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How to Make
A Victorian Candelabra
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A Victorian candelabra is romantic and elegant. And also
amazingly easy to make yourself. All you need to create your
very own Victorian candelabra is craft wire, beads and
candle glass holders.
Create your Victorian candelabra as a
centerpiece for your dining room table or living room coffee
table. Or create instead, a hanging Victorian candelabra
over your bed or bath. Your creation
can be in any color
or size. It’s up to you. So let’s get started.
Follow these steps to make your own Victorian candelabra.
Step #1: The Beads
The best part of making your own Victorian candelabra is
that the color and size will be entirely up to you. For a
large, hanging Victorian candelabra you will need around 500
beads. For a smaller, centerpiece Victorian candelabra 250
beads are enough.
Visit your local craft store and select your beads. Adhere
to one color group with little variation, as Victorian
ornaments are simple in hues. Adhere, also, to one texture
for the same reason. Opaque or dark glass or plastic beads
will work best, as you do not want your copper craft wire to
show through the beads.
Finally choose only two shapes of
beads: large ones that will make up 40% of your Victorian
candelabra, and small ones that will make up the rest.
Step #2: Craft Wire
How big you wish your Victorian candelabra to be is entirely
up to you. Your Victorian candelabra will have five arms.
Therefore cut 5 lengths of copper craft wire. Take into
account that each length should consist of the length of
your Victorian candelabra—times two. The second half will
curve to form each candle holder.
Step #3: Assembly, Part I
Hold the 5 lengths of copper wire together. Connect them a
third way down by looping a small piece of copper wire
around all 5. Next, hold the top and bottom and push the
wires toward each other. The five wires will bend. Now curve
them outwardly into beautiful, symmetrical curves, forming
an invisible bubble between them.
Start beading the 5 curved wires, making sure to repeat the
pattern exactly everywhere. Start with a big bead and follow
with 6 small beads, then again. 3 inches from the top, loop
a copper wire to connect the 5 wires together and finish the
top by tying a wire knot over the last beads.
Step #4: Assembly, Part II
Curve each of the 5 wires out in a large outward loop,
followed by a smaller inward loop in the opposite direction
(creating S shape). Start beading the wires again following
the same patter. Finish each end by tying a wire knot to
keep the last bead in place. Complete your Victorian
candelabra by twirling each beaded wire around a small glass
candle holder, finishing off with the end of the wire coming
under the glass, for support.
Step #5: Ornaments
Add strings of beads to ornament your Victorian candelabra.
Beads drooping beneath each glass holder are traditional
Victorian motifs. Simply twirl the end of a copper wire
anywhere between two beads on your Victorian candelabra, to
begin a new string of tangling beads.
Choose long, elegant candles, preferably in white to
complete the antique feel of your Victorian candelabra. And
if you are hanging your Victorian candelabra, make sure to
use garden toggle hooks for extra safety.
Questions? Comments?
Drop me a line.
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