In Search of Wire Weaving

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I saw an interesting book at Borders about wire weaving a few weeks ago. I glanced through it and was pleased to see it wasn't just "wire wrapping" (much of which strikes me as incredibly inelegant) and I put it on my seriously-thinking-about-this-one list. This evening I decided to see what I could dig up about wire weaving on the net. I'd say I found more reasons to go ahead and buy the book than not....

First I came up with this cooool (but definitely not jewelry-related) site:
Maneklal and Sons (Export). Their definition of "small scale" is relative to what, an oil refinery? General Motors? Anyhow, lots of nifty machines there.

Next I came across this article on about.com. Definitely closer to the mark! I quite like the bracelet pictured on that page, although some of the other examples are not very appealing to me.

Eventually I found the book at Delphi. (Also available at Amazon (link below), of course, and Interweave (the publisher, I believe), and probably several other places. For surfing, as opposed to actual shopping, I do try to not start at Amazon although I often end up there at some point.)

In my wanderings, I also ran across this really thorough, entertaining and informative site: Connie Fox's Studio Tour. Oh yes, now that is a work table! And I've bookmarked her page on digital photography for more study at a later date.

The only problem I see with this direction is that, combined with an interest in chain making, it could be even more expensive than straight beading....

Update:
Amazon link removed because it's displaying a bogus generic go-shop-here instead of the book-cover-and -price thingy it's supposed to show....

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