Sunny Day Skull Earrings Tutorial
Created by: Rita HutchinsonDesigner Tips Create skull dangles and outer-circle matubo bead dangles with headpins, corrugated beads, and seed beads.For step-by-step direction on making head pin loops, see Jewelry Basics 101 (PDF) Wrap wire around a 1-3/4" round form about 3 times. From this, cut 2 matching pieces of wire (each ring should overlap at the ends by about 1/2", in other words, be a bit more than 2" long). Artistic Wire is soft. Hammer the ring of wire with the rawhide mallet on your steel block. This shouldn't change the shape of the wire, but will work-harden it and help to retain the circle shape. Create a loop on one end of the wire ring, and then string on seed beads and matubo dangles as desired. Continued Below...
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Tips, Continued
Finish the ring with a second loop once completed, and adjust these two loops into alignment. (If the wire is too long, you may trim it slightly). Add jump ring to skull dangle. (See Jewelry Basics 101 for best way to open and close jump rings.) Open earwire loop, and add the embellished wire ring and the skull's jump ring to the ear wire loop. Securely close loop. Repeat for other earring.
Suggested Supplies
1 strand (use 2 beads) #75-000-94-06-00 Dyed Magnesite Gemstone Beads, Skull, 12mm - Multi-color1 tube (use 4 beads) #23-246-1511 Czech Glass Matubo 3-Cut Bead, 6/0 - Opaque Red Picasso1 tube (use 4 beads) #23-246-1090 Czech Glass Matubo 3-Cut Bead, 6/0 - Turquoise Blue Picasso1 tube (use 4 beads) #23-246-1091 Czech Glass Matubo 3-Cut Bead, 6/0 - Lemon Picasso1 tube (use 60 beads) #20-228-610 TOHO Glass Seed Bead, Matte Black, size 11/0, Matte, 2.1mm1 gross (use 18 beads) #26-463- 3 3mm Round Corrugated Beads - Silver Plated1 gross (use 2) #34-362-3 Silver Plated Earring Hook Findings, Plain1 oz (use 2) #37-145-3 Silver Plated Jump Ring, Round, 6mm1 spool (use about 20") #46-450-21 Artistic Wire Silver Plated Copper Jewelry Wire, 20ga, 25ft1 hundred (use 10 pins) #37-099-15-3 Silver Plated Ball End Head Pin, Standard, 1.5"
Tools
#69-125 Steel 4" Square Block #69-122 EURO TOOL Mallet, Rawhide #69-056 EURO TOOL Side Flush Cutter #69-275-09 Wubbers Bent Chain-Nose Jewelry Making Pliers #69-275-03 Wubbers Chain-Nose Jewelry Making Pliers #69-275-02 Wubbers Round-Nose Jewelry Making Pliers
Other Supplies
A form for the hoop shape: Round bottle, dowel or other item approximately 1-3/4" diameter