How to Wire Wrap Gemstones to Make Jewelry

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Nicole, and I’m going to be talking about the basics of wire wrapping and making jewelry today. And you’ll need to pick out your gems, or your stones, and I have a variety to show you today. My personal favorite is actual, natural gem stones which you can find pre-stranded at local stores. And basically they cut the hole through the gem stone for you so that you can strand it. And these are called peridot. You can also find a variety of Czech or German glass, or just pre-fired glass, which is what these are, and they’re really nice. They tend to be a little more expensive than regular gemstones. And here’s some turquoise which will just give you a variety of shapes and sizes. One thing you want to think about when getting gems is size as well as color, and if you’re going to match them together, you want to think about, you know, how they’re going to look together. But I prefer to just use gems on their own. And those are the varieties of gemstones. "