Single-Strand Necklace and Earrings with Crazy Lace Agate Beads and Electro-Coated Wire Wireworking

Dip round-nose pliers and flat-nose pliers in Tool Magic^® rubber liquid coating and let dry for 24 hours.

Straighten and cut one 18-inch length and one 12-inch length from a roll of pink/black/green 20-gauge round Artistic Wire^®:

Cut two 6-inch lengths of aqua blue 26-gauge round Zebra Wire™.

Use a cylindrical object of about 1-1/4 inch diameter (medicine bottles work great) to make a half-circle about 1-1/2 inches from the tail of the 18-inch wire. It will spring out a bit. You want to end up with a 1-1/2 inch half circle with a 1-inch tail on one side and a long tail on the other. 

Use the medium barrel of stepped wire-wrapping pliers at the tip of the half circle on the long tail to make three revolutions of wire ending up with a loose coil that a 6mm bead will sit within. Your coil should bisect the wire of your half circle.

Bring the wire back down the outside of the loose coil and wrap it around the back of the long tail once, snugly against the point where the coil and the half circle meet.

Use the Tool Magic-dipped round-nose pliers to make a heart-shaped petal about 15mm wide and 17mm out from the coil, terminating just under the coil. Keep making petals until you have five going around underneath the base of the coil, turning the bottom tips of the petals sideways so you only see one wire when looking from the top of the pendant.

Bring the long tail through the opposite petal and tighten it to secure all of the petals in place. Bring the tail out of the oppose side of the flower you just made. Curve it upward to make the half circle into a full circle. Use your cylindrical object as a guide. Your tails should now be crossing on an even plane.

Exactly opposite the center of the flower, place the tip of your Tool Magic-dipped round-nose plies against the long tail and push the wire around the tip of the pliers to create a “bump out” in the wire. Then wrap the tail snugly against the bump out. Wrap the short tail snugly against the bump out on the opposite side.

About 1/2 inch from the right side of the wraps at the bump out, wrap the tail of the 12-inch wire tightly around the wire of the circle three times.

Use the medium barrel of stepped wire-wrapping pliers at the base of the 12-inch wire and make three revolutions of wire ending up with a loose coil that a 6mm bead will sit within. Your coil should bisect the wire of the circle.

Bring the wire back down the outside of the loose coil and wrap it around the circle wire snugly against the point where the coil and the half circle meet.

Use Tool Magic-dipped round-nose pliers to make a heart-shaped petal about 15mm wide and 17mm out from the coil, terminating just under the coil. Keep making petals until you have five going around underneath the base of the coil, turning the bottom tips of the petals sideways with Tool Magic-dipped flat-nose pliers, so you only see one wire when looking from the top of the pendant.  

Bring the long tail through the opposite petal and tighten it to secure all of the petals in place. Bring the tail of the wire up against the coil around the circle and wrap twice, then cut off the excess and tuck in the tail.

Wrap the end of a 6-inch length of aqua blue Zebra Wire three times around one side of the top coil of one flower, then cut the excess off the short tail and tuck it in. 

Thread one 6mm crazy lace agate round bead onto the 6-inch wire. Let it fall to the bottom, then wrap the wire around the top of the opposite side of the coil, so the bead sits snugly inside the coil. Cut off the excess tail and tuck it in.

Repeat for the second flower.

Mix a drop of Devcon 5-Minute^® Epoxy. Flip the pendant so the backside is up. Use the tip of a toothpick to apply a tiny drop of epoxy to each of the wire termination points. Let it dry for five minutes.

Add two 6mm 20-gauge green aluminum jump rings to the bump outs and add a 16-inch black imitation leather 2mm wide necklace cord to the jump rings.

Dip round-nose pliers and flat-nose pliers in Tool Magic^® rubber liquid coating and let dry for 24 hours.

Straighten and cut one 18-inch length from a roll of pink/black/green 20-gauge round Artistic Wire.

Cut one 6-inch lengths of aqua blue 26-gauge round Zebra Wire™.

Use a cylindrical object of about 1-inch diameter (medicine bottles work great) to make a full-circle about 1/2 inch from the tail of the 18-inch wire. It will spring out a bit. You want to end up with a 1-1/4 inch half circle, with a 1/2 inch tail on one side and a long tail on the other. 

Use the medium barrel of stepped wire-wrapping pliers at the base of the wire on the long tail to make three revolutions of wire ending up with a loose coil that a 6mm bead will sit within. Your coil should bisect the wire of your circle.

Wrap the short tail around the circle wire snugly against the coil. Cut off and tuck in the short tail.

Bring the remaining tail back down the outside of the loose coil and wrap it around the back of the long tail once, snugly against the point where the coil and the half circle meet on the opposite side from the last wrap.

Use Tool Magic-dipped round-nose pliers to make a heart-shaped petal about 9mm wide and 12mm out from the coil, terminating just under the coil. Keep making petals until you have five going around underneath the base of the coil, turning the bottom tips of the petals sideways with Tool Magic-dipped flat-nose pliers so you only see one wire when looking from the top of the pendant. 

Bring the long tail through the opposite petal and wrap, tucking it up to secure all the petals in place. Cut off the excess tail and tuck it in.

Wrap the end of a 6-inch length of 26-gauge aqua blue Zebra Wire three times around one side of the top coil of one flower, then cut the excess off the short tail and tuck it in. 

Thread one 6mm crazy lace agate round bead onto the wire. Let it fall to the bottom, then wrap the wire around the top of the opposite side of the coil, so the bead sits snugly inside the coil. Cut off the excess tail and tuck it in.

Repeat for the second flower.

Mix a drop of Devcon 5-Minute Epoxy. Flip the pendant so the backside is up. Use the tip of a toothpick to apply a tiny drop of epoxy to each of the wire termination points. Let it dry for five minutes.

Add a 21-gauge green flat fishhook ear wire to the circle.

Repeat Steps 1 – 6 for the second earring.