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This is a great beginner wire wrapping project. These are based on my popular "Jadelet

Earrings" – You'll see these beauties at the end of the tutorial

Level� Beginner – Intermediate (some experience with wire would be really helpful, but

not absolutely necessary)

Time to Complete: About 20-30 minutes each earring

Materials� Tools

• 20 gauge sterling silver wire, dead soft

(optional – I'm using sterling silver

wire that I've oxidized with liver of

sulphur)

• 2 beads (I'm using vintage czech

pressed glass pod beads in the sample

above, and olive jade for my Jadelets

pictured at the end of the tutorial)

• Earring wires (commercially made or

handmade as I'm using)

• Chain-nose pliers

• Round-nose pliers

• Flat-nose pliers

• Crimping Pliers

• Side Flush Cutters

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For this project we will be

"working off the wire" (WOTW).

This means that we won't be

cutting the wire to size before we

work with it.

Flush cut the end of the wire with

your flush cutters.

Slide your bead onto the end of

the wire.

Bend the end of the wire with your

round-nose pliers to form a small

hook.

Using crimping pliers or chain

nose pliers, squoosh the bend flat.

This makes a stop at the end of the

wire so the bead doesn't fall off.





Using your fingers, bend the wire

up against the bead as shown in

the picture.

Make a loop with your round nose

pliers.

It's helpful to use a Sharpie or

other indelible marker to mark the

exact point on your pliers so that

you can duplicate the loop size.

Grab the loop with your chain

nose pliers.



Make a wrapped loop by pulling

the wire around tight using your

fingers. Do NOT trim the wire

yet.

Using your fingers, wrap the wire

around the bead, and secure the

wire into place by bending it

around the folded wire protruding

from the bottom of the bead…

And then use your fingers to wrap

the wire around the folded end to

as illustrated.

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Flush cutthe wire.

Squoosh down the end flat to the

wrap.

Your finished caged bead dangle

should look something like this.

If you used oxidized wire, polish

the oxidized wire with some 0000

steel wool. This is the very finest

steel wool you can get and it won't

mar the wire.

This will shine up the high parts of

wire, and the low parts will remain

dark.

Tip: If you haven't used oxidized

wire, you can oxidize using liver

of sulphur even after the earring is

finished. It won't affect the glass

bead at all.



Using your flat-nose pliers, open

the loop of the earwire sideways

(NEVER pull the loop "out" –

you'll never get it to look the same

when you try to close it.

Hang your caged bead dangle

from the earwire and close the

loop by reversing the action you

used to open it.

Now make another earring to

match the first.

Resources� Visit http://www.how-to-make-jewelry.com/wrapped-pod-earrings-resources-rgt.html for

additional tips, notes, and additional tutorials and links related to this project.

Variations�

Here are the original "Jadelets".

Olive jade beads, 20 ga sterling silver wire,

commercially made sterling silver ear wires, oxidized

with liver of sulphur, and polished with 0000 steel

wool.

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