gauge wire.

Here are some other examples where I used this technique. These projects are not taught in class but will be discussed and will be available for you to look at.