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Covers name writing with wire including how to form all the letters of the alphabet in upper and lower case, constructing a whole name, and adding a heart with birthstone. Includes easy skip-to index of letters.
(about 47 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on January 22, 2007 in Arts & Crafts::Misc Crafts.
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This isn't a video in the normal sense of a watch-the-dvd. It was done on an apple computer in sections. It covers making an set of upper and lower case letters. Along with one name and a heart attachment. It is not a beginners video, it is for someone that has a knowledge of wire working. It gives no start up info,no wire lengths to start with etc. other than some pictures with labels of the wire, pliers, types and shows a battery hand drill and then never refers to it again. They start right in and make each letter in upper and lower case, from A to Z. They do have a nice section with still pictures of each letter set. Who the guy is I have no idea. As only a womens voice is heard and she is not one to instill wonder in the process of making the letters. There are a number of sections with clipped audio but it doesn't hurt the video. Keep a pad of paper and pencil to draw out the letters will help. A rank beginner will have trouble, but most people will be able to figure it out.
The silver wire they are talking about is half hard Sterling Silver. And the same with the half hard Gold filled wire. They spent too much time on the intro/name and the menu which the sound gets irritating vary fast. If they spent as much time on the content as the menu they would have had a winner!
This is a fairly basic video but is a good starter to see if you would be interested in pursuing the craft. Well worth the rental fee!
I really got a lot of good tips from this movie. The filming was close enough and clear enough to really see what was going on and she did not go too fast to keep up. I do think it would have been better to tell what tools where best at the beginning instead of just scanning through a quick video of them lying there. I also would've found it very helpful to see a few more sample names done in order to see how to make the different letter combinations together in succession. All in all I felt it was well worth the rental cost and hope they do another video of how to make bracelets with the name (she was wearing a very pretty one that I caught glimpses of every now and then.
