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Globe Trotting: Scheherazade Earrings by Jackie Guerra From "Jewelry Making" episode DJMK-511

These earrings are like something from the Arabian nights; long dangling jewels to be worn by a temptress. Host Jackie Guerra wraps wire on a WigJig for the framework for sparkling crystals.

Experience Level: Advanced

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Host Jackie Guerra shows you how to create these lovely Scheherazade Earrings that are reminiscent of Arabian nights!

Materials --

26-gauge 14K gold wire
14K gold headpins
4mm slate blue crystals
3mm faceted garnets
5mm silver freshwater pearls
14K gold ear wires

Tools --

WigJig
Round nosed pliers
Flat nosed pliers
Wire cutters
Hammer
Block

	Figure A
	Figure B

Scheherazade Earrings

Note: Each earring will be small at the top, and get larger at the bottom. There are four rows of connectors for each earring, with one more loop on the bottom than the top. Wire-wrapped beads join each row of connectors, and there are wire-wrapped dangles at the bottom.

1. Lay out jigs on the WigJig, and create the connectors (figure A).

2. When the connectors are complete, remove from the WigJig, place on a steel block and hammer with a nylon or rawhide hammer (figure B) to temper and flatten. The rawhide won't scratch the metal and hammering tempers and toughens it so it won't be so malleable.

   Build the earrings as follows:

   • Wire wrap one garnet and connect to ear wire; leave bottom unwrapped.

   • WigJig a connector with one loop and two down. Wire wrap garnet to top loop.

   • Connect and wire wrap two blue crystals to the down loops of the connector.

   • WigJig a connector with two loops up and three down. Wire wrap blue crystals to top loops.

   • Connect and wire wrap three garnets to the three down loops.

   • WigJig a connector with three loops up and four down. Wire wrap garnets to the top loops.

   • Connect and wire wrap four blue crystals to the four down loops.

   • WigJig a connector with four loops up and five down. Wire wrap blue crystals to the top loops.

   • Wire wrap dangles for the five down loops:
     • On either end: gold headpin and pearl between two garnets.

     • Next in on each side: wire wrapped same: pearl between two garnets. Complete with headpin and one garnet from the bottom.

     • In the center: wire wrapped pearl between two garnets, completed with headpin and blue crystal and garnet.

   • Using round nose pliers, create a small loop in the 26-gauge gold wire and rest it on the jig at one end; loop the wire around the remaining jigs, and finish off the end with another loop.

RESOURCES :

Beads, crystals, pearls, jump rings, head pins & tools
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads
Website: www.firemountaingems.com

Charms (Fire Mountain Gems)
Fire Mountain Gems & Beads
Grants Pass, OR
Toll-free Phone: 800-423-2319 - Customer service
Toll-free Phone: 800-355-2137 - Order by phone
E-mail: Questions@firemtn.com
Website: www.firemountaingems.com

Zwilling Cutlery
J.A. Henckels, Inc.
Website: www.jahenckels.com

Sources for WigJigs and Good Instructional Information WigJig
PO Box 5124
Gaithersburg, MD 20882
Toll-free: 800-579-9473
E-mail: custsrv@wigjig.com
Website: www.wigjig.com