Free Tool Set Contest! Calling Lampworkers & Wire-Wrappers! Post pictures to win!

[InspirationToolworks]

Happy new year everyone!

Kicking off the new year, I'm going to be introducing a new set of tools that people who do both lampworking and wire wrapping will love! I want to make sure that I get these tools in the hands of someone who does both, so I'm giving a set of tools away!

To be entered in the contest, just post pictures of projects where you have done the lampwork and wire wrapping. If you worked closely with a partner where one of you did the lampwork and one of you did the wire wrapping, that's okay too.

The deadline is Sunday January 8th at 9:00 EST. I will then pick a winner randomly from those who have posted pictures. I will send a fabulous set of tools worth over $70 to the winner anywhere in the world!

So put those pictures up!

Thanks!

-Jeff

[Janelle Zorko]

How about this one? There was a lot of wire wrapping in this - used sterling wire and sterling Indian headpins with danglies. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to win some of your great tools!

Janelle

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[LoriGreenberg]

I've only done simple wirewrapping but hey, you never know...I'm addicted to silver wire these days.

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[SpitFire]

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Just thought I would throw in 2 photos....I guess I can't be entered twice?:-\"

[dogmaw]

I tend to do wire wrapping with my fused glass instead of glass beads. But I do both! :)

[InspirationToolworks]

Looks great everyone! And just to clarify, you can only enter once, but you can post as many pictures as you like.

-Jeff

[ms-priss]

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Horrible picture, but my stuff :-P

Smiles,
Priss

[loco]

Jeff, What a wonderful thing to do!!!! I wish I knew how to wire wrap, but unfortunatly the beads I make don't lend themself well to jewlery. I do hope to be able to afford a couple of your tools this year, I can see they would be very helpful.

Good luck to all who enter!

This is not an entry, just hoping to give you a giggle!

OMG, I really need to watch who’s looking over my shoulder when I’m reading LE! When I returned home from work I found this alienphant had given her best shot a wire wrapping! I’m wondering who helper her, none of the other aliens would crack under interrogation, but I know she had help. There’s no way she could reach her own tail.
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[seafire]

Good looking tools....here is my snake bracelet with wrapped closed eye silver....thanx vic12278

[Bruna]

Jeff,
this is a very cool contest. :) Good luck to everyone, hope I can make something worth entering. :)

[boheme']

Thanks Jeff!

Here's one from me. I've got to find my other picture.

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[SpitFire]

I was just kidding about getting an entry for both photos....sort of:devang:

[NLC Beads]

Oh, heck, I'll bite. :)

The symbol means peace... I haven't done a lot of wire-wrapping, but I can do simple pendants.

[Gail Joseph]

Hmmm, I'm sure I can find something!...............
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[Anne Ricketts]

Here's something I did for my mom's b-day this year. :-D

[ElizabethCreations]

some pendants for me.

[phishstuff]

Here are a couple of my bead/wirework pieces-

Thanks

[jessie]

Here's 2 of my wire wrapped lampwork bracelets

[chrisdd]

What great stuff, everyone! =P~ Here's a set I made yesterday.

[Gelly]

Jeff, What a wonderful thing to do!!!! I wish I knew how to wire wrap, but unfortunatly the beads I make don't lend themself well to jewlery. I do hope to be able to afford a couple of your tools this year, I can see they would be very helpful.

Good luck to all who enter!

This is not an entry, just hoping to give you a giggle!

OMG, I really need to watch who’s looking over my shoulder when I’m reading LE! When I returned home from work I found this alienphant had given her best shot a wire wrapping! I’m wondering who helper her, none of the other aliens would crack under interrogation, but I know she had help. There’s no way she could reach her own tail.
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OMG!! Too cute! You crack me up, Loco! (even though that looks like my attempts at wire wrapping, it wasn't me that helped!)

[SquareOneBeads]

OMG LOCO!!! That is way to funny. I want that girl, wire wrapping and all, she is way to cute!!! She can sit next to my frog jester and the two of them can laugh at me while I work :)

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[Silver Mist Studios]

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[greykat]

Hello,
The beads on the mandrel are my own. My very first "round" hollow bead!!! (the others were more droopy and some looked like weird glass adventures LOL) The wire work is my own but done using beads I have bought from two other wonderful artists on LE; Kimberly Affleck and Barrie Edwards. I hope this is alright and counts as a entry. My one and only necklace made with my own beads and wirework was a Christmas present for my mother and the pictures didn't turn out very well.

[Toni Lutman]

I'm responsible for the bead and the crappy photo. A friend that I often do shows with did the wire wrapping. She keeps telling me she'll teach me...if I can just get the tools.;) :p

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[ltsexpressions]

I'm not the best at wirewrapping, but I did make the lampwork for this watch, wirewrapped the danglies, made it all into a handmade bracelet, and shipped it off to it's new home in FLORIDA.... with Ms. Danelady, My "AuntiLynnie" ...

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and a closeup of the same item:
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[wildwire]

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Here is my entry......Keeping my fingers crossed! All my beads and all my wire work and soldering!
Shauna

[CorriDawn]

Here is one from me..

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[LavenderCreek]

Wow, there is some seriously gorgeous work in here! I am so jealous, I have no idea how to wire wrap or make jewelry...I do melt wire onto my beads, does that count? :p

LOL Loco, I need to remember not to drink my coffee while reading your posts...this latest post caused a 5 minute coughing fit.

[Dasi]

My friend Christine Houde and I worked together on this piece. I did the pendant and she did the chain. She cut all the jump rings and assembled the chain. She does such beautiful work. I am sticking to the lampwork vessels and the simple pendant assembly. We submitted this for a show and we were rejected......boo hoo. I hope we can try for the tools!!!!

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[Lesperlesakathy]

Here are mine: :biggrin:
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Thanks for doing this Jeff!!

[Haley]

Hey! Thanks for the opportunity! Here are a few of my attempts. (My wire-wrapping teacher was Corri!)

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[Cosmo]

Here are some of mine:

http://www.soleiletlune.com/jewelry/IMG_0148.jpg
http://www.soleiletlune.com/jewelry/IMG_0142.jpg
http://www.soleiletlune.com/jewelry/IMG_0155.jpg

[roundabout]

I'll take a chance at some free stuff! I made the beads and the bracelet. Thanks!

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[weegems]

What a fun contest! I love all of the jewelry in this thread, just gorgeous!
Here are a few of mine :grin:
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[coyotesfamily]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v681/coyotesfamily/PIC00040.jpg

[Glass Allure]

Here's my entry!

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[ptbeads]

Here's my attempt at a bangle style bracelet and my first wire wrap and chaine maille piece.

[meemie]

Here's my entry although the photo isn't very good. I still need to work on my camera skills.

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[GinnyHampton]

WOO HOO, here's mine:

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Oh I hope I win, ohpleaseohpleaseohplease <crossing my fingers>

[SuzyQ]

I can't wait to see what you have up your sleeve!!

[NLC Beads]

Can we just keep this thread going in the gallery once the contest is done? It's fantastic!

[jonsglassshack]

Well I do not do wire work, just sell glass and make beads with my wife. I just would like to say OUT STANDING JOB to EVERYONES WORK they put in on the lovely work showen in here.

Jon

[k.t.]

Mine is a fused dichroic piece with gold fill wire.

http://www.nightingalegallery.com/images/New%20Folder/pend011.jpg

k.t.

[pierces*designs]

One of my cabs that I wire wrapped
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A bracelet where I made the clasp
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One of my wire-wrapped necklaces. I don't have a pic of one of my necklaces where I used my beads like this, but I will try to get one. This gives you the idea though.
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[Gelly]

Lots of gorgeous stuff here!! I made this bracelet for my 8 yr old daughter. It's all my lampwork and wire wrapping. As you can see from my pic, I need lots more practice. I am sure a nice set of tools would do my a world of good. :grin: :-\"


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[Venbead]

Here are my Boro beaded wire wrapped bracelets

[StLouisBiker]

What great jewelry! Loco, my wire work is so far beneath the standard you set, but I'm still learning. Good luck to everyone!


A couple of copper bracelets.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/StLouisBiker/copper.jpg


My growing stash of Viking knit in copper, silver and fine silver, single and double knit.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/StLouisBiker/vk1.jpg


Top - A bracelet I made this week at Libby's.
Bottom - Viking double knit bracelet.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/StLouisBiker/greens.jpg


Top - Viking double knit bracelet.
Bottom - Viking double knit bracelet in copper and fine silver with pearls brought from Hong Kong by my dear friend Lynn (thank you, Lynn!).

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/StLouisBiker/lavender.jpg

[dogmaw]

Suzanne, I'm just loving the copper bracelets!

[bead-licious]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hogwash/Picture12361.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/hogwash/Picture11872.jpg

Nice work everyone! Couple of submissions from me.
Carli

[StLouisBiker]

Thank you, Jo. It's so much less expensive than silver and it looks really good polished.

[x_phoenician]

Wow! Cool contest Jeff, it's generous of you to do something like this.

Ok, this is the first bracelet I made back in June with my very first lampwork beads. I didn't care if they were wonky or not, I was proud of them. The other item is a cell phone bangle I made for one of my very good friends here- (I made the silver headpins too).
As you can see, my wire wrapping skills are pretty basic. ;) Jeeee, I think what I need to get better and more creative with wrapping my beads is a cool set of tools!!!! .......... :roll: and a LOT more practice 8-[

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[lunamoonshadow]

Let's see if I can do this...I've been trying for THREE DAYS to re-size photos for this contest...I hate my "new improved" scanner software...it doesn't let you size by anything other than photo-print size...grrr...
Proof I wire wrap using other people's beads:
Necklace designed with an Alison Turner Focal Bead
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And some beads I made--I only made everything pathetic in this photo
Sherryl Booger made the awesome Clown head...wish I could claim it, but, I can only claim the pathetic newbie spacers!! :D every time I tried to crop the photo, it wouldn't re-upload...grrr
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After all this work, I really hope I win!!!
(really peeved 'cause I can't get my "100's of wrapped pins" bracelet sized right for THIS forum--at 400x400 pixels the file is still too big, and my custom belly rings show up as "x" even though they show up in the file uploader....argh!...it's making my jewelry look pathetic, when really, my wire-work is decent--just my lampwork is "newbie" & my computer skills, uh, "need new software"!!!)

YAY~~GELLY took pity on me & sized my photos!
Here's my bracelet with many-wrappings:
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AND...my more recent pathetic newbie beads...all these are mine ;):
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Thanks Gelly! :)

[InspirationToolworks]

WOW I'm thrilled with the responses and beautiful work by everyone! (You too Loco!) :)

Here's a hint on what the winner will be receiving:

http://inspirationtoolworks.com/lampworking/0013/six-cabs-400.jpg

Remember you have until 9:00 tonight!

-Jeff

[PaulaD]

Jeff,
Those are FAB!! I will end up buying them since I son't have time to enter! I tell all of my Chili Pepper people too to buy your rack! Paula

[Lynn Larson]

Okay, here is my attempt. I love viking knit, but can't wire wrap pendants for nothing :D

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[StLouisBiker]

DROOL!


WOW I'm thrilled with the responses and beautiful work by everyone! (You too Loco!) :)

Here's a hint on what the winner will be receiving:

http://inspirationtoolworks.com/lampworking/0013/six-cabs-400.jpg

Remember you have until 9:00 tonight!

-Jeff

[TurtleBay Jewelry]

OK, here's my submission:

All pieces are hand fabricated by myself and lampwork is all done by Paula Canant of Red Hot Design (AKA: KYYardLizard). Enjoy!

[Blueflameart]

Awesome work everyone ... here's our's.

[Su Poole]

I made this as my first real attempt at wire-wrapping with Mike's beads last year.

http://www.tillermanbeads.co.uk/pics/lb005d.jpg

This is something I did after that first bracelet:

http://www.tillermanbeads.co.uk/pics/claire12a.jpg

They're fairly old now and compared to Mike's new beads they're pretty basic but I'm still very proud of them as first efforts.

And the last one was for my daughter:

http://www.tillermanbeads.co.uk/pics/jen01.jpg

-Su

[jpulley]

Here are my entries. Thanks for the chance to win free tools.
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[otldzign]

Nothing fancy....but here are a few pics!

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Thanks for having this contest...what fun!

Angie

[*MAR*]

Just the regular wire wraps, nothing fancy:

http://static.flickr.com/36/76926075_918675db60.jpg

[BeadinMarie]

Wow what amazing things! This is my first ever bracelet made with all lampwork beads I made and happen to be wirewrapped!! Just made last week :) Look forward to the day my beads look like those I saw in this thread! WOW! Nice job everyone! Good luck everyone! Also look forward to hear more about these new tools!

http://www.broadwaybeads.com/Store/images/Lilacs_01.jpg

[PaulaD]

Yep, Sure is some gorgeous work in this thread!! Paula

[Just Nancy]

I only have a picture of one of my first pieces from two years ago. Lately I've been doing sterling silver book marks. Maybe I'll find a picture of something decent. Can you tell I'm embarassed to even enter this compared to the fabulous work everyone else has posted?

http://www.baublesbynancy.com/Silver%20bangle%20with%20red%20bead_small.jpg

[Teri.p]

Aack! Am I too late? Just finished wrapping this heart... I wasn't too happy with the bottom, but the wire hides the fatness.
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Teri P

[AZ Joolz]

Hope I made it in before the deadline...gorgeous pieces, everyone!
Some wire wrapped/twisted rings...
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[DenetianGlass]

My mom recently lost her rosary that she had ever since she was a little girl growing up in the Netherlands. I made this for her 70th birthday last month - lots of loops and swarovski lt sapphire crystals to go with the beads I made.

[InspirationToolworks]

That's the cut-off. Thanks everyone! I'll go through the names and have my computer pull one at random within a day.

Thanks!

-Jeff

[pierces*designs]

OHHHHHH the anticipation!

[dogmaw]

I just wanted to say that there are a lot of beautiful designs here. I hope this thread gets stars and saved as wireworking inspiration.

[Anne Ricketts]

Jeff has it been a day yet?? :grin:

[Just Nancy]

Telling myself patience is a virtue. LOL!

I'm enjoying everyone's pictures. Nice work.

[InspirationToolworks]

The Winner: Cosmo!

You win a complete set of Multi-Mandrel Inserts with two Multi-Mandrel Handles:

http://inspirationtoolworks.com/ebay/mm-set-400.jpg

Congratulations!

All those crazy shapes at the top get inserted into the handles allowing you to make grooved cabochons at the torch. You can then use the groove
to attach a wire wrapping. I will have them for sale on my website soon.

The bottom left is a V pendant insert, and the lower right a button insert.

Please PM or e-mail me your shipping address.

Thanks so much everyone for playing! Tons of beautiful stuff!

-Jeff

[Anne Ricketts]

WTG Chad!!! Can't wait to see you put these new goodies to use!!

[ptbeads]

How are these different from the grooved cab mandrels? I have the heart and the teardrop. They look flatter, is that the case? I've just started working with the ones I have, so I look forward to checking out the new ones.
That is after I get done sulking in a corner! :(

[Gelly]

Congrats Cosmo! I bet you will come up with some beauties!!

Thanks for the give-away Jeff! It was fun to play, and tons of eye candy!!

[InspirationToolworks]

How are these different from the grooved cab mandrels? I have the heart and the teardrop. They look flatter, is that the case?

Yes.

These are the new grooved cab mandrels... They work just about the same, but they are WAY easier for me to have manufactured, and I can have them made in any shape I want. The flatness gives a slightly narrower groove, and the flatness means there's a little more elbow room before an "oops" - locking the cab to the insert.

-Jeff

[ptbeads]

That's good because I tend to have a pretty big oops factor!:-D

[phishstuff]

Congrats Cosmo! Now you better post some lovelies when you get some stuff made with the new tools!!!!!;)

[Lynn Larson]

Congrats Cosmo! Now we get to wait patiently for new beads to drool over!

Thank you for the fun game Jeff!

[Just Nancy]

Wow. Looks cool. I can't wait to see the show and tell.

[x_phoenician]

I'm glad you won Chad! I still don't understand how these are supposed to work exactly.8-[ You dip these in bead release and build up your glass inside on the torch? You use these with a kiln for fusing?

Tracy

[Cosmo]

I can't believe I actually won something! I think this is the first time I've ever won anything...

I'm sending you my address now!

[HardwoodTrailGlass]

Congratulations Chad!
WTG.

Carrie

[IF-Designs]

dangit hope its not too late our internet was sporadic yesterday!

lol guess it was too late thats ok ;) i still lvoe my bracelet ...thats what i get for being a slacker!
congrats chad!

[InspirationToolworks]

You dip these in bead release and build up your glass inside on the torch? You use these with a kiln for fusing?


You dip them in bead release, build up a mass of glass inside the frame, and then squeeze with BBQ mashers to flatten and spread the glass out over the frame. This leaves a groove after you take them out of the kiln and remove the inserts.

To see some example pictures, check out:

http://inspirationtoolworks.com/lampworking/0013/

I will have the page update in the next few days with this new style.

Currently, you can't use them for fusing.... but maybe someday!

-Jeff

[chrisdd]

Congrats, Chad!

Jeff, thanks so much for hosting this contest! =D>

[NLC Beads]

Very cool! Thanks so much for letting us show off, Jeff! :)

[dogmaw]

Hooray Chad! You will have to show us what you make.

[InspirationToolworks]

I just want to let everyone know all these tools are now in stock and available on my website:

http://www.inspirationtoolworks.com/lampworking/multi-mandrel-system/

Thanks!

-Jeff

[NLC Beads]

Thanks for the update!!! :D

[Lynn Burgess]

Suzanne, I am in desperate need of the caps you used for the viking knit bracelet you made, the one with the purple beads in it. I just recently learned the viking knit and have searched all over for those caps and for the life of me can't find them anywhere. Can you or someone else help me. I am desperate.
Thanks

Lynn

[Cosmo]

When I got home today, I had a nice surprise waiting for me! A whole set of tools from Inspiration Toolworks. I haven't had a chance to use them with everything going on, but I intend to try them this weekend. Naturally, I'll post pics of what I make with them.

Just my first impression - they look extremely well made, and easy to use. I'm really looking forward to using them!

[beachbeads]

I can't believe I missed this, I have never looked at this part of LE. I LOVE his tools.. what a score to win this!!