Single-Strand Necklace and Earrings with Crystal Passions® Beads and Drops and Silver-Plated Wireworking
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Design Idea RN2J
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Patti, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
To learn more about Patti Miller, read her jewelry artist success story here.
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- Bead aquamarine, Crystal Passions® 6mm round
- Bead, antique silver-finished "pewter" (zinc-based alloy), 10mm double-sided flat round with spiral design
- Briolette aquamarine, Crystal Passions® 17x8.5mm pendant drop
- Chain, silver-plated brass, 1mm snake, 18 inches with 1-1/4 inch extender chain and lobster claw clasp
- Drop aquamarine, Crystal Passions® 8mm pendant bicone
- Ear wire fishhook antique silver-plated, 17mm / 2mm ball / open loop, 20 gauge copper
- Wire, ParaWire™, silver-plated copper, round, 20 gauge.
- Wire, ParaWire™, silver-plated copper, round, 24 gauge
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
Cut one 12-inch length of 20-gauge silver-plated ParaWire™.
Cut one 12-inch length of 24-gauge silver-plated ParaWire.
Step 2
Slide the end of the 12-inch length of 24-gauge silver-plated ParaWire into the hole of a Crystal Passions® 17x8.5mm aquamarine pendant briolette drop and let the tail come through about 1/2 inch. Bring both tails up to cross over the top of the briolette. At the place the wires cross, use chain-nose pliers to kick the long tail up straight. Wrap the short tail once and around the long tail and cut off the excess short tail.
Make a wrapped loop with the longer tail just above the briolette. Wrap the tail down the briolette to cover the hole, then bring it back up and around the loop. Cut off the excess tail and tuck in the end.
Step 3
About three inches from the end of the 12-inch 20-gauge wire, start a wrapped loop, but don’t wrap it—just the let the tails cross. Thread the wrapped briolette onto the loop. Wrap the loop a half revolution so the long tail is pointing straight out one side. Thread a 10mm antique silver-finished flat spiral round bead onto the shorter tail. Let it fall to the loop.
Bring the long tail around the side of the spiral bead and wrap it once around the wire at the top of the bead. Bring the long tail back down around the opposite side and wrap it once just above the loop. Bring the wire back up in front of the first wrap and wrap once just above the wrap you just made.
Thread a Crystal Passions® 6mm aquamarine round bead onto the tail coming out the top that you’ve been wrapping around. Bring the outside tail up around the 6mm crystal bead, then wrap once. Bring the outside tail back down the opposite side of the 6mm crystal bead and wrap once. Then back up to wrap once over the top wrap. Cut off the excess tail and tuck in the end.
Step 4
Using the base of the barrel of round-nose pliers, make a wrapped loop with the remaining tail in the opposite direction as the bottom loop. Wrap it down to meet the wrap you just made. Cut off the excess and tuck in the tail. This will act as a bail.
Step 5
Slide the pendant you just created onto an 18-inch silver-plated 1mm snake chain.
Earring Instructions
Step 1
Cut one 12-inch length of 20-gauge silver-plated ParaWire™.
Cut one 12-inch length of 24-gauge silver-plated ParaWire.
Step 2
Slide the end of the 12-inch length of 24-gauge silver-plated ParaWire into the hole of a Crystal Passions 8mm aquamarine bicone pendant drop and let the tail come through about 1/2 inch. Bring both tails up to cross over the top of the bead. At the place the wires cross, use chain-nose pliers to kick the long tail up straight. Wrap the short tail once and around the long tail and cut off the excess short tail.
Make a wrapped loop with the longer tail just above the bead. Wrap the tail down the briolette to cover the hole, then bring it back up and around the loop. Cut off the excess tail and tuck in the end.
Step 3
About three inches from the end of the 12-inch 20-gauge wire, start a wrapped loop, but don’t wrap it—just the let the tails cross. Thread the wrapped bead onto the loop. Wrap the loop a half revolution so the long tail is pointing straight out one side. Thread a 10mm antique silver-finished flat spiral round bead onto the shorter tail. Let it fall to the loop.
Bring the long tail around the side of the spiral bead and wrap it once around the wire at the top of the bead. Bring the long tail back down around the opposite side and wrap it once just above the loop. Bring the wire back up in front of the first wrap and wrap once just above the wrap you just made.
Thread a Crystal Passions® 6mm aquamarine round bead onto the tail coming out the top that you’ve been wrapping around. Bring the outside tail up around the 6mm crystal bead, then wrap once. Bring the outside tail back down the opposite side of the 6mm crystal bead and wrap once. Then back up to wrap once over the top wrap. Cut off the excess tail and tuck in the end.
Step 4
Using the base of the barrel of round-nose pliers, make a wrapped loop with the remaining tail and wrap down to meet the wrap you just made. Cut off the excess and tuck in the tail.
Step 5
Add a 17mm 20-gauge antique silver-plated fishhook ear wire to the top loop in the earring.
Step 6
Repeat Steps 1 - 5 for the second earring.
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