Types of Earwires

[Sheen]

Hi everyone, been a while. I've been making a lot of wax carved items. The latest are a pair of deer. Somehow the usual earwire didn't seem appropriate so made some kidney earwires. That got me thinking, are there any tutorials for other closing type earwires I can try?

[Dennis]

Hi Sheena.
Here are some images of fancy earwires simple enough to be copied, and also some tutorials on YouTube.

In some instances it is possible to double up a long wire, bend two together, and cut them apart at the end, to get them identical. Regards, Dennis.

https://www.google.com/search?client...s+for+earrings

https://www.google.com/search?client...fancy+earwires

[Petal]

Hi Sheena,
Those are lovely. The only thing I would add is I always use an open jum pring to any earring fittings I have soldered, so that the jumpring opens, rather than the ear lobe getting caught/torn. ouch!

x

[Sheen]

That's a good point Jules. I hadn't thought of that.

[Petal]

you are welcome. It was something I read on here, so have always used the open jump ring idea ever since. x