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This tutorial shows you how to wire wrap a cabochon with a 5 strand braid.

Materials:

1mm wire (18 gauge) 4cm x 3cm oval fluorite cabochon

This video shows setting a tear-drop shaped Labradorite cabochon with wire-wrapping. What is extra interesting is that it shows the design part, not just the wrapping part. It also does it quickly, by speeding up the film, which means that it doesn't take a lot of time to watch.

Author's note: "In this video I show you how to set a drop of labradorite with wire wrapping technique , this was a custom order."

How to wire-wrap a cabochon or flattish stone to make a pendant. Materials: Cabochon/stone 0.8mm round wire 0.4mm round wire

This uses the Viking Knit technique to make a bezel around a cabochon (rather than making a rope). The back of the bezel is framed by thick wire, the sides and front are viking-knit thin wire, which gives a nice lacy effect.