DIY Simple Copper Chain Tutorial/ Wire Wrapping Technique/ Beginner/ Stop Motion Video

Making your own simple, custom necklace chain at home!
It is surprisingly easy and, if you use copper, as shown, inexpensive and attractive, too.

Choose a sturdy but easy to work with wire. Copper, brass, and silver (or silver plated) wire that is 18-20 gauge works best for this project.
You don't need much to begin making your own necklace chain:
- Wire
- Wire cutters
- Round nose pliers
- Snipe nose pliers
- Flat nose pliers or Bent nose pliers
- Bench block
- Ball-peen hammer

Part of what I love about this method is it doesn't waste wire because you do not cut the wire ahead of time - you only cut it once the link is formed.

To begin, grasp the end of the wire with your pliers. Rotate your wrist to form a loop and keep rotating until the loops end meets up with the main strand of wire, as shown below.

Next, bend the wire back the other direction, across the back of the pliers, to begin forming the figure 8. Move the pliers, if necessary, and keep rotating the wire until it creates an 8.

Finally, use your wire cutters to snip the wire off to form an independent 8, free of the wire spool. Try to cut the wire as close to to middle portion of the 8 as possible so you don't have to bend the wire too much when forming your chain.

Continue making links until you have 'enough', it depends on your wire, pliers, and desired outcome.
Hammer the links to flatten them.
Connecting the links is very easy. Simply hook them together, opening the loops a little bit, as needed, and then close the loops as firmly as possible.

You have several different options for finishing the chain. You can form a continuous loop, or you can use a fastener.

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