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Wedding Earrings by Gia Barsocchini From "Jewelry Making" episode DJMK-605

In this second segment of "Bridal Baubles" guest Gia Barsocchini creates some beautiful wedding earrings that are designed with the modern and innovative bride in mind.

Experience Level: Advanced

Materials and step-by-step instructions are below.

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In this segment guest Gia Barsocchini inspires you to make earrings designed with the hip and trendy bride in mind.

Materials --

Two 7-1/2" pieces of 22-gauge half hard gold filled wire
Two 4-3/4" pieces of 22-gauge half hard gold filled wire
Two 3" pieces of 22-gauge half hard gold-filled wire
Two earring hooks
2 small jump rings
32 rice pearls
4 small round pearls
Thirty-two 1/2" pieces of 26-gauge half hard gold filled wire
Any 6 small teardrops shaped semi precious stones (hole drilled horizontally through top of stone)
26-gauge half hard gold-filled wire (you will be cutting assorted lengths as needed)
6" piece of small link gold filled chain

Tools --

Flat nosed pliers
Round nosed pliers
Wire cutter

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C

Wedding Earrings

1. Cut chain into six pieces; count nine chain links for four pieces and count 15 chain links for two pieces.

2. Now you are going to crimp the rice pearls into the chain. Take a piece of the 26 gauge wire and with the flat nosed pliers crimp one end of the wire and string one rice pearl onto wire and put through one chain link and crimp end closed (figure A). Skip every other chain link until you are finished stringing all the rice pearls into all of the pieces of chain. Put aside.

3. Take your 3" piece of wire and curve into a half circle. Now you are going to make little anchors for the chain to float across the circles. Cut a 5" piece of 26-gauge half hard wire and start wrapping 3/4" from top of wire. With Flat nosed pliers wrap tightly three times around 22-gauge wire. Stop and pull end of chain with pearls through wire. Grab 22-gauge wire with round nose pliers and wrap 26-gauge wire around pliers (to make a little half circle). Finish wrapping tightly three times around wire as above. Cut off excess wire.

4. Repeat exactly the same for opposite side.

5. Take tip of same wire with round nosed pliers and roll down until almost closed. (Making tip of wire into little loop). Repeat for opposite side. (You will close your ends when you are finished attaching to jump rings and wire wrapped circles.)

6. Cut a 1-1/2" piece of 26-gauge wire and take one of your small round pearls and wire wrap and put pearl through wire and wire wrap end of wire ( there should be one little circle, pearl and one little circle).

7. Attach both sides of small circle to one end of the piece of wire wrapped pearl.

8. Take a piece of 4-3/4" wire and curve into half circle. Repeat steps # 4 and 5 for both sides of the wire. (You might need to adjust where anchors will be place on you 4-3/4" wire and 7" wire.)

9. Attach jump ring to opposite end of wire wrapped piece with pearl.

10. Attach both ends of 4-3/4" wire to jump ring as above (figure B).

11. Repeat step 6 and attach to jump ring.

12. Take a 7" piece of 22-gauge wire and curve into half circle. Repeat steps #4 and #5.

13. Attach both ends of the wire around the second piece of wire and pearl that is attached to jump ring and that we spoke about in step #11. (Attach to top circle.)

14. Cut three 3-1/2" pieces of 26-gauge half-hard wire. Take a piece and string one semi-precious stone through wire till it meets middle of wire (figure C). Bend wire in to make a triangle on top of stone. Keep one end straight wrap the other end around the straight wire twice cut off end. With round nose pliers grab straight wire and wrap wire around pliers until you make a little circle, attach one stone on to big circle, and middle circle. Now finish wire wrapping till wire meets other cut wire. Cut remaining wire.

15. Repeat same steps as above except attach to middle of chain link on small circle.

16. Attach earring hooks on to wire wrapped hoops.

GUESTS :

Gia Barsocchini
Gia Marie Jewelry Design
Website: www.GiaMarieJewelry.com