Spiral Diamond Earrings

This jewelry making project incorporates two jewelry wire components in the body of these earrings.  The first is the spiral with 1/2 of a diamond component at the bottom and the second is the wire bead link to connect the spiral-diamond to the ear wire finding.  Once you have the necessary jewelry supplies, here are the steps in making these earrings:

Step 1:  Cut and straighten a 4 inch piece of 20G jewelry wire.

Step 2:  Make a "P" loop in one end of the wire.  Place three metal pegs in a WigJig Delphi as shown below, left and position the loop in the wire over the bottom peg as shown. 

Step 3, 4 and 5: Wrap the wire around the right most peg, then remove the wire from the jig and place it back on in a mirror image position.  Now wrap the wire around the right most peg again.

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Step 6, 7, 8 and 9:  Remove the wire from the jig.  Add two pegs to your jig and replace the wire as shown in the picture for Step 6.  Now wrap the wire around the right most peg.  Remove the wire from the jig and place it back on in a mirror image position.  Now wrap the wire around the right most peg again. 

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Step 10:  Remove the jewelry wire from the jig.  Using your fingers, or nylon jaw pliers, flatten the piece.  The piece should now appear as shown below left.

Step 11:  We now need to finish the spiral diamond wire component by making a spiral using the wire tail.  Begin by making a loop in the end of the wire.  Make the spiral using the techniques shown in our free video here or as shown in static pictures here. 

Step 12:  Now we need to begin making the bead link wire component.  Begin by cutting and straightening a piece of wire 1 1/2 inches long.  Make a loop in the end of the wire.  Using the instructions provided here, make this loop into an eye loop. 

Step 13:  Add a bead to this wire and using the instructions provided here, make a loop above the bead.  Orient this second loop perpendicular to the first loop.  If you are comfortable making a wrapped bead link as described here, you can use that component here.

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Step 14:  Now open the top and bottom loop on the bead link that you completed in step 13 and add the spiral-diamond wire component to the bottom and the ear wire finding to the top.  Close both loops.  Remember to open and close the loops using the techniques discussed here.  This is your finished earring.  For this earring you can connect the spiral diamond component to the bead link by opening/closing the end loop on the bead link or by opening/closing the loop at the top of the spiral diamond wire component.  Similarily, you can connect the ear wire finding to the top of the bead link by opening/closing the loop in the ear wire finding, or by opening/closing the loop in the bead link.  Please select here to view on connecting wire components.

Step 15:  Complete this jewelry making project by making a second earring, orienting the spiral in the mirror image position.