Swirly Wire Encased Bead Pendant

After a bit of experimenting with wire, I came up with this pendant. I was quite surprised by how fast and easy it was. It's somewhat classy look can be influenced by whatever colour and shape bead you decide to use.

I hope you like it!

To make a pendant like this, you will need:

- pliers
- wire (mine was 0,8 mm/ gauge 20)
- a bead

Add the bead to the wire, just enough to let the wire go through. Mark the bottom of the bead by holding it with your nail. Bend the wire in that position to create a setting for your bead.

Add the bead to that setting and start bending the wire up. Keep wrapping it around to make your swirl. When you're happy with its size, cut off the wire and leave a small part for making the loop. Bend the loop using round nose pliers.

Slowly start to twist the swirl into shape.Your nails can be very handy to separate the first swirls from each other, so they won't just twist with three next to each other but actually separated. Try to keep the distance between the wire equal on all sides. When you're happy with the amount of twisting, you can just stop and admire your work. I stopped when the layer the closest to the bead was in front of the bead.

And that's it!

I really hope you liked this instructable and found it useful. I would love to see the results if someone decides to try this out : )