Handmade jewelry ideas-wire wrapped Chandelier earrings The piece of handmade jewelry ideas today is inspired by the famous chandelier earrings, except for the difference that but this pair is totally handmade and the finished items are really fantastic!
I always love handmade jewelry ideas, especially the wire wrapped ones. The wire wrap technique is common and almost been regarded as one necessary technique that a real craft fancier should master. Here, let just get start and try making one for yourself.
Things you may need:
Opal Bead
Alloy Metal Bead
Jumpring
Earring hook
0.5mm Brass Wire
1.5mm Aluminum Wire
Side Cutting Plier
Round Nose Plier
Flat Nose Plier
How are the handmade jewelry ideas like? Step1: wrap decoration
the
connected
loops
1. Cut 15cm long aluminum wire, grab one end tip with bottom of round nose plier, loop one time; 2. At the adjacent location, loop the second one in same direction; 3. Then form the third, fourth and fifth ones.
Step2: wrap the chandelier component 1. Prepare another segment of aluminum wire, about 20cm; 2. Curve the 1/3 point around a tape measure. Then you’ll obtain a drop shape chandelier component.
Step3: Wrap the decorative element onto chandelier.
Step4: Wrap on the focal opal bead.
Take a fairy long 0.5mm brass wire, start to
locations where two holes will be. Keep wrapping
wrap from the center location;
the chandelier, when the wire reached to the two
Lay your bead in the chandelier and mark the
positions, cross two end through the bead. After that, keep wrapping until covering the entire chandelier.
Finally, rotate the short tip around the long one to close the chandelier. Then, loop the top and remove the excess part.
Step5: embellish the bottom with metal alloy beads
Step6: hooks
add
Take a new strand of brass wire and start to wrap
When
from the location where you place the connected
chandelier, the rest process is attach the
loops components. Supply metal alloy beads while
earring hook by a jumpring.
finished
on all
the works
earring about
the
wrapping the part. Each time thread the wire; hook the previous coil so that your beads may be in place.
Make a complete pair.
They are so amazing, right?
Watch different gauges of wire incorporate in one item that really makes lots of fun and amusement. However, for the handmade jewelry ideas, please do be careful as to your hands may be easily scratched by wire while working with them. Except this, the wire wrapping accessories are approximately perfect!
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