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- Oct 31, 2013
How to Make Wire Wrapped Earrings - Handmade Wire Earrings Design
Summary: The vintage wire earring design is easy to make; in this handmade wire earring tutorial, we will teach you how to make wire wrapped earrings with copper wire and turquoise beads.
I really think that this wire earring design is full of retro style combined with popular turquoise fresh feature! Prepare wire and beads, I will show you the easy way about how to make the unusual wire wrapped earrings.
Materials and tools for the wire wrapped earrings:
Long flat turquoise beads
Drum shape turquoise beads
0.8mm brown copper wire
Brass earring hooks
Round nose plier
Flat nose plier
Wire cutter
Instructions on the wire wrapped earrings:
Step 1: Make wire wrapped dangles
1st, pick a 65cm length of copper wire, loop one end with round nose plier;
2nd, slide a flat turquoise bead on, leave 0.5cm space, and loop the other end;
3rd, wrap the wire tail one round under the right loop;
4th, make the tail go along the half edge of bead and wrap it one round below the left loop;
5th, repeat 5 times; it is like making wrapped herringbone;
6th, coil the rest wire to cover previous wrapping.
Step 2: Finish the earring dangles
1st, pick a 15cm piece of copper wire, coil one end and slide 3 pony beads on;
2nd, loop the other end and attach the beaded component to above wrapped dangle.
Step 3: Finish the whole earrings
Attach ear hook to the coiled end and repeat all steps to make the other piece.
The final look is like this;
Tada! The handmade wire wrapped earrings are done! On a boring night, you can follow this “how to make wire wrapped earrings” tutorial and create a pair of vintage turquoise beaded earrings.