String-Art Pendant (Peruvian Thread Earrings)

You can make this in a variety of sizes as either a pendant for a necklace or for dangles on earrings. Use different colors of wire and thread for thousands of unique color combinations.
Supplies:
11 inches of 14 GA copper wire / 4 feet of 24 GA copper wire / 2 colors of embroidery floss / Wire Cutters / Pliers / Nail polish or glue / Coil-making machine

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• How-to
• do-it-yourself
• fashion
• jewelry
• string-art
• pendant
• necklace
• earrings
• crafts
• wire
• peruvian
• thread
• educational

[queenbahamamama1]

I am so glad I found your video. Thnaks so much. I would appreciate it if you can tell me what type and size thread is best used for this particular design???

[CamilleSharon]

@queenbahamamama1 I used embroidery thread, pulling out just one strand at a time. This can also be done with very thin wire (32 GA), or other kinds of threads if you can't find embroidery thread.

[purplelove566]

For the wire can we use 12 silver and 24 silver instead of 14 copper and 24 copper?

[CamilleSharon]

@purplelove566 My guess is that it would work. I use copper because it is less expensive and once you finish the wrapping you won't really be able to see a lot of the larger wire. You will be able to see the thinner one in the coil.

[86lathasridharan]

Hi Camille, very nice video!! I had a question, while pulling the 24 guage wrapped wire..is there a way such that we can uniformly do it? I tend to pull too much at some portions, thereby it comes out non-uniform. Thanks in advance!!

[CamilleSharon]

@86lathasridharan I tried some different thing and my best suggestion is to make a larger coil than you need, pull with even tension from the ends, and hopefully you'll have a large enough section of it turn out evenly which you can use. Best of luck!

[TheTrinity4lifetruth]

Thank you for making your tutorial soooooooo plain and easy to understand! wonderful!!!!

[sevensins710]

@tepage1 I believe it's the exact same thing, you just have to give the wire round shape.

[VirgoHellion]

Hey Camille, I have to say I love your videos. I've been making jewelry for only a few months now, and I've found your videos completely awesome for instructions! I've made the tree-of-life pendant a few times now, and have loved every single one of them. I found some amazing iridescent leaf-shaped beads (like the ones found in the Beaded Grapes tutorial) and I threw a few of those into the most recent pendant I've made, loved the results!! Can't wait to see what other creations you'll teach us!

[4usutty]

I cannot believe your tutorial is every where. Put Peruvian String Art tutorial in google and it brings you up in 50 places it is crazy. Thanks

[yanitod]

Me encantoooo!!! Re lindooo!!!

[ShameAndBlame]

I use the same thickness for both the coil and the wire inside, and I make the coil so that it's not snug against the inner wire. That way you can pretty much use as many colors as you want 'cause there's more room to build up layers before the string pops off. But I used this tutorial to learn it :)

[kingdomheartslova167]

THANK YOU...I have been looking for a tutorial on this...I was actually acble to do three colors...and green floral wire in 22 gauge and i think 26 gauge ( I just saw the #26 on my package)and that was the extremely thin wire...but it is very sturdy...just another cool pair of arings...DIY style

Have a great day and thanks for making the video ;D