Woven brooches are a quick and easy eco friendly gift to weave on a pin loom – any 2 or 3 inch pin loom will work fine.
The bases of the brooches are made using bottle caps or shapes cut from plastic jugs or other bits and pieces pulled from the recycling bin.
Here’s the video showing how to make them:
I love weaving jewelry, and I love upcycling.
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So, I have combined these loves by using upcycled elements in some really fun Steampunk inspired brooches that I have designed and made.
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I weave the backgrounds for the brooches with the Schacht Zoom loom (the new version of the classic Weave It loom).
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Then, using the lid and base from frozen orange juice cans, I build fab brooches.
I combine all kinds of things, like tatting, found objects, various embellishments that I make, as well as crocheted and woven wire.
This video shows how I do it.
Noreen Crone-Findlay, designer and author
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