4 Small Wire Earrings

1. Intro: Hello folks and welcome to this class. Here we have four small wear earrings that we will be creating. As always, I will show you the tools and materials you need to make each project and have fun as you follow along and learn to create each new design. If you liked this class, I'm sure you will enjoy checking out my other classes where you can find a variety of fun wire jewelry projects to make. Now let's jump right into the class and start making jewelry that is like a wildflower, beautiful, unique and timeless. See you there. 2. Faux Double Hoops: First off, we're going to be making the foe double hoop and we will be using the 20 gauge brass wire. In gold. We will be using a pencil to wrap our wire around. We have a file and we'll be using the wire cutters who are straight runners and the needle nose pliers. To begin, we're going to straighten out our wire using our wire straight NURS. Begin creating the earring. We're going to wrap our wire around the pencil. Holding the wire against the pencil, we will wrap it all the way around completely one time. Wrapped all the way around. We will bring the long end of the wire straight down until it is parallel to where we begin. Here you can see the long end and the shortened are parallel to each other. Using the wire cutters, we will now trim that long end until it is the same length as the first end. With the ends of the wire cut, I will now pull apart the spiral, spreading it out. We will pull it fairly far apart so that it is a loose spiral instead of a tight spiral shape. Next we are going to file down both ends of the earring with the fingernail file, testing it with your finger to make sure that you've gotten all the rough edges smoothed away. With the ends filed. We have one final step to finish off our earrings. And for that we will be bending the ends of the wire. So give it a slight curve so that it matches the curvature of the hoop itself. The needle nose pliers, I'm going to create a small bend at each end of the wire so that it matches the curve of the hoop. This little step it gives the photo earrings and more authentic double piercing look. With both ends bent. You can see that they line up with the whole curve of the earring. Having created the first earring, we are going to make the secondary to mirror it. This will be important because of the way the earrings are worn. With a spiral towards your face. You will put the opposite end in your ear and then twist it upwards onto your ear. Before wrapping the second earring, we are going to place the first during back on the pencil, as this will give us a visual of which way we need to wrap the wire. For the first airing, we begin on the left side and wrapped upwards towards the end of the pencil. For the second earring, we will begin wrapping on the right side and then wrap upwards to create our spiral. Here we have the spirals wrapped in the opposite directions. With the wire cutters, we will now cut off the excess wire so that the ends are the same length. Depending on how closely you wrap the spiral to itself, you will need to tighten or stretch the spiral so that the spacing matches the first earring. Next step is to use the file to smooth down both ends of the wire. Now we can use the needle nose pliers and we will create those bins on the end of the wire, like the first airing, to create a curve that matches the rest of the hoop. Now that we've got this second earring finished, you have created your very own faux double piercing hoops. Now let's head over to the next video. 3. Teardrop Studs: Next up we will be making these raindrops studs or teardrop stats, which have a nice teardrop or raindrop shape attached to the stud post. We will again use the pencil to wrap the wire on to create the bottom of our teardrop. We will be also using the same brass wire in 20 gauge as well as our file. And we will use the wire cutters, the wire straight NOR, and the flat nose pliers. To begin, you know, we always want to start off with a clean base. So we're going to use the wire straight runners and smooth out the wire. To begin making the earring, we will start by creating the post and we will be used the flat nose pliers to make the post, which is usually from three-eighths, 2.5 inch long. To create the posts, all we have to do is hold the end of the wire in the needle nose pliers and then create a right angle in our wire. Now that we have made the post, we can begin creating the raindrop shape. To begin creating the raindrop shape, we will hold the wire against the pencil to wrap it around it. Depending on whether you want a long or a short raindrop, will determine how far away from the pencil you hold the post of the earring while you can straighten the raindrop after you've finished wrapping it. If you hold the post while you are wrapping the wire around the pencil, you can avoid straightening it later. We will close off the teardrop by wrapping the long end around the post of the earring. Holding the teardrop shape tightly, we will wrap the long end of the wire to the back of the teardrop, bringing it all the way around to the other side. Keep in mind as you are wrapping that you want the long end of the wire to go over the top of the post earring and then pulling it tightly at the end, we will use our wire cutters and cut it off flush against the post of the earring. You went to cut the wire short and close to the teardrop shape so that it is as small as possible while still holding securely to the post. Now that we have cut off the excess wire, we will take the flat nose pliers and tightened the end of the wire against the post, threatening it from the front. Mu will make sure that the end of that wire is securely under itself. And then while we have the flat nose pliers, we will also straighten the post itself to make sure that it is nice and square to the raindrop shape. Now that we have secured the end, you can see that the shape of our teardrop is a little bit cricket. If you would like, you can place it back onto the pencil to round out the end and give it a more symmetrical OK. Or if you would prefer, you can also use a pair of round nose or needle nose pliers to do the same thing of adjusting the shape. Now that we have completed creating the teardrop stud, we can finish off the earring by using our file and smoothing off the post of the earring to make sure it is nice and smooth and well-rounded so that there are no sharp edges. When creating your second teardrop stud. To make a matching set, we will be wrapping the wire in the opposite direction of the first one so that they are mirrored. So we will simply be repeating all of the same steps for creating the first earring. Except that when we come to wrapping the wire on the pencil, we will be wrapping it in the opposite direction of the first airing. Here you can see the idea of wrapping the wire in the opposite direction so that they have a mirrored look. You probably will find it helpful to put the first area and back on the pencil. This allows you to have a more tangible idea of which way you need to wrap the wire. If you need to put the wire on the left or on the right side of the pencil. It will also allow you to wrap the wire into the same exact shape as the first earring, holding the base of the wire against the pencil so that the earring turns out the same size as the first one. With the wire shape. Do we want to secure the end? Here I will be using the flat nose pliers instead of my fingers. Either way works. The idea is simply to keep the teardrop from losing its shape as you wrap the long end of the wire around the post. When you bring them along and around, makes sure that it is tight against the teardrop shape. With a long end tightens down. We can now cut off the excess wire with the wire cutters, cutting it flush against the teardrop shape. After trimming the excess, we will use the flat nose pliers to tighten down the end of the wire to make sure that it is flat against the teardrop shape and tight against the post. Now we have come to the final step of filing the post smooth. Here we have the completed stats wrapped in the opposite direction so that they are mirrored. Thanks for watching and I'll catch you in the next video. 4. Bow Studs: For our third video, we will be making these adorable boasted. These are made from two separate pieces which we will then attach together. We'll again use the 24-gauge breast wire and the file. And we will use the wire cutters, the wire straight news that needle nose pliers and the flat nose pliers. This stud is made out of two separate pieces that post and then the bot itself. We will begin by making the bow. Before we start anything else, we're going to smooth out that wire as usual. Then we will begin the urine itself by filing the end of the wire smooth. Using the flat nose pliers, we will leave as very tiny tail at the end of the wire and create a small bend. Placing the wire in the very tip of the flat nose pliers, we will bend over. Once we have done this, we will switch to our needle nose pliers and begin creating the loops of the bot. Depending on the size of bot that you want, you will create the loop either closer or further away from the end of the wire. I placed my pliers about a quarter of an inch or so from the end of the wire and then began wrapping my loop. The size of the boat also will determine where you place the wire in the pliers, how far down from the tip that you wrap the wire as you finish bringing the wire around, the loop should look like a teardrop and not a circle. We will do the same thing to create the second loop of the bow. And leaving a small space in-between the tail of the first loop. We will then wrap the wire around our pliers at the same distance from the tip as we did the first, so that the loops are the same size. We will now create a bend here to match the first end of the wire with the flat nose pliers. Usually I just I this up so that the second tail matches the first. Once we have created the bend in the wire, we will then take the wire cutters and cut off the excess wire so that both tails are the same length. Now that it is cut, we will smooth the end with the file. Having wrapped the wire to create the bow, we will now adjust the shape by pushing both tails up towards the loops so that the tails of the bow are a little more spread apart and the shape of the bow is a bit more narrow. You can skip this step if you like, how the bot looks with the tails more straight down from the loops. But I like how they are spread apart and it gives it a nice dainty, old-fashioned FOE. Now we will create the post of the earring and attach it to the bot. Using the needle nose pliers, we will create a bend about three-quarters of an inch from the end of the wire, about halfway down into the pliers to create a small bend in the wire. And now we can attach the bot to the post. The long end of the wire will become the post. We want the top of the Bot where the loops are to be upwards, towards the long end of the wire. And then we will wrap the short end twice around the bow shape. Holding the boat firmly as you wrap the short wire around so that it remains perpendicular to what will become the post. When you come to the end of the wire on the second time around the bot will press it firmly against the bow shape and then use the wire cutters to cut off the excess wire so that, that n does not stick up above the bot. Once we have cut off the excess wire, we will then use the flat nose pliers to tighten the rap against the bot. Taking particular care of that cut end so that it is firmly pressed against the bow and will not catch on anything. If you need to, you can use the file to smooth that end down. Continue tightening and squeezing the wrap until the bot no longer twists within the rep. Then we can create the post for the stat. I'm going to flatten the wire so it's all flat perpendicular to the bot. Then I'm going to cut the post three-eighths, 2.5 inch long. Then using the flat nose pliers, we're going to make sure that the post is straight and perpendicular to the bot. Once that is done, we can then file the post and finish off the earring. And now all you have to do is follow these steps again, creating the bow and the post of putting them together. And you will have created your second boasted. Now I'll be seeing you in the next video. 5. Hexagon Hoops: For our final video, we will be making these hexagon hoops, which are a fun twist on the classic who shape. These hoops are worn by twisting the posts to the side, putting it in your ear, and then reinserting the post into the loop. We're going to continue using the 20 gauge brass wire. We have our file and the tools we'll be using are the wire cutters, bar straight enters, the needle nose pliers and the flat nose pliers. As always, we're going to begin by straightening the wire. Next we're going to file the wire because this is where we are going to begin by making the post. Now that we have filed the end, we can create the post of the earring and we will use the flat nose pliers to do this. The post of the urine will be about three-eighths of an inch long, placing it in the base of the flat nose pliers, I will create a slight bend in the wire that is not too tight. I have used washi tape to mark the place where I want to bend the sides of the hexagon. This helps me to make sure that every side of the hexagon is the same length. Placing my wire underneath the first bin where we created the post, I will create another slight bend that is not too tight and create another side of the hexagon continuing around until we have six sides. Keep in mind that the post counts as one of the sides. Now we have created the hexagon. We have all six sides counting the post as a side. Now we will create a loop at the back of the earring into which we can place the post. Using the needle nose pliers. We will now create a loop at the back of the earring, including the loop. Once we have finished it, that last side should be the same length as all the others. Placing the wire in my needle nose pliers about a quarter of the way down from the top. We're first going to bend the wire 90 degrees in the opposite direction of which we will then wrap the loop. This little trick helps the loop, or any circle that you create to be centered over the starting point. Bringing the wire all the way around to close off the circle. We will then cut it off with the wire cutters. Once we have cut the excess wire will take the footnotes players in flattened down that circle so that it is alpha and tightened. And then we can insert the post into the loop. Having finished the loop, I'm going to use the flat nose pliers to straighten out and tighten up the shape so that it is a more uniform hexagon shape where all of the sides are equally bent at the same angle. Then we will also straighten the hoop by using the flat nose pliers across the earring to make sure that it is all straight and nothing is twisted. Repeat these steps for the second earring and you will have created the hexagon hoops. Thanks for watching, and I hope you enjoyed this class.