Forged Silver Earrings

**Bigwol** · 24-11-2009, 12:12 AM

I made these over the weekend.

They are beautifully dangly - over 70mm long each (or about 2 3/4 inches in old money) without the ear wires.

Hand forged from 3mm sterling wire with shed loads of annealing and a lot of hammering.

Very slender at the tips, hammered down to 0.45mm, which was about the thinnest I felt I could go without being dangerously sharp.

What do you think?

**lesley** · 24-11-2009, 12:37 AM

Have you been reading my mind? I love this type of design.

I'd be tempted to go even longer and more dangly.
Quite simply GORGEOUS.

**bustagasket** · 24-11-2009, 06:04 AM

oh i love thes type, well done

**Emerald** · 24-11-2009, 07:06 AM

quite simply beautiful

**caroleallen** · 24-11-2009, 07:09 AM

They're really nice and I know from experience how much work goes into those.

**snow_imp** · 24-11-2009, 07:17 AM

I think they're beautiful and make me wish I had a long enough neck to wear them.

**MuranoSilver** · 24-11-2009, 07:45 AM

Gorgeous! I love a nice bit o forging

Perfect length for me too....
Nic x

**amazingbabe** · 24-11-2009, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Bigwol

I made these over the weekend.

They are beautifully dangly - over 70mm long each (or about 2 3/4 inches in old money) without the ear wires.

Hand forged from 3mm sterling wire with shed loads of annealing and a lot of hammering.

Very slender at the tips, hammered down to 0.45mm, which was about the thinnest I felt I could go without being dangerously sharp.

What do you think?

Stunning

**Sunnybank** · 24-11-2009, 07:27 PM

So stylish, I haven't tried forging yet, but its just gone higher up the list of things to try, will aspire to these.

**Gemma** · 24-11-2009, 08:56 PM

Lovely! So does annealing help to get it really thin? I've hit 3mm wire but it got too hard to hammer very thin

(I agree with the others about the earwires)