How to Wire-Wrap Beach Glass the Easy Way

A very simple twist-based wire-wrapping technique perfect for flat, irregular objects such as beach glass (or seaglass). All you need is some round craft wire (20 or 22 ga), flush cutters and a pencil, but chain-nose and round-nose pliers help make it easier!
Accompanying picture-text tutorial available at gaylebird.com/2....
My wire: amzn.to/2RaBeNr
My tool recommendations: freeformwireart...
February 20, 2012: Hey folks... new PDF tutorial based on this video available for download at www.jewelryless....
PS I recommend turning the sound OFF, as it's just the sound of the dehumidifier in my studio basement and it gets kinda annoying after a while. Sorry, I just don't have the editing chops to deal with this.. YET!

[@clairedrainville3555]

Wow ! Nice video: no music, no small talk, just easy instructions to follow ! Thank you !

[@13A13ENPARROWDISEZ]

Awesome! Your techniques are simplified and required no audio.....priceless. I am a visual learner and you made it easy to follow. Thank you

[@ewoelki]

Thank you, wire wrapping feels so overwhelming, but this tutorial actually made it feel a lot more manageable. I have sea glass from my local beach and this is going to happen now, Thank you again

[@xsunny14x]

Exactly! I really wanted to make some wire-wrapped jewelry but they all looked so professional and perfect - didn't know if I could do it.

[@crystalheart9]

I love the simplicity and beauty of the design. Thank you for this tutorial.

[@amandastanush7522]

I know this video is over 5 years old but it's still an excellent video! Sincere thanks.

[@CarolanIvey]

Excellent! I have lots of beach glass from my travels and this is the best tutorial I've found on wrapping them. Thanks!

[@eldermanager]

Just started trying my hand with wrapping - Thank you for the video & no distracting dialogue!

[@SharonGates-h3j]

Thanks so much for the video on wrapping sea glass. The audio was great! Very clear instruction 😊

[@kxchz98]

Making jewelry is one of the coolest things you can do! And it coms in handy so often! I used some beautiful old stones to make a necklace for my mom on mother's day!

[@MrValmiksoni]

very well shown , superb, congrats , Yes without any background noise , it is very easy to focus on what you are watching, at least for me.

[@MrAlbanyrick]

Great tutorial ! I live along the Atlantic coast and in the 45 years I've lived here I never heard of Sea Glass until a few days ago. I'm going out looking for Sea Glass tomorrow. Thanks to your wonderful tutorial i'm going to try my hand at making Sea Glass jewelry. Wish me luck!

[@sandrajohnson2489]

Wow! You made this look so simple and quick. I have wasted so much wire trying to learn how to wrap. I love the beach glass. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@debbiepotter6413]

So cool. I can’t wait to go to the beach! Luckily I live close. And thank you and those like you, who share your talents. So kind of you!

[@jendb1234]

Best tutorial I've seen on how to wire wrap beach glass. It's much easier to follow & stay focused without all the rambling in the background, your on screen memos are a smart way to convey the steps as you go. Would love to see more vids from you. Thank you!

[@GayleBird]

My pleasure! I also get distracted by audio. I guess this is a visual learner's medium! I have lots of downloadable PDFs too... just check out my website. :)

[@illeztangel]

True lol

[@josefasoares5997]

que lindo você e bem inteligente

[@suzanne4396]

What kind of wire to use??? (Beginner here)

[@cymeriandesigns]

This is so great! You've made every step clear. I'm going to make a rock rain chain with this technique. Thanks very much for your work in making this video.

[@vidbox44]

Great technique! And thanks for sparing us the incessant commentary. Moving your hands to show what you've done is perfect!

[@SuperRocketdog1]

Omg!years ago my daughter then aged 4 and upwards would collect beach glass on Bexhill beach! We had jars of the stuff, I wasn't crafting then and we threw them away when we moved house! She is 35 now so will get my granddaughter to do it. Great idea👏👏👏👏

[@GayleBird]

+Maureen Howard That is fantastic!!

[@maanesha1]

beautiful, thankyou. i find sea glass regularly as i walk on the beach every day so now i can use their beauty other than in my plant pots for decoration.

[@reborndaughter445]

I learned more about this type of wire wrapping, than I've ever learned before. Simple and intuitive. Thank you very much.

[@letitdie00]

Very simple, easy to watch video. Thank you for this tutorial, it's brilliant. Contrary to what a few comments said about the background noise, I actually found it quite soothing and liked the crackle of the movement of the wire (but that's just me!). Very helpful, thank you so much.

[@valentinabarriaaguila3546]

Great tutorial!! talking is not needed, its' all very clear and it looks easy to do, love that!! Thank you for sharing with us!

[@GayleBird]

Wayyyy back when I posted this, I added annotations...KZbin doesn't support them as well anymore, so I did add audio and re upload on my channel!

[@giddalti]

I haven't started making jewelry yet, but I've noticed that every designer has his or her own style -- their trademark touches. I'm waiting for my stones to arrive. I can't wait to start creating. I have ideas (from watching youtube videos) regarding what I'm going to do with the wire and stones. Yet, until I get my fingers on the materials, I can only imagine where my designs may go. Thank you for sharing!

[@MsGr8teacher]

Thank you for a wonderful tutorial! Clear, concise and easy to follow! I appreciate videos that are visual without all the useless commentaries. Terrific technique!

[@kaymad143]

WOW, thank you so much for sharing this! I am a beginner, I have so much sea glass from many years of walking the beach. Now I want to make something from them. I was thinking wire wrapping. You made it look easy, I will be watching this video over and over while I try my first piece!!! Thank you again!

[@whippetchick]

I LOVE this tut!!! So simple and fast, but the results are beautiful!! I found the background noise to be a bit distracting, but it might be because I have a migraine. I used this method to wrap a chunk of green malachite, and used the extra wire to curl and attached peridot Swarovski beads. It was a gift for my SIL, and she loves it!! Many thanks!!

[@misscherryblossomm]

Thankyou so much! Been through a few videos and too much talking not enough teaching 😕your video is the best ever xx

[@GayleBird]

ωillσωs teehee thanks! I am always wanting videos to get to the point, too :)

[@cathyjenkins5985]

That was a great tutorial...I just collected some beach glass during a walk with my hubby along Lake Erie...I knew I wanted to use it for some jewelry and now I know how to wrap it...thanks!

[@jennybuck1000]

Gail, you did an incredible job! You can bend wire faster than anyone I know.Thanks so much. I will watch over many times. I have been twisting wire for 10 years and I do not move that fast! Great video! Thanks! JB

[@SusanNagy]

Excellent video. I took a class and wrapped a few pieces but you've reminded me of how much I enjoy wrapping! And I have lots of rocks & shells that need a purpose!

[@din0rawr123]

Oh my gosh!!! This was so helpful :D Someone just yesterday asked me to wirewrap something and I said I'd have to find a good video for it, and what's the first one I look at? The good one! Thank you a million for having this so clear and easy!!!

[@thomasjones5383]

I have to say, I've never liked wire wrapped anything, even professionally done it often looks like a 4th grade art project;but I like yours! It looks finished and put together without trying. This is really one of the best examples I've ever seen. Brava!! Great job, and to think it's only a tutorial. Change of tune...Tom Jones (no really)!!! THANKS for converting me!!!

[@dgcore28]

I normally hate how to vids where there is no commentating but this is just such a crystal clear video that it wasn't needed thank you!

[@GayleBird]

Aww that's so nice to say, thank you!!

[@elizabethcsir5134]

It was pretty clear. × .i

[@kathiecondon1330]

I realize you did this video in 2010 but the technique never changes. Great, great video.

[@Okiimiru]

Thank you! This is the third video I've watched on how to wire wrap and the first one I've understood. Thank you for the demo :)

[@GayleBird]

+Erica Lyons I'm so glad to help :)

[@aaronmac1259]

Gayle this was my first try @ Wraping! You made it a sucessful one!!!! I tried other sites and .......well no comment you are the Wrapping SUPERSTAR!!!! Thanks!

[@j.m.kitner680]

Thank you for posting this! I collect rocks from all the places I travel to make jewelry to give to friends. This is perfect!

[@lesseay4349]

Thank you so much. This solved a major problem in making my driftwood and stone wall hangings

[@Sowrongonsomanylevls]

Thank you so much for this informative, easy video......I can't wait to try your technique. I've tried several times, out of my own head, and nothing worked....this looks very easy - well, somewhat after some practice. Thanks again!

[@peace-777]

No messing about, you got straight to business, beautiful artistry, will try to make this piece😊

[@GayleBird]

peace 777 I dislike beating around the bush! :)

[@stevenavarra4715]

Whoaaaa! NEAT! I'm just learning, having tumbled a bunch of nice, antique shards I've found. Time to get wrapping!

[@gitanofelix]

The video that I was looking. Easy, beautiful and to the point. Love it! 💙

[@GayleBird]

Yay! :)

[@lucretiaonutube]

Excellent tutorials ... thank you very much for sharing your skill. I've tried to do this many times with varying degrees of success and I can see from this demo, where I was going wrong. Thank you again.

[@FrootbatBat]

Wow. great tutorial. I wish I found this when I first started with wire wrapping. It may have saved me lots of frustration. Thanks for posting this!

[@queen1maeve]

Thank you so much for posting this! I'm unemployed and looking for something that I can do to sell and you just saved me $35 for a course. I've bookmarked your demo so that I can pause it and go along step by step. I'm lucky to live on the shoreline where we have some beautiful shells and I'm going to try the technique with those.

[@iamhis4749]

Thankyou so much for posting this great quick and easy tutorial. I am going to be using it to make Crystal jewellery but i didn't want it to be too fidley or time consuming so this is great. Much appreciated! 😁👍

[@mindiellis2758]

GAYLE!! I had taught myself another way,almost similar,using on long piece of wire folded in half,and twisting it at the points,but I think I like your way even better,especially with the extra wire to turn into embellishment [s] Very PROFESSIONALLY MADE VID! You inspired me to get back to work!!! Now,,I am looking for a way to wire-wrap round objects,,like tumbled stones in a less primitive way than I have been experimenting with...I'll get back here again sometime .I really enjoyed this PEACE!

[@Carla2186__]

Wow amazing! You're so talented and make it look so easy. Thank you for this!!

[@mcshawnboy]

We've all heard "There's nothing new under the Sun!" & here you are with something new, easy & helps us visual learning and not having to be subjected to some horrible Techno or pablum Soft Rock music! Thanks bunch girl! :) If your little bird wants to sing more tutorials we're here to listen!

[@Potatosoupandplants]

Best video I've found on how to do this! Thank you.

[@karlenedesimone9373]

I LOVE that there were no words!!! Excellently done!! Am looking forward to trying a wrap!!! Thank you! Great job!

[@nikkia4741]

I love how u made this. I’m learning just to embellish a weaving project. So easy and nice. Only wish there was talking and explaining. Ty

[@mimimagoo3454]

Love how easy you made the video. Thank you

[@cuteypie4964]

this is the only tutorial I've found to properly wrap oddly shaped undrilled stones and now I can wear my nugget of turquoise :) thank you so much.

[@teddiesbe]

the best part ??? no talking !! love your tutorial :) thank you .

[@hawneebee]

Thank you so much for posting this!!!!!! Your technique was so simple but still pretty. I saw another video that was so much more complex but you made wrapping so simplistic. I look forward to your next video.

[@razorxmuse]

Thank you! Excellent video & finally someone who didnt talk us to sleep!! LOVE IT!

[@yvettewatts8563]

Love this tutorial... Appreciate you sharing your gifts with all of us! Thank you... 🙏🏾💞

[@notsosilentknight]

Thank you for posting this. I've started making necklaces and I've been wanting to add a pendant to them. I can actually see my ideas becoming reality!

[@erizonsantos3319]

this was a very great how to vid, very clear and that is hard to do without any dialog, thank you you taut this art wonderfully

[@staceylawson7784]

Such a brilliant tutorial. Have just been doing a weird shaped stone step by step with your video, it was so easy to do once I found this. Thank you very much for sharing!

[@MegaHockeyRocker]

Hey, thank you so much for making this video. I needed to learn how to make a beach glass necklace, but all the other videos did not explain enought how to do this. I recently made two of them!

[@apollosmom02]

I have the wire and the sea glass. Can't wait to try this. BTW, I'm a visual learner. Great video!! Thanks

[@giddalti]

Wow! That is beautiful and easy -- making it twice as nice. When you created the "S" designs that tightened the fitting, I thought that was really a nice look. I thought that was going to be the front of the jewelry ... just something to think about for future designs. Thank you so much for sharing your skill and talent with the world!

[@lourdesmodesto7054]

It looks like and feels like I'm a at the beach creating! Thank you!

[@Mswhitfield1019]

I found and wrapped a beautiful piece of coral I found amongst my seaglass ad it turned out beautiful. Thx!

[@DgM70]

Great video , going to try this with all the beach pebbles I keep collecting . Thanks for making this !

[@lovedragonflies]

This is awesome...heading to the beach to see what I can find...thank you for sharing this...so excited to start a project now....

[@birdsong63]

Just came across your wonderful video, Gayle. Finally, a method that doesn't intimidate me to try a simple wire wrap. You've made it so straightforward and easy. Thank you for sharing this! ;-)

[@LotusOfLilith]

Such an easy tutorial to follow, one of the best available... With much gratitude!

[@psdumas]

excellent... love it.. no talking is best! simple and to the point...

[@Plantcrone]

How much fun is this..Always picking up glass at the beach-why not take a few simple tools and a hank of wire and sit on the sunny beach creating? Thanks so much!

[@CuriousMom1234]

Thank you for such a simplistic way to wrap a stone or rock. Sometimes less is more!

[@donnadecicco]

Thank you so much far sharing, you made it look so easy, it takes away the fear of messing it up!

[@rhez1977]

All I can say is WOW! Great tutorial! Thanks so much for sharing your skill!

[@KathleenCrenshaw]

Simple, beautiful, easy to understand. Thank you!

[@whitefox25]

This video is so helpful! The steps were very easy to follow and my sea glass wrapping looks wonderful for doing it for the first time :)

[@wanketta]

Thank you! You showed me one trick that made my day. So good of you to share your skills and experience. :)

[@mlcoffey2]

Thank you so much! I have been looking for an easy but attractive way to wrap. Thank you!!

[@srchtt3]

Thank you! I've referred back to this several times! Please keep posting your great tutorials!

[@Yadasoaps]

Great video! I was going to take a class at my local Michael's but I missed it. You have shown it so clearly I am going to make my own, my way, (with your guidance). Thanks. Dee

[@carolynsinyard1306]

I love your wire wrapping, it is beautiful.

[@TheGrantsupport]

This video was very good 👍 you just got on with it step by step .

[@geminitwice7017]

I agree, absolutely super, easy, simple. The best. Thanks very much.

[@Jazeill]

Thanks a bunch you made that very simple. Now I know how to make the little curly cues! That was just Fabulous!

[@GayleBird]

+Stefhani Bronzeill YAY! I'm so glad I helped :)

[@kislany123]

Totally awesome video, I've done something similar before, but learned here a few tricks from you. Great stuff.

[@jaderiverton6417]

Very simple and beautiful. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@GayleBird]

Fantastic!

[@Brusssss]

Gayle, your video is so impressive, thanks for sharing. I would love to try it soon.

[@GayleBird]

I'd love to see what you create when you try it!

[@iagrl]

Nicely done, VERY nicely done. Thank you for sharing. This is Sooooo much easier than how I was taught. Sweet!

[@performanceltda]

Awesome! Thank you for sharing! You inspired me

[@TangibleTania]

Oh how I love your video! You move at just the right speed and now I can wire wrap stuff! I have always seen stuff like that and I was amazed and wondered...now I can make beautiful things! Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge. btw..loved how you had the directions in the video and I'm going to check our pdf. :)

[@Verazvi]

fantástico trabajo, soy una gran aficionada a buscar vidrios de mar por la playa. Muchas gracias!

[@carolynsinyard1306]

Thank you for sharing this video. So glad I found it.

[@ashley-dantesalmon8175]

this is an awesome video. when i was a kid i remember finding beach glass alot by the shores of lake ontario at ontario place when my dad took me there alot. but they were always so small. i so gotta find some more

[@GayleBird]

Do it!!

Superrrrrrrrr felicidades espero más tecnicas gracias por compartir saludos desde la bella Ciudad de México

[@glendareeves2317]

awesome idea to bend the wire at the end to tighten it!

[@chenali]

Thanks lov. you did me a nice favor and now i can wrap the pendant I broke yesterday.

[@puckettart5108]

Very nice, thank you. I was successfully able to make one of my own

[@alinda35]

very nice and it looks quite easy to do. Thanks for the tutorial. Talking ones are easier to follow, though!

[@apojunis]

I can understand not wanting to talk, I like watching...just add a little music!

[@TheChattas1]

Very easy to follow! Thank you.

[@sandrakillian1170]

REALLY ENJOYED YOUR VIDEO .VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND DO