Modified Classic Jewelry Wire & Beads Chandelier Earrings --
An Advanced Beginner's Jewelry Making Project -- Page 11

Alternative Designs (Continued):

Step 6:  At this point we need to flip the design over and place it back on your jig in the mirror image position.  Remove the wire from your jig.  Position four pegs as shown at right.  Place your initial three loops from step 5 on the pegs and wrap the wire around the fourth peg as shown.  Push the wire until it rests in the position shown with no pressure applied. 

Step 7:  Add the fifth and final peg to your jig without removing the wire from the jig.  Wrap the wire around the peg as shown at right.  Push the wire until it remains in the position shown with no pressure applied. 

Step 8:  Remove the wire from the jig and cut the excess wire with your flush cutter.  Close the final loop with your bent chain nose pliers.  Your wire component should appear as shown at left.  Please select here for instructions on how to close a loop. 

Step 9:  Make the earring body wire component using the instructions provided starting with page 2.  Make the bottom wire component as described above.  Start assembling these earrings by connecting the ear wire to the top, middle loop on the earring body. 

Step 10:  We need to connect bead dangles using head pins to the two outside loops on the earring body and to the middle, lower loop in the earring body.  Our instructions for making a bead dangle can be found here. 

Step 11:  The bottom wire component is connected to the earring body by two wrapped bead links.  Connect the wrapped bead link to the earring body first.  You can wrap the second loop on the wrapped bead link closed and then connect it to the bottom wire component by opening one of the top loops on the bottom wire component and then connecting that loop in the bottom wire component to the wrapped loop.  Please select here to view our instructions for making a wrapped bead link. 

These instructions continue on the following web page.