[Jewelry making - Article 01715] - [Orchid] Hollow Core Bracelet

[Karen Dandrea]

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Was: Twining a cylinder

    OK, so I finally figured out what exactly I want to do, now just
    need to figure out how. I want to make a round, hollow core bangle
    bracelet by twining or weaving silver wire. So the piece needs to be
    three dimensional, a cylinder. I tried making a flat form and then
    rolling it into a cylinder, but the metal gets deformed so that
    doesn't work. 

    If I make a straight hollow cylinder and then try to bend it into a
    bracelet, the wire will become deformed as well. So I think what I
    need is to learn how to twine (weave) a hollow, U-shaped tube. The
    problem is, if I use a circular core to form the cylinder around,
    how would I remove the core after the form is finished. Would some
    sort of wax do the job, that then could be melted out??? Or would
    the core stay in??? 

    I hope the description is clear enough. Anyway for anyone who has
    the book Textile Techniques in Metal by Arline Fisch, a hollow core
    bracelet by Mary Lee Hu is on page 151. I don't aspire to create
    work like hers (amazing), but would enjoy the challenge of trying. I
    am just a novice at all this stuff, am retired as a Nurse
    Practitioner and totally enjoying my retirement. There just has to
    be a solution to this. 

    Thanks for hanging in there with me! 

Karen
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