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Step 13: Now we need to make the central bead dangle with the 6mm bead. Thread a 6mm bead onto a head pin. Slide the bead down to the bottom of the head pin. Using your bent chain nose pliers grasp the head pin about 5/16" above the bead. At this point, bend the wire against the jaws of your pliers to an angle of about 80 degrees. Now grasp the wire at the bend with your round nose pliers. Because we need a larger than normal loop, grasp the wire close to the hinge of your round nose pliers and make a loop. Select here to view a picture of this process.

4 Dangle Earrings with Tanzanite Beads Jewelry Making Project

Step 14: Open the loop in the bead dangle that you made in step 13 and slide the bead dangle into the loops in the body of the earring that were made on peg 1. Position the bead dangle properly so that it will hang in the center of the body of the earring and close the loop in the bead dangle. Visit here for instructions on opening and closing loops.

Step 15: At this point we need to make three bead dangles using the 4mm beads and the 2x4mm bugle beads. Thread first one 4mm bead, then one bugle bead, followed by a 4mm bead, a bugle bead and a 4mm bead onto one head-pin. Slide the beads to the bottom of the head-pin and make a bead dangle using either the technique described above (but with a much smaller loop) or the wrapped wire dangle taught in our online book "Wire Design Basics". Make three bead dangles and connect them to the loops made around pegs 2 and 4 and the bend at peg three.

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