Essential Links for Wire Jewelry, 3rd Edition by Irish Lora S.;

Author:Irish, Lora S.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

Links used in this project:

Link 018

1-bead simple side-loop link

Link 053

wrapped straight-loop hook

Link 186

midwire-spiral link

Supplies needed for this project:

• 18-gauge wire

• 2 14mm flat disc multicolored beads

Spring Rain

1 Cut two 6″ (152mm)-long pieces of 18-gauge wire, and begin making two Link 295s by first gripping the wire 1 ½″ (38mm) from the end in your bent-nose pliers. Bend a right-angle bend. Transfer the right-angle bend to your round-nose pliers and roll the wire into a simple straight-loop. Use the wire left from the loop to wrap the base of the loop two to three times. Clip the excess wire using your flush wire cutters.

2 Continue making the Link 295s by gripping the working wire at the base of the wrapped straight-loop in your round-nose pliers. Create a partial U-bend, about one-quarter of a full U-bend. Place the working wire below the partial U-bend against a medium-sized form, such as the barrel of an ink pen. Roll the wire around the form for one half turn. This will bring the working wire to point toward the wrapped straight loop at the top of the link. Add 1 6mm glass bead to the working wire. Slide the bead to the top of the half-circle area of the link. Grip the working wire above the bead and roll the wire into a midwire-circle. Clip the excess wire from the midwire-circle to create a simple side-loop.

3 Grip the simple side-loop in your bent-nose pliers and twist the loop slightly to offset it from the rest of the link. Open the simple side-loop and slide it over the beginning wire of the circle. Close the loop.

4 Create two Link 051s. Open the simple side-loop of each link and interlock it to the wrapped straight-loop of each Link 295. The finished earrings measure 1″ (25mm) from the simple side-loop of the Link 051.

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