Shapes/moulds for wirework

[Mrs Sparrow]

Being an absolute beginner at all things jewellery making I will probably have loads of odd questions for you Here's one..
I like to shape a piece of wire into a cone shape spiral. Can you buy small shaped objects to do this on or does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this.
And I apologise if this is a dumb question with an obvious answer
Thank you

[auntynet]

I think its an expense to look for specific tools to do the job so I would try to use anything thats lying around the home or maybe even try to make some.

Small cone shapes are easily made from a circle of cardboard, cut from the edge to the centre then secure it into a cone shape (a bit like a party hat) with some sellotape or staples.

[Glitterbug]

I think my suggestions would be to make a flat silver spiral by winding the silver round and round. When it's large enough push the centre through until you have a tapered coil. That makes perfect sense to me but I'm not sure it will to anyone else!?

[auntynet]

I think my suggestions would be to make a flat silver spiral by winding the silver round and round. When it's large enough push the centre through until you have a tapered coil. That makes perfect sense to me but I'm not sure it will to anyone else!?

I get what you're saying - and I'm just a girl!

[urbtaf]

I usually dig about in the kitchen draws, its suprising the stange shaped things you find

[Pebbles]

Yeah, I would have suggested the same as Glitterbug too
You can make a beadcage in a similar way, cut a piece of wire and make a flat spiral from both ends, coiling until the meet in the middle, then pull the centre out of each spiral

[mizgeorge]

I think my suggestions would be to make a flat silver spiral by winding the silver round and round. When it's large enough push the centre through until you have a tapered coil. That makes perfect sense to me but I'm not sure it will to anyone else!?

Makes perfect sense to me - but it would depend on the size of cone I wanted to make. Small cones are easy to wind on round-nosed pliers, or the tip of a knitting needle, and larger work well on the little mini-funnels used for filling cosmetic jars and bottles.

Oh, the wind a spiral and push the end out works beautifully for making bead cages as well! Just wind the spiral from each end to the middle, bend in half and prod!

[Linda60]

Your suggestions have given me some ideas too. Thanks all.