Page 5      Spiral Chandelier Jewelry Wire Earrings with Beads Jewelry Making Project

Step 17:  At this point we need to bend the ending wire segment at right angles.  When this is accomplished the goal is that the wire on the back side of the spiral would appear as shown at right, with both the beginning and ending wire segments pointed away from each other. 

Step 18:  Now we are ready to begin forming the loops on either end of the spirals.  One at a time, using your bent chain nose pliers, grasp the beginning and ending wires near the spiral, as shown below-left, and bend the wire 90 degrees. 

Step 20:  To preserve the round shape of these loops, we use our bent chain nose pliers to grasp the loop and hold it firmly while we wrap the wire tail around.  Hold your bent chain nose pliers in your non-dominant hand and using the thumb of your dominant hand push the wire so that it wraps around the wire segment between the loop and the spiral.  Complete two full wraps on both ends of the spiral. 

Step 21:  Cut the excess wire with your flush cutter and again, grasp the loop in one pair of chain nose pliers, while you squeeze the cut end of the wire flat with the other pair of chain nose or bent chain nose pliers.  When you have completed the spiral it should appear as shown above-right.  This completes the small spiral wire component. 

Step 22:  Using the same steps and a 7 3/4" piece of soft wire, make your large spiral wire component.  This will complete the four wire components necessary to make one of these earrings.  Instructions for how to assemble these earrings begin on the following page.