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Spiral Coil

Earrings

By Judy Larson

Materials:

20 gauge round silver wire

4mm round silver plated beads

Two 10 x9mm double triangle silver plated beads

Two 10mm brushed round silver plated beads

Two 12mm puffed square beads

Fish hook style earrings

Note: The wire used in this tutorial is silver

plated craft wire. It is considered dead soft.

Tools:

Round, flat and chain nose pliers

Soft jaw pliers

Flush cutter

Ruler

Directions:

Step 1: Cut two 4” pieces of 20 gauge wire for each pair of earrings,

making sure one end of each wire is flush cut. Make three full

spirals on the flush cut end of each wire. Use soft jaw pliers to do

this so the wire is not scratched or marred while making the spirals.

Hint: Make sure that you make the earrings mirror images of each

other.

Step 2: Slide beads on each

spiraled wire in the

appropriate order. For the

earrings made in gold wire,

fold the spiral up over the

bead, making sure that the

spirals are going in

opposite directions.

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Step 3: Make a wire wrapped loop at the top of each bead assembly. Hint: Do not cut off the wire

after wrapping the first earring until the wire wrapped loop in the other earring is made. That way,

you can make the wraps even. When both the wire wrapped loops are completed, flush cut the wire

ends and tuck them in using chain nose pliers.

Step 4: Open the loop on one earring and slide on a bead assembly. Close the earring loop. Repeat

with the other earring. Your earrings are done!