Evening Sky Earrings

Skill Level: Beginner

Technique: Spirals, wrapped loops, and round wire forming.

Come take an evening stroll with Marty Blu as you create a dusk-inspired pair of earrings. Use the pyrite-flecked lapis stones and luminescent shell or shining beads Marty recommends, or create an inspired pair all your own!

Materials

• 21-gauge round or square half hard wire, two 6 inch pieces
• Two 3 or 4mm beads
• Two 6 or 8mm round, or flat beads
  (Use white, clear, or luminescent type bead to represent a light in the evening sky.)
• Two 14x10mm flat rectangle beads, dark blue
  (This bead represents a dark evening sky, or it can be the dark evening sky reflecting on the water. I used lapis.)
• One pair of ear wires

Tools

• Flat nose pliers
• Round nose pliers
• Chain nose pliers
• Wire cutters

Tip: To create matching earrings, make one move on the first earring, then mirror it on the second earring!

Instructions

1. Thread each six inch wire to center through a rectangle bead.
   
   Bend wire ends up the sides of the rectangle. At top of rectangle, now bend wires inward, forming a triangle where the wires cross.
   
   Bend one of the wires straight up.
   
   
2. Wrap the bent wire around the straightened wire two or three times. Then bend the wrap wire downward over the front side of the rectangle stone. Trim the end 1/2 inch below the rectangle stone.
   
   Slide the larger round bead on this wire end, then roll the remaining wire end into a spiral or rosette to support the bead and rest in front of, or above, the rectangle stone. The round bead represents a star or moon in the night sky, while the spiral on the rectangle stone represents a reflection on the water, or as faint light in the sky.
   
   Add the smaller bead to the other wire, which is still bent straight up from the stone. Finish this end with a wrapped loop, and add ear wires.
   
   

   You can make your own variations and story. Perhaps a turquoise sky with a bright yellow sun bead...
   
   Create a collection:
   
   

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