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wire earrings
Hammering creates a matte inish
for these wire earrings
by Steven James
With textured silver wire and bicone
crystals, these starburst earrings are made
to dazzle. You’ll see how hammering
gives plain wire a fashion-forward inish.
Supply List
• pair of earring wires
• chainnose and
roundnose pliers
• diagonal wire cutters
• ball-peen hammer
• bench block or anvil
• metal file or emery board
• 12–16 4mm bicone
crystals
• 24–40 in. (61–102cm)
20-gauge half-hard wire
• 2 6–8mm inside
diameter jump rings
EDITOR’S TIP
After stringing a crystal,
move it off the edge of
the bench block or anvil
so the wire will lie lat
against the work surface.
(3.8–6.4cm) pieces of
wire. Curve each wire slightly.
Using roundnose pliers, make
a small loop on one end of
each wire.
wire on a bench block or
anvil, and hammer a small
portion of it to add the
desired texture. String a
crystal, and hammer the
remaining wire. Repeat with
three other wires, stringing
one to three crystals and
hammering sections of
each wire.
wire on a bench block
or anvil, and hammer it.
Repeat with the remaining
three wires.
opened during hammering,
use roundnose pliers to close
them. File any rough edges.
Open a 6–8mm jump ring
(Basics). Attach an earring
wire and the hammered wires,
positioning them so they curve
in different directions. Close
the jump ring. Make a second
earring to match the first. ✤
Contact Steven
at stevenjames@
macaroniandglitter.com, or
visit macaroniandglitter.com.
BEADSTYLE • ONLINE PROJECT
Hammered-
1 Cut eight 1 1 ⁄ 2 –2 1 ⁄ 2 -in.
2 Place the loop end of a
3 Place an unhammered
4 If any of the wire loops
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