Sometimes I get asked (by other jewellery artists) how my clusters turn out so compact - I was just asked again this morning. Well... through trial and error of course. I've never purchased any of those complicated beading tutorials and certainly don't plan on producing my own because I'm no expert and because I'd rather focus on creating than teaching (sometimes I don't even know what I'm doing!). Some of my initial attempts were also a bit weird because not being balled-up tightly enough gave them too much movement that I didn't want. You live, you learn.

Let's just put it this way: there are only that many ways to wire-wrap or string a bead. It has holes, you have wire. Play, and think about shape and proportion. If you looked closely at the finished pictures, you'd be able to figure it out and do it the same way as I've done. Or at least, that is how I like to figure out things on my own. I just don't have the patience to go through a 58-step tutorial no matter how detailed it is, and neither do I like to spoonfeed people.