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Step 17: With both wire triangles bent as shown, invert one
of the triangles so that you can position the two wire components as
shown at left. With one triangle with the bend pointing up and the
other triangle with the bend pointing down, the two triangles will go
together easily.
Step 20: The final step is to add an ear wire at the top of the earrings. Because of the two loops superimposed at the top of the earrings, the wire is thick enough that a normal commercial ear wire won't fit through both loops. There are two options here. One, you can make your own ear wire as we did here, with larger than normal loops at the bottom, or two you can make and connect a modified figure 8 connector between the earring body and a commercial ear wire. The process for making a modified figure 8 connector is described here. On the following pages we will discuss some alternative designs. |
Step
16: Bend the bottom 1/3 of both triangular wire components up
about 45 to 60 degrees as shown at right.
Step
18: Push the two triangles together as much as possible and
then set the design in its final position by using your nylon jaw
pliers. Squeeze the two wire components in your nylon jaw pliers
to flatten them into the position shown at left. This is the
completed earring body. Make a second earring body by following
exactly the same steps. 
Step
19: We complete these earrings by adding three bead dangles to
each of the loops at the bottom of the earrings. The bead dangles
can be added either as open loop bead dangles or as wrapped loop bead
dangles.