Making Spiral Zen Earrings with Red Aluminum Wire

Happy New Year! On some day of 2014 January I made a pair of spiral zen earrings with red aluminum wire. This pair of earrings possesses strong Chinese style and very simple to make. I will share the detailed instructions below.

Necessities for spiral wire earrings:

1.5mm red aluminum wire
0.8mm black copper wire
Earring hooks
Round nose plier
Flat nose plier
Wire cutter

Instructions on how to make spiral wire earrings:

Step 1: Wire wrap spiral Zen pattern

1st, cut a 20cm piece of aluminum wire;
2nd, loop one end with small round nose;
3rd, make spiral pattern with double round noses;
4th, make last coil by wrapping around a marker;
5th, leave 2cm tail and cut off excess wire;
6th, loop the tail.

Step 2: Finish the spiral wire earrings

1st, coil black copper wire around round nose;
2nd, cut out 4 jump rings;
3rd, use double jump rings to connect spiral wire dangle to earring hook;
4th, repeat to make another one.

Finally the spiral wire earrings look like this:

As you can see, I finish the spiral wire earrings just within few minutes. It is a quite simple tutorial. I advise you to have a try!