Crystal and Spiral earrings – Tutorial

Acrylic pillow case beads and some neatly made wire spirals can give you a pretty pair of beaded spiral earrings. Here we see how to make the spirals out of wire and the steps for connecting them to make the earrings.

Materials Needed:

Tools needed: 

1. Round Nose Pliers
2. Flat Nose Pliers
3. Wire Cutter

How to make spiral earrings:

Step 1:

Slide the pillow case bead and a metal spacer bead on an eye pin. Choose an eye pin of suitable length so you would have enough wire left to make a loop after sliding the beads.

Step 2:

Using round nose pliers bend the wire forming a loop.

Step 3:

Now for the spiral, start by taking a piece of the silver wire – cut the wire of suitable length using wire cutters. Make a loop using round nose pliers.

Step 4:

Hold the loop as shown using flat nose pliers with one hand and with your free hand start winding/rotating the wire around the loop.

Step 5:

Keep rotating till you have enough wire left to make a loop at the end.

Step 6:

Using round nose pliers make a loop with the remaining part of the wire.

Here is the spiral completed…

Step 7:

The crystal piece and the spiral are connected. Open and close the loops using flat nose pliers.

Step 8:

Now insert the fish hook ear wire at the top.

Step 9:

Repeat steps 1 to 8 to make the other earring piece. Here is the completed pair of earrings…