Ricochet Earrings (Reboot)

Note: Components and tools listed within this INSTRUCTIONS box and the printer-friendly PDF, if available, may have been discontinued since this project was published. Refer to the PURCHASE COMPONENTS and TOOLS AND OTHER SUPPLIES sections for current availability.

1. Begin by watching the video: How to Wire Wrap Rows of Beads onto a Form.
2. Cut a 20" length of wire.
3. Based upon what you learned in the video, and referring to the project photo, begin your wire wrapping up near the top of the oval. Make 5 tight wraps, string on 4 bicone beads, draw the wire across the oval form at a diagonal, and make some more tight wraps as shown in the video.
4. Continue this process until you have the following bead rows wrapped onto your form: 1 row with 4 bicones, 4 rows with 5 bicones each, and 1 row with another 4 bicones. After all of these have been wrapped onto the form, make 5 tight securing wraps around the side of the oval and snip off any excess wire with flush cutters.
5. Open the loop at the base of your earring hook, the same way you would open a jump ring, and link it to the top of the oval. Close the loop back up!

• BMB-1762 - Beadalon Silver Plated Quick Links 19mm X 41mm Oval (14 Pcs)
  Project uses 2 pieces. You will need 1 package.


• SWBI-14530 - Austrian Crystal, 5328 Bicone Beads 4mm, 24 Pieces, Crystal Lilac Shadow
  Project uses 56 pieces. You will need 3 packages.


• WCR-2830 - Artistic Wire, Silver Plated Craft Wire 28 Gauge Thick, 15 Yard Spool, Tarnish Resistant Silver
  Project uses 40 inches. You will need 1 package.


• FEA-3025 - Silver Plated Long Elegant Earring Hooks (50)
  Project uses 2 pieces. You will need 1 package.

• XTL-5600 - Xuron Sharp Flush Cutter Pliers - Wire/Soft Flex
• XTL-5511 - Beadsmith Jeweller's Micro Pliers Chain Nose Flat Nose