How to Make a Glass Ring

Unique gifts are always a great way to reach someone's heart. Homemade jewelry is always a winner when impressing a friend or family member. However, a lot of people usually associate homemade jewelry with beads and dangling charms, but jewelry can also be made with objects that are just lying around. How often do people find wires and broken glass lying around? With the right tools, those wires and broken glass pieces can come together to create a beautiful and unique ring that is sure to wow the crowd.

Things You'll Need

• Silver or Gold Florist Wire
• Needle Nosed Pliers or Tweezers
• Broken Piece(s) of Glass or Sea Glass
• Sandpaper
• Water
• Fabric Sparkle Net Ribbon (optional)
• Textured Sparkle Scrapbook Paper (optional)
• Decoupage
• Paintbrush
• Scissors (Optional)

Instructions

1. 

   Find a piece of broken glass. Broken glass comes in many shapes and sizes, so each "gem" for the glass ring will look different. Colored glass works best for this project.

2. Wash the glass in hot water. While you are washing the glass, smooth the jagged edges with the sandpaper. The water washes away the glass "dust," leaving a smoother appearance.

3. 

   Rip or cut small pieces of the scrapbook paper and ribbon and arrange the pieces on the glass. You can create depth by overlapping the fabric and scrapbook paper. Play around with this step if you choose to decorate the glass.

4. Brush the decoupage over the paper and glass and let dry. Once dry, add another coat of decoupage in order to completely secure the paper and ribbon onto the glass. Again, let dry.

5. 

   Cut a piece of florist wire that is about five (5) inches long. Take one end of the wire and bend a design in it using the tweezers or needle nosed pliers. Circles and swirls are easiest to create, so practice with these. However, you can create any shape are design you want. Make sure this design is big enough to cover one corner of the glass piece you used and that there is enough wire to create a band.

6. 

   Create a band with the remaining wire piece.Place the piece of glass on top of the finger you intend to use for your ring, then put the design portion of the wire on top. Shape the wire around your finger, bringing the leftover end of the wire to the top of the glass.

7. Reinforce the band you created by braiding pieces of the wire. Not only will you create a unique band, you will also prevent the band from breaking easily.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure you add decoupage at the ends of your wire. This will prevent rusting and smooth rough edges.

• Decoupage the design part of the wire to the top of the glass to seal the entire ring. This will also prevent the glass from slipping.

Resources

• Sketching House