{"id":19070,"date":"2014-10-09T03:05:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T10:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19070"},"modified":"2014-10-03T17:29:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T00:29:12","slug":"review-1-step-looper-and-big-looper-from-beadsmith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/review-1-step-looper-and-big-looper-from-beadsmith\/19070\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: 1-Step Looper (and Big Looper) from BeadSmith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19070#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-10\/09-90579-one-step-big-looper.jpg\" alt=\"1 Step Big Looper - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #579:<\/span> <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If you need a bunch of wire loops or eyepins done quickly, for your polymer clay jewelry&#8230; then this is the tool!<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Review of the 1-Step Looper and the 1-Step Big Lopper from BeadSmith.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Pliers style wire jewelry making tool for being able to quickly make wire loops and eyepins.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Perfect tool for making polymer clay charms and dangles in one easy step.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Last year I made a Mistletoe Bracelet with tons of time consuming charms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I show you the process of making a wire loop for a charm using regular jewelry making tools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Two sizes available. 1-Step Looper makes a 1.5mm loop and the 1-Step Big Lopper makes a 3mm loop.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Small loop is suitable for small dangles and earrings, larger loop better for charms added to chain or for links.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I show you how to use both tools for making a beaded charm using beads made from the Art Sheet Technique Tutorial.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">These Looper Tools will cut and shape wire from 26g to 18g. Though, for strength, I wouldn&#8217;t use wire any smaller than 20 gauge. Smaller wires may be too flimsy and open up in use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I purchased these tools at Shipwreck Beads.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5G9JfRelYT8?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/mistletoe-ornament-polymer-clay-tutorials-vol-055\/16459\/#video\">Mistletoe Ornament Polymer Clay Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-mixed-media-art-sheets-technique-video\/11266\/#video\">Art Sheet Polymer Clay Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wire-work-polymer-clay-beads-loops-links\/6412\/\">Creating Your Loops and Links for Polymer Clay Jewelry<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-embedded-wire-links-loops-video\/10959\/#video\">Embedded Wire Links and Loops<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shipwreckbeads.com\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Shipwreck Beads<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you have any suggestions for videos on tips, techniques or products you would like to learn more about? Let me know in the comments section below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My goal is to help you to learn quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5G9JfRelYT8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">1-Step Looper (and Big Looper) by BeadSmith Tool Review<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> &#8230; the Subscribe Button is right near the top of that YouTube page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #579: If you need a bunch of wire loops or eyepins done quickly, for your polymer clay jewelry&#8230; then this is the&#8230;&nbsp;<span class=\"cmtcnt\">15<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2665],"tags":[2676,2740],"class_list":["post-19070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-product-demos","tag-jewelry-findings","tag-polymer-clay-tools-supplies-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}