Page 4        Remembrance Earrings with Beads Jewelry Making Project

The earrings shown at right used hammered wire at the bottom to make the bead dangles.  In order to do this technique a metal chasing hammer and anvil are required.  The steps in making a bead dangle using hammered Artistic Wire are described below.

Step 2:  Using a metal chasing hammer and anvil, hammer the last 1/4" of the wire to flatten it.  Hammer to the point where the wire is about 1.5 to twice as wide as the un-hammered wire. 

Step 3:  Tread a 6mm bead onto the wire.  For these earrings we used Swarovski glass crystal beads as the hole will fit 20 gauge wire, but just barely, so that after hammering the wire, the bead will not be able to slide past the hammered point. 

Step 4:  From this point the instructions are the same as steps 6, 7 and 8 on the prior page.  Grasp the wire at the top of the bead, with the flat side of the hammered wire facing you, and bend the wire back about 90 degrees.

Step 5:  Grasp the wire with your round nose pliers at the bend you just made and make a loop in the wire.  This will be a two step process as you will need to adjust your grip with the pliers in order to complete the loop.

Step 6:  Cut the excess wire, making sure that the flat side of your flush cutter is toward the finished piece.  Close the loop you just made with your bent chain nose pliers. 

The following page will show one alternative way to make these Remembrance Earrings.