Cooktown Orchid Brooch

MATERIALS

24ga copper coloured artistic wire

30ga artistic wire

Florist tape

Silk ribbon

Brooch pin or hair clasp

BEADS

50 gram bottle ‘Pink Berry’

11/0' Japanese Toho

TOOLS

Craft glue

Wire side-cutters

Round nose pliers

Scissors

Finished size: 9 cm x 17 cm

STEP ONE

Creating the Basic Frame Cut 65 cm x 24ga wire, measure 13cm from the top of the wire, make a loop and twist together in the middle three to four times. See Diagram 1. This will create a Basic Wire (BW), the Stem Wire (SW) and the Feed Wire (FW).

STEP TWO

Thread 22 x seed beads onto the BW. See Diagram 1. Form a small loop at the top