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Pearl On A Wire: Enjoy The Subtle Glow of Pearls Perched in A Simple Wire Frame

This document provides instructions for making a simple wire earring design featuring a pearl. The instructions include bending wire into loops on each end, shaping the wire into a circle, stringing beads and a pearl onto a head pin, and attaching the head pin to the wire circle to create the earring. Optional variations like making a pendant or ring using this design are also suggested. Materials needed include wire, beads, head pins, and pliers.

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Pearl On A Wire: Enjoy The Subtle Glow of Pearls Perched in A Simple Wire Frame

This document provides instructions for making a simple wire earring design featuring a pearl. The instructions include bending wire into loops on each end, shaping the wire into a circle, stringing beads and a pearl onto a head pin, and attaching the head pin to the wire circle to create the earring. Optional variations like making a pendant or ring using this design are also suggested. Materials needed include wire, beads, head pins, and pliers.

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Pearl on
a wire
Enjoy the subtle glow of pearls
perched in a simple wire frame
designed by Melanie Hazen
stepbystep
[1] Cut a 2-in. (6.4 cm)
piece of wire.
[2] Make a plain loop
(Basics, p. 98) at each end
of the wire.
[3] Shape the wire around a
ring mandrel at the size 1
mark or the dowel (photo a).
Slide the wire off the mandrel
or dowel.
[4] Using chainnose pliers,
bend the loops so that they
are parallel to each other
(photo b).
[5] On a head pin, string a
3 mm silver bead, one of the
wire loops, a pearl, the other
wire loop, and a 3 mm.
[6] Holding the beads tight
against the head pin, make a
right-angle bend in the head
pin against the last 3 mm,
toward the center of the wire
circle (photo c).
[7] Use chainnose pliers to
tightly wrap the head pin
tail around the wire circle
several times. Trim the wire
tail as close to the wraps as
possible, and press it against
the circle (photo d).
[8] Open the loop (Basics)
of an earring finding, attach
the wire circle, and close
the loop.
[9] Make a second earring. w
WIREWORK
MATERIALS
pair of earrings
2 5 mm button pearls
4 3 mm round silver
beads
5 in. (13 cm) 20-gauge
sterling silver wire,
dead-soft
2 2-in. (5 cm) 24-gauge
silver head pins
pair of earring findings
ring mandrel or -in.
(1.3 cm) dowel
chainnose pliers
roundnose pliers
wire cutters
a
DESIGNERS NOTE: To make a fun pendant,
increase the length and gauge of the wire, and
use larger beads.
EDITORS NOTES:
You can make a unique ring using this design.
Use a heavier gauge wire, form it to the correct
size for your finger, and omit the earring finding.
If you dont have a ring mandrel or a -in. (1.3 cm)
dowel, any sturdy round tube with the correct
diameter can be used. Annette
Melanie Hazen lives in
Cumberland City, Tenn.,
in the U.S., and has
been making jewelry
for several years. To
see more of Melanies
work, visit her Web site,
melaniehazen.etsy.com.
This quick-and-easy project allows you
to create a fun pair of earrings, and
maybe a matching pendant or ring, using
miscellaneous beads in your stash.
b
c d
e
e
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