| Step 12: Bend the wire around Peg 2 as shown above,
right. Step 13: Remove the wire from the jig. Gently squeeze the wire with nylon jaw pliers (if you have them) to flatten the piece. The wire should appear as shown. Step 14: Now we need to perform the wrap of the wire tail around the initial wire segment that went from peg 1 to peg 2. This wrap is what completes the shape of this wire component and makes it permanent. The wrap is difficult to do properly and will require a little practice. You need to grasp the wire where it wrapped around peg 2 (when it was on the jig) with your bent chain nose pliers. Grasp the wire firmly so that it remains in the position shown for Step 13. Now while continuing to hold the wire component tightly in your pliers, wrap the wire tail around the wire segment from peg 1 to peg 2. Push the wire with your fingers as close to the wrap as possible. This will help to keep the wrap tight. With soft wire this will be a little difficult. With 1/2 hard wire accomplishing this wrap will be easier. When the wrap is completed cut the excess wire, then tuck in the cut end by continuing to grasp the wire component in one pair of chain nose pliers while you squeeze the cut end and twist it slightly with another pair of chain nose pliers. When done, the body of the earring should appear as shown at right. Step 15: Using 6 inches of 26 gauge wire hang your briolette bead from the loop that was made around peg 2 in the center of the wire component. Instructions for attaching the briolette can be found here. (I added a couple of 3mm beads as decoration to the wire just above the briolette bead.) Once you have the briolette on the wire, you attach it to the earring body at the loop made around Peg 2. This is done with a wrapped loop as you would any other bead dangle. Make the loop, slip the wire end of your briolette dangle into the loop made around peg 2 in the earring body so that the briolette will hang from this loop, then wrap the wire around itself to fix the bead dangle into place. |
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