Wire Beaded Drop Earrings Tutorial

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  • Wire Working 470 - Wire Beaded Drops
This video tutorial from The Potomac Bead Company teaches you how to make wire beaded drops, which can be used as earrings or pendants, using your choice of beads.
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Materials Used To make The  Project

Quick Project Steps

Gather materials: 20 and 28 gauge wire, ear wires, blue topaz briolettes, 3mm glass pearls, pliers.
Cut wire: 6 inches of 20 gauge wire per earring, 10 inches of 28 gauge wire for wrapping.
Create the base form using 20 gauge wire, wrapping around a mandrel or screwdriver.
Start wrapping the 28 gauge wire around the base form, adding a coil at the base.
Add beads in the following order: 9 glass pearls, briolette, 8 glass pearls, decreasing the count as you move up.
Secure the beads by wrapping the 28 gauge wire through the form.
Finish the earring by creating a loop at the top, trim excess wire, and attach the ear wire.
Repeat for the second earring.

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