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Wire Wrapped Cross Tutorial
This beautiful, rustic copper cross can be made in less than 2 hours. It may be left bare, with no patina or antiqued as shown, It is simple and elegant and looks great on anyone. The trickiest part is making sure it is aligned perfectly with all the angles at 90 degrees so that it does not look sloppy. Make sure to cut all the wire ends on the back of the pendant and file them smooth.

Posted by zoraida.bros from Patchogue, New York, United States • Published 3rd March 2016 • See zoraida.bros's 7 projects »

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Step 1
Straighten and cut a 6″ piece of the frame wire
Step 2
Fold wire in half using round nose pliers
Step 3
Make a round or oval loop at the halfway point
Step 4
Make a 90% bend 5/8″ from the top on each side
Step 5
Using your marker, draw a line at 5/8″ on each wire. Bend the wires with the tips your round nose pliers
Step 6
Bend the wires again at the mid point as shown with your chain nose pliers
Step 7
Use the round nose pliers to form a little loop at each “arm” of the cross
Step 8
Bend your wire with the chain or square nose pliers again as shown
Step 9
With your chasing hammer, flatten the loop at the top and the loops are each end of the arms. Lightly hammer the rest of the cross
Step 10
Straighten the whole pendant and hammer the ends into a paddle
Step 11
Using a 2″ to 4″ piece of half round wire, begin to wrap the ends as shown.
Step 12
Place the center of the half round wire behind the cross, flat side facing you
Step 13
Crisscross the wrap wires in front as shown and around to the back
Step 14
Bring the wires to the back and crisscross again
Step 15
Back of the cross pendant