Page 2        Remembrance Earrings with Beads Jewelry Making Project

Step 2:  While holding the wire by the loop, straighten the wire by pulling it through the jaws of your nylon jaw pliers.

Step 3:  Position two metal pegs and one 1/4" Super Peg in your jig as shown at right.  The WigJig Delphi was used for this piece, but this wire component could be made on any WigJig. 

Step 4:  Wrap the wire around the pegs as shown.

Step 5:  Remove the wire from the jig and cut the excess wire.  Remember to cut with the flat side of your flush cutter toward the finished piece.  Close the final loop after cutting the wire.
 

Step 7:  Attach a commercial ear wire finding to the top of your earring. 

Repeat the above process for your second earring.

One of the challenges in using colored wire is that you probably can not purchase findings in the same color as the wire.  To complete these earrings two findings are required.  The first is the ear wire finding.  It should be emphasized that Artistic Wire, or any other colored wire is not appropriate for use as an ear wire.  The dyes in the wire contain chemicals that are not appropriate for use in the human body. 

The following web page will describe how we made the bead dangles described in Step 6 out of Artistic Wire.