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1. Introduction: Welcome to this wire
jewelry tutorial. This pair of earrings has
elegance written all over them. At first, this design may
appear to be difficult, but it's actually much
simpler than you might think. These earrings are actually
really quick to make. So once you shape the
wire into the corkscrew, all we have to do is secure the ends and then add a ear wire to complete
these earring. I would love to see how
your design turned out, so please share it with me in the project section
or the commons. If you found this video helpful, then you definitely
want to check out the other tutorials
that I have available. If you haven't already,
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YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and the Threads app. Thanks so much for watching. I hope you enjoy this tutorial. Now let's jump into
creating the earrings.
2. Corkscrew Earrings: Hello, folks, and welcome
back to another tutorial. We will be creating these
corkscrew earrings. Starting off with our materials, we will be using a 20
gauge solid brass wire. And then we have a set of
ear wires in gold to match. We will be using a ruler
to measure our wire, and then I will be using this pin to wrap
the corkscrew on. And for our pliers,
we have wire cutters, we have plastic coated pliers. We have chain nose pliers, as well as round nose pliers. To get started, I
always like to grab the plastic code appliers first to straighten out
and smooth the wire. Next, we are going to place our 20 gauge wire onto the
ruler and measure 4 ". Holding the wire at
that four inch mark, we are then going to
bend the wire over. We want this other end of
wire to be 4 " as well. We're going to
place the wire with that bend at the four inch mark, and then bring the wire over and mark that place
with our fingers. We're going to take
our wire cutters and snip off the wire. Using the plastic
coated pliers, again, we're just going to
straighten out the wire before we get into shaping it. Now we can begin creating
the corkscrew shape. Placing the center of
the wire onto the pin, we're going to bring the ends around and slightly cross them. Crossing the ends and then also separating them so that they bend in the opposite direction. It's going to help us wrap the wire as we place
it onto the pin in a vertical position and
then begin twisting each end of the wire around the pin in the same direction. Holding that bend in the wire at the tip of the pin
tightly in our fingers. We're then going to take
both ends of the wire at the same time and use our fingers to wrap
them around the pin. Holding the wire
firmly onto the pin, we're just going to continue wrapping the wire
tightly around the pin, slightly adjusting it so that we have a nice
and tight spiral. Using our fingers to press
the wire closer together, this will give us
a tighter spiral. Now that we've
created the spiral, we can remove the
pin and then go back in with our fingers to
adjust the corkscrew. I want to tighten the end of the spiral here where I
was holding it on the pen. That's where I'm
going back in with my fingers to bend the wire, twisting the spiral in the same direction as we did when it was on the pen just to
tighten up the corkscrew. I spent my time shaping
the spiral and corkscrew, but at this point
in the process, you can take as much or as
little time as you want. Once we get to the next step of where we secure
the ends of wire, we will go back in and
adjust the spiral again. You can also keep that in mind. Now we are going
to begin working on closing off the earring. With about a half inch of wire at the end that is not bent, we are then going to press
the wire together so that it meets in the first
curve of the spiral. Holding the wire like this,
we are then going to use our round nose pliers to
begin creating a loop. Placing the pliers onto the wire right above
that criss cross, we are then going to take that short end of the
wire and bend it all the way back around the
pliers to create a loop. You can either use
your fingers as I did or grab your chain nose
pliers to bend the wire. Once we have wrapped the
wire all the way around, we are going to clip off
that extra piece of wire. Using our wire cutters,
we are going to snip that wire on the
inside of the loop. Now that we have created
this first loop in the wire, I'm going to take
the needle nose pliers once more and
we're going to bend this loop into a more
vertical position so that it lines up with
the corkscrew shape. Now that we have finished
adjusting this loop, we are going to take
that other end of the wire and begin wrapping
it underneath the loop. Holding the wire tightly
in your fingers, take your other hand or
the chinos pliers and wrap that short end of the wire completely
around the loop. Using the plastic
coated pliers is another option here for
bending and wrapping the wire. You can wrap the wire around as many times as you would like. I went about two
times around and used the plastic coated pliers to press down that
wrapping as I went. Once we are happy with the way that wire is wrapped
underneath the loop, we will then cut
off the extra wire. Then we will use
our chaos pliers to secure that end of wire
against the wrapping. Of course, we don't want that
end of wire sticking out, so make sure that it is securely pressed
against the wire. Now that we have
finished the corkscrew, we are going to
attach the ear wire. Using the chainos
pliers to twist open the loop on the wire by
twisting the wire to the side, we will then add our corkscrew. Then we can close that loop on the ear wire and we have finished creating
our first earring. To create the other earring, we of course just need to follow all the same steps
as the first one. To do this, we are going to
measure that first earring on the ruler and then measure
the second piece of wire on the ruler as well
and make sure we have matching measurements
so that we know where to create the loop
on the second earring. After securing the ends, we can go back with
our fingers to adjust the spiral so that it
matches the other earring. Then all we have to
do to finish off that second earring is
add on the ear wire. Now you have finished creating a beautiful and unique set
of corkscrew earrings. Thanks so much for watching. I'll see you in the next video.
3. Thank you!: Katrina here to say thank you again for watching my video. If you would do me a favor, it would be super helpful if you left a review and comments, letting me know how this
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