Lock Back Earrings Jewelry Making Project Pg 09 Made with WigJig Beads, Jewelry Tools, Wire and Supplies

Step Fourteen: Thread the loop in the head-pin that you just made onto the loop in the ear wire that was made around peg 2.

Step Fifteen: Grasp the loop in the head-pin with bent chain nose pliers and while holding the loop to retain its shape, wrap the wire tail around the stem of the head-pin. Wrap until the wire is just touching the beads while the beads are against the "head" of the head-pin.

Cobalt Glass Beads Lock Back Earrings Jewelry Making project made with WigJig Jewelry Tools, and jewelry supplies.

Step Sixteen: Cut the excess wire with your flush cutters.

Step Seventeen: While holding the loop in the head-pin with one pair of bent chain nose pliers, squeeze the wire tail where it was cut so that this wire rests against the stem of the head-pin.

Step Eighteen: If you have a chasing hammer and anvil, hammer the rounded part of the earring so that it is slightly, but noticeably flattened.

Pearls Lock Back Earrings Jewelry Making project made with WigJig Jewelry Tools, beads and jewelry supplies.

Step Nineteen: Using your Cup Bur, or a file, smooth the ends of the cut wire.

Step Twenty: As an option, you can wrap fine gauge wire (22g or 24g) around the loop in the ear wire. Wrap about 2 or 3 times and cut and tuck in the loose wire end by squeezing it with your bent chain nose pliers.

Step Twenty-one: Repeat the above process for the left earring, concentrating on making a mirror image of the right earring.

Ruby Crystal Lock Back Earrings Jewelry Making project made with WigJig Jewelry Tools, beads and jewelry supplies.

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.