I am offering the pictorial steps by steps on how to make spiral of earrings in 2 posts. Hope you will enjoy reading the tutorial:
Materials:
12” seed beads.
2 seed pearls, in white, 4mm dia.
2 coral beads, 4mm dia x 4mm high
23” copper wire, silver plated, 24-gauge.
2 earrings hooks, silver plated.
Tools Needed
Round nose pliers
Wire Cutter
1. Cut an 8-in. length of wire. Use pliers to form a 1/16-in. loop at one end. Thread on a coral bead over the loop.
2. Thread 6 in. of seed beads onto the wire. Slop on a crimp bead next to te last seed bead, and crimp it in place, leaving a 2-in. wire tail.
3. Bend the bead end of the wire into a tight loop using the tips of the needle-nose pliers. Wind the beaded wire into a spiral around this loop.
4. After a few turns, release the pliers and form the spiral by hand. Make the spiral as tight as possible. When finished, use a strip of tape to temporarily hold it in place.
5. Use the needle-nose pliers to bend the wire end of the spiral at a 90-geg angle. Put a pearl.
Watch out for another post for second part of the tutorial.
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