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When you’re working long hours on your projects, your hands can get very tired and sore. Here are some exercises I use to help my hands stay loose and limber!
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As much as I’d like my videos to be perfect and done in one take, it rarely turns out that way. Here are some of the outtakes from the videos I’ve released so far. I hope you enjoy them!
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If you’ve made jewelry from one of my tutorials, I’d love to see your photos! Share them with me here!
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If your tumbler isn’t cleaning your jewelry as well as it used to, try this trick for supercharging your sparkle!
I was introduced to this trick by a lady who took a class with me in Haliburton, and I’ve used it ever since. I love the results I get!
Let me know in the comments section how it works for you!
Join the Members Studio, TToW’s live interactive video-based wire jewelry community, and learn how to link your head, your heart and your hands to make beautiful wire jewelry!
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If your jewelry isn’t coming out of your tumbler as sparkly and clean as you’d like, it might be time for a deep cleaning. Here’s one way to clean your tumbler.
Join the Members Studio! Link your head, your heart and your hands in an interactive community of passionate wire workers. Find out more here.
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Work hardening is something you really have to watch out for when you work with wire. In this video diary, I share what happened with one of my projects when I tried to push my wire *just a little* too far.
Find out more about work hardening in “Foundation Skills: Introduction to Basic Chains”, available by clicking here.
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My family and I love going camping! I still like to be able to bring along some wire projects to work on, but don’t have a lot of space to bring my full kit of tools and wire, so here’s the solution I came up with for travelling light.
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I enjoy teaching live classes, but this one in particular stands out.
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Just for fun, my Top 10 Metal Songs. These are not necessarily about making stuff out of metal, but mention metal or metal objects in the title or the lyrics.
The songs:
1. Gold Dust Woman – Fleetwood Mac https://youtu.be/VGO9jNHH5Lw
2. You Got the Silver – The Rolling Stones https://youtu.be/_8ijaUa0EZY
3. Brass in Pocket – The Pretenders https://youtu.be/-7Hy7uAb_eU
4. Golden Years – David Bowie https://youtu.be/HRD0ghlFSgk
5. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – The Beatles https://youtu.be/hWvORNC6U08
6. Hammer to Fall – Queen https://youtu.be/5oSz8Xip_ho
7. Heart of Gold – Neil Young https://youtu.be/FFNqj3RGUuM
8. Platinum – Mike Oldfield https://youtu.be/z-klgIR9lek
9. Copperline – James Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSSqnBfgBsQ
10. Between the Hammer & the Anvil – Judas Priest https://youtu.be/UtdacvZLfb4
Do you agree with my list? Got any others to suggest? Let me know in the comments!
