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Plant Markers:
How to Make Them, Part Five -
Attaching a Stone or a Flat Marble
Here is a marker made with a stone.
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Step 1: Lay out your design and mark your
tile.
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Step 2: Wrap the marker with a fugure eight
of wire, as before. This tile works fine with two layers, but the lines
are long and need to be pulled tight, and carefully arranged to lie side by
side on the front.
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Wrapping a stone:
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Steps 3-7: Cut a piece of 7-stranded wire
about one foot long. Unless the stone is very large, separate out two
or three strands so you have five or four left. Loop it around the
stone near one end, then twist together at the top, then wrap again near
the other end. It will be more secure if you also pass the wire
through the wrapping on the back a couple of times. Make a loop at the
top and cut the excess wire. Attach the stone to the back of the tile
as you would a marble.
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The finished marker.
Wrapping a flat marble or a long stone to hang upright:
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This is similar to wrapping the stone above, except that
the wire is looped around one end, then crosses over in front, then looped
around the bottom. Again, the wire is passed underneath the back
wrappings a couple of times for more security.
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A marker with a stone wrapped in this way.
Next -
Attaching Beads.
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