How Do You Make Artisan Jewellery?
A study in colour. A fast pair of earrings to make for tonight. Learning a new technique. I made my world travelling sister a bracelet to remind her she is saving for a trip to Spain and maybe a side trip to Morocco. I liked it so well I made a pair of earrings to go with it. Whatever your reason for making these earrings, you will have a pair of artisan jewellery earrings to call your own. Per Earring: Cut 4 lengths of #22ga wire, main colour – each 5in long. Cut 2 lengths of #22ga wire, accent colour – each 5in long. Cut 3 lengths of #22ga wire, either colour – 2in long. Do it all over again for the 2nd earring. With 1 of the 2in long wires and an earring from your own collection of French Wire earrings to act as a template, make a nice rounded loop at one end using your round nose pliers. Hold the wire and the template together and shape the 2in wire in the form of a French Wire. Do a 2nd one for the matching earring. Lay them to one side, safe from the rest of the work. With the #2