Prepare the wire ready to use.

Most of the time the wire will be delivered on a coil.
Sometimes there will be some wrinkles in the wire.
After sanding and cleaning there will be even more wrinkles in the wire.
A way to sanding the wire and to get it straight without any wrinkles is on the following way.
Connect one end into a vice and hold the other end firmly with the pliers.
Now sand the wire with a sanding block.
In this way you able to get the wire straight and without any wrinkles.
As last, pull ones or twice firmly at the wire and the result is a nice straight wire.

Bolo waterman

There is a manual available how to make this.
So I put here a short description.
You can find the manual at the downloads TAB at the Customer Service page.
I have used here 2 different sizes of thickness cloisonné wire, round 1 mm and round 1,5 mm.
For the inlay I have used here an anchor.
We are here at the "Waterman" site !!!!.

The Drawing.

• Take a shape and draw the outline on a paper.
• Draw the outline of the anchor in the middle of the your chosen shape.
• Draw the contour of the waves and decide where the white will be of the waves.

The burning.

• Apply at the backside counter enamel and burn it.
• Sift some opal blue at the front and place the copper waves.
• After the burning you can cover everything with wet pack.
• Remove the access of the waves at the sides.
• Sift white enamel for the waves and draw with the wipe out stick some lines through the waves.
• Place the anchor.
• Burn it for the last time.

Finishing.

• Clean everything.
• Brush the copper with brass polish.
• Mount the bolo clip on the backside.
• Insert the bolo cord into the bolo clip.
• Mount the bolo tips to the end of the bolo cord.