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Winter Elm

by: Erin Singleton

This piece was inspired by the snowflakes falling gently on the elm outside my window. The pearls enclosed in ruffles of wire mesh mimic the seeds of the elm. 

          
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To make this up:

A few pearls strung on 1 mm brass wire lace, spaced every 1.5 inches, approximately. I didn't glue these into position - and they seem to be staying in place ok - but you could add a tiny dot of hypo-tube cement if you wanted to.

Twelve pearls inserted into 6 mm pale gold wire lace tube. Alternate sections of "crushed tube" with sections of stretched out ruffles, each with a pearl enclosed. Twists between the ruffles hold the piece in shape.

 6 mm pale silver wire lace "crushed" by running Miyuki fringe drops along its length.Eight fringe drops strung on the wire lace. Ruffles pulled in areas opposite the ruffles in the pale gold strand. Twists of the wire lace and fringe drops used to keep the ruffles in place.

Remaining pealrs strung on Softflex and held in four floating groups with crimps.

Strands attached to the headpin by knotting the wirelace as per the "How to make a multi-strand" tutorial. (Or an eyepin - I just didn't happen to have an eyepin at the time)

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	Qty: 2	s21659 Cone Etched Vines - 11.5mm - Bright Brass	Price: $ 2.10 per	In Stock
	Qty: 8	96096052 Crimp Tubes - Seamless - 2mm - Gold-filled (25)	Price: $ 8.84 per	In Stock
		s20151 Freshwater Pearls - 3 mm Button Pearl - Cream (strand)	Price: $ 8.95 per	Sorry - this item is unavailable.
	Qty: 2	96002811 Headpins - 1.5in / 24ga Ball - Bright Sterling (10) ((or you can use sterling wire))	Price: $ 9.95 per	In Stock
	Qty: 1	bs065-01 Lobster Clasp - 5x9mm - Sterling	Price: $ 2.10 per	Sorry, Out of Stock
	Qty: 8	dpf-35 Miyuki - 3.4mm Fringe Drops - Sparkling Metallic Gold Lined Crystal (tube)	Price: $ 2.98 per	Sorry, Out of Stock
		96036000 Softflex (tm) Beading Wire - 30ft .014 (Fine) - Extreme Sterling Silver (Spool) (approx 20 inches)	Price: $ 43.60 per	In Stock
	Qty: 1	96002700 Split Rings - 5mm - Sterling (10)	Price: $ 7.75 per	In Stock
		s20487 Stringing - 1mm Wire Lace Ribbon - Brass (Yard) (approx 20 inches)	Price: $ 2.55 per	Sorry - this item is unavailable.
		s20447 Stringing - 6mm Wire Lace Ribbon - Pale Gold (yard) (approx 24 inches)	Price: $ 4.65 per	Sorry - this item is unavailable.
		s20448 Stringing - 6mm Wire Lace Ribbon - Pale Silver (yard) (approx 24 inches)	Price: $ 4.65 per	Sorry - this item is unavailable.