Earrings with Crystal Passions® Drops and Wirework
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Design Idea MA24
-- Designer --
Patti, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Drop, Crystal Passions®, light Colorado topaz golden Sahara, 11x5.5mm faceted briolette pendant (6010)
- Wire, copper, half-hard, square, 20 gauge
- Wire, Beadalon®, antique brass-finished copper, half-hard, square, 24 gauge
- Pliers, Beadalon®, banding, steel and rubber, black, 5-1/4 inches with 1.85mm wide groove, single band
- Ear wire, copper-plated copper, 21mm flat fishhook with (2) 2-3mm balls and open loop, 19 gauge
- Jump ring, copper, 6mm hand-cut round square wire, 4.2mm inside diameter, 19 gauge
Instructions
Step 1
Cut one 10-inch length of square 24-gauge wire.
Cut four 4-inch, four 4 1/4-inch, and two 4 1/2-inch lengths of square 20-gauge wire.
Step 2
Position the following lengths of 20-gauge wire side by side and centered:
- One 4-inch
- One 4 1/4-inch
- One 4 1/2-inch
- One 4 1/4-inch
- One 4-inch
Step 3
Use banding pliers to bend the 24-gauge wire for banding. Band the 20-gauge wires with the 24-gauge wire.
Note: For additional details, view the ''How to Create a Wire Band'' illustrated instructions.
Step 4
Create a spiral at each end of the 20-gauge wires.
Note: For additional details, view the ''Forming a Wire Spiral'' illustrated instructions.
Step 5
Repeat Steps 2 - 4 to create a second spiral component.
Step 6
Attach the loop of an ear wire to the center spiral of a component.
Repeat to add an ear wire to the second component.
Step 7
Use jump rings to add a crystal briolette to each of the three bottom, center spirals of each component.
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