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.

How to Make Wire Wrapped Earrings - Handmade Wire Earrings Design

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

Materials and tools for the wire wrapped earrings

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 1: Make wire wrapped dangles

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 2: Finish the earring dangles

Step 3: Finish the whole earrings

Attach ear hook to the coiled end and repeat all steps to make the other piece.

Step 3: Finish the whole earrings

The final look is like this;

The final look of this wrapped earrings

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.

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