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Today we are going to make these bead and wire earrings using an interesting wrapping
technique that makes the wire a feature. To make these earrings, you will need two
ear wires, two head pins, two 8mm beads, 4 4 to 5mm beads, and some wire. I will talk
about that in a minute. For tools, you will need chain nose pliers, round nose pliers,
wire cutters, and possibly, a pair of nylon jaw pliers.
Today, I have gone with beads in shades of copper and brown. I love these goldstone looking
beads. But you can choose whatever colors you like. I have gone ahead and made one of
these earrings to show you how it looks completed. I am not a hundred percent satisfied with
it. I think it is because of the gauge of the wire. I really wanted to use this brown
wire, but I could only find it in 20 and 26 gauge. I think this is just a little too fine,
so that these wires on the edges do not hold the shape as nicely as a heavier gauge would.
My recommendation is if you can find your wire in a 24 or a 22 gauge (20 is probably
too heavy) but I think you might be more satisfied with the results. That being said, we are
going to go ahead and proceed with the 26 gauge wire to make the matching earring.
The first thing that you need to do is, fold your wires in half and just make a loop right
at the center. If you are using heavier gauge wire, you might need to use pliers to bend
that loop. And then, we are just going to put that loop right over the head pin. Slide
it right down to the head of the head pin, and hold it there and cross one of the wires
over the other. Then, give them a pull so that they are straight.
Again, if you are using heavier gauge wire, you might have to hold these wires with pliers.
Give them a tug, so that they are nice and straight. But with this, we do not have to.
Repeat with all three of your wires, folding them in half and putting them over the head
pin. So, here I have all three of my wires over
my head pin. It does not look like anything great yet. And then, we are going to slide
our 8mm bead onto the head pin. You can use that bead to kind of smoosh down any other
wraps that did not get flat enough for you. Now, you are going to find the two ends of
the wire that are closest to the bead you just added. Just bring them up over the wire,
and wrap them a couple times around the head pin. Trim off the excess wire using chain
nose pliers to tuck in the end if you need to.
Do one side. The reason I suggested the nylon jaw pliers at the beginning of the video is
that you want to make sure that your wires are very straight, and have no bends or kinks.
Otherwise, your loops on the sides of your beads will not have a nice shape to them.
If you find that your wire needs a little straightening, you can use the nylon jaw pliers
for that. Next, we will slide on one of our smaller beads. Today, I have chosen these
champagne colored 5mm crystals. Slide that on.
You can use it to sort of compress those wraps you have just made above your 8mm bead. Take
the middle set of wires that you added. Repeat what you just did, wrapping them above the
smaller bead you just added and trimming the excess.
One more time, add one of your smaller
beads. Use it to compress those previous wraps. Take the remaining two wires, and wrap them
above it. Then you can sort of see what I mean, that if I used heavier gauge wire, the
wrapping would have been a little bit trickier to do, but I think they would have held their
shape more nicely. Trim that head pin, so it is three-eighths of an inch. And then,
use your round nose pliers to make a simple loop.
The final step is to add your ear wire.
And there you have a rather interesting wire wrapping technique to make a unique pair of
earrings. Here is another look at the earrings we made today. It is kind of a fun wire wrapping
technique and open to a lot of possibilities. Consider the fact that you could put on as
many wires and beads as you want and have a whole series of loops. Just keep in mind, your wires
will have to be getting longer and longer. Have a lot of fun with this one. Choose colors
and beads that you love and make yourself something special.
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