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by: Dwyn Tomlinson

A pair of earrings this week - but the construction is a little more complex than a bead on a headpin. Still - it's not too complicated, so follow along and you can do these too!

I was very attracted to this new Bronze-infused Kingman mine turquoise, and thought they would look nice as earrings. I had my heart set on them hanging from the corners, as a diamond drop shape. However, annoyingly - the beads are square with a side-to-side hole.

Nothing daunted, I wrapped them to put the hanging loop at the corners.

After that - it is simple to add a dangle and the earwire.

• First - cut a piece of 22 gauge wire about 10 inches long.
• slide the bead onto the wire, and to the middle.
  
• bend the wire 90 degrees, flat to the sides of the bead.
  
• then make your loop at the CORNER of the bead, where you ultimately want the loop to be. Do this for each end.
  
• now take that long tail of wire, and wrap it down the side of the bead - to where the OTHER hole is, and the wire coming out of it.
• loop the tail wire around the wire coming out of the hole in the bead - and do the same for the other side. One side is easy, just wind around, the other will involve poking the tail end under the wire and pulling through.
  
• Push the wire "frame" that is at the side of the bead around to one side or the other, and we will call that the back. Both wires will be on one side.
  
• and wrap the rest of the tail around the base of the loop and down onto the bead. Push the very end of the wire down flat with pliers, or trim off if necessary.
  

To add the dangle, thread a bead on a headpin, start a loop, add it to the loop on the main bead, and then finish the wrap.

Open the loop on the earwire, add the bead assembly, and close the loop.  Remember, always open loops to the side, never pull them open.

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