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This project is to make a decorative dragonfly wire sculpture.  The dragonfly is made by combining wire components representing the body, the abdomen, the legs and the wings/eyes. 


    Dragonfly wire sculpture made with WigJig Jewelry Making Tools and supplies.

Dragonfly wire sculpture second view made with WigJig Jewelry Making Tools and supplies.

Jewelry Making Supplies:

The body and abdomen of the dragonfly are made of coils of wire wound around a dowel.  The wings are made of wire shaped on the pegs of a WigJig Electra.  The legs for the dragonfly are made of wire shaped by hand around the body of the dragonfly. 

 

Tools Required:
  • 36 inches of 18G black wire
  • 36 inches of 22G black wire
  • 24 inches of 18G silver blue wire

 

  • Round Nose Pliers

  • 1/4" dowel

  • 1/8" dowel

  • Flush Cutter

  • Chain Nose or Bent Chain Nose Pliers

  • Nylon Jaw Pliers

  • WigJig Electra with 19 metal pegs

  • 30 minutes of free time

 

Jewelry Making Skills Required:

  • Use of WigJig to make wire components

  • Ability to wrap fine gauge wire around larger wire tightly

  • Ability to make coils on a dowel.

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This WigJig jewelry making project is provided as part of WigJig University - College of Household Designs.  We try to provide interesting projects using beads, jewelry wire and other jewelry supplies.  We hope that these pictures will provide you enough information for you to complete this project.  Some of the skills and jewelry making techniques have not been discussed here.  For beginners, we suggest that you visit our Beginners Start Here pages. These pages discuss the skills necessary for making jewelry in the detail that beginners need. We also suggest that beginners to jewelry making might need to visit the WigJig University College of Jewelry Making Techniques for additional information about some of the skills and techniques shown. 

 Most, but not all of the jewelry supplies shown here can be purchased in our WigJig store.  We try to have a complete selection of jewelry supplies in our store including chain, wire, glass beads, findings, watches, tools, etc.