Corkscrew Earrings Jewelry Making Project Pg 02 Made with WigJig Beads, Jewelry Tools, Wire and Supplies

Step 1: Cut and straighten a 5 1/2" long piece of 20 or 21G soft gold-filled or sterling silver wire.

Step 2: Make an "eye loop" in one end of this wire. The techniques for making an eye loop can be found here.

Step 3: Grasp the wire just above the eye loop with your chain nose pliers and make a 45 degree bend in the wire. When done, the wire should appear as shown at right.

Corkscrew Earrings Jewelry making project made with WigJig Jewelry Tools, beads and jewelry wire.

Step 3

Step 4: Using the thumb on your non-dominant hand, hold the loop and 45 degree bend against a 1/4" dowel. Wrap the wire around the dowel by pushing it with the thumb on your dominant hand. Wrap the wire around the dowel 2 1/2 times so that the distance between the start of the 45 degree bend and the end of the wrap is exactly 1 inch. Please note that the distances between successive loops of wire are not the same. They get smaller as you complete the wrap. When completed the wire should appear as shown at right.

Corkscrew Earrings Jewelry making project made with beads and WigJig Jewelry Tools.

Step 4

This WigJig jewelry making project is provided as part of WigJig University - College of Jewelry Making Designs. We try to provide interesting jewelry projects using beads, jewelry wire and other jewelry supplies. We hope that these pictures will provide you enough information for you to complete this project. Some of the skills and jewelry making techniques have not been discussed here. For beginners, we suggest that you visit our Beginners Start Here pages. These pages discuss the skills necessary for making jewelry in the detail that beginners need. We also suggest that beginners to jewelry making might need to visit the WigJig University College of Jewelry Making Techniques for additional information about some of the skills and techniques shown.

Most, but not all of the jewelry supplies shown here can be purchased in our WigJig store. We try to have a complete selection of jewelry supplies in our store including chain, wire, glass beads, findings, watches, tools, etc.