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Wrapped Pod Earring Tutorial Page 1 of 7
Wire Wrapped Pod Earrings TutorialWire Wrapped Pod Earrings TutorialWire Wrapped Pod Earrings TutorialWire Wrapped Pod Earrings Tutorial Copyright Christine Gierer 2008, all rights reserved www.how-to-make-jewelry.com
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This is a great beginner wire wrapping project. These are based on my popular "Jadelet
Earrings" – You'll see these beauties at the end of the tutorial
Level� Beginner – Intermediate (some experience with wire would be really helpful, but
not absolutely necessary)
Time to Complete: About 20-30 minutes each earring
Materials� Tools
• 20 gauge sterling silver wire, dead soft
(optional – I'm using sterling silver
wire that I've oxidized with liver of
sulphur)
• 2 beads (I'm using vintage czech
pressed glass pod beads in the sample
above, and olive jade for my Jadelets
pictured at the end of the tutorial)
• Earring wires (commercially made or
handmade as I'm using)
• Chain-nose pliers
• Round-nose pliers
• Flat-nose pliers
• Crimping Pliers
• Side Flush Cutters
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For this project we will be
"working off the wire" (WOTW).
This means that we won't be
cutting the wire to size before we
work with it.
Flush cut the end of the wire with
your flush cutters.
Slide your bead onto the end of
the wire.
Bend the end of the wire with your
round-nose pliers to form a small
hook.
Using crimping pliers or chain
nose pliers, squoosh the bend flat.
This makes a stop at the end of the
wire so the bead doesn't fall off.
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Using your fingers, bend the wire
up against the bead as shown in
the picture.
Make a loop with your round nose
pliers.
It's helpful to use a Sharpie or
other indelible marker to mark the
exact point on your pliers so that
you can duplicate the loop size.
Grab the loop with your chain
nose pliers.
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Make a wrapped loop by pulling
the wire around tight using your
fingers. Do NOT trim the wire
yet.
Using your fingers, wrap the wire
around the bead, and secure the
wire into place by bending it
around the folded wire protruding
from the bottom of the bead…
And then use your fingers to wrap
the wire around the folded end to
as illustrated.
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Flush cutthe wire.
Squoosh down the end flat to the
wrap.
Your finished caged bead dangle
should look something like this.
If you used oxidized wire, polish
the oxidized wire with some 0000
steel wool. This is the very finest
steel wool you can get and it won't
mar the wire.
This will shine up the high parts of
wire, and the low parts will remain
dark.
Tip: If you haven't used oxidized
wire, you can oxidize using liver
of sulphur even after the earring is
finished. It won't affect the glass
bead at all.
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Using your flat-nose pliers, open
the loop of the earwire sideways
(NEVER pull the loop "out" –
you'll never get it to look the same
when you try to close it.
Hang your caged bead dangle
from the earwire and close the
loop by reversing the action you
used to open it.
Now make another earring to
match the first.
Resources� Visit http://www.how-to-make-jewelry.com/wrapped-pod-earrings-resources-rgt.html for
additional tips, notes, and additional tutorials and links related to this project.
Variations�
Here are the original "Jadelets".
Olive jade beads, 20 ga sterling silver wire,
commercially made sterling silver ear wires, oxidized
with liver of sulphur, and polished with 0000 steel
wool.
What did you think of this tutorial?
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