Horseshoe EarringsPart 1 This page features a pair of horseshoe earrings. It is the first in a series of pages... Scroll down to find the links to the other pages. I am going to take you through the steps that I took to make these earrings for the first time. Then I will show you the different finishes I applied to the copper.  This is a picture of the smoothly hammered copper earrings. This is how the earrings looked before I tried any patina or other decorative hammering on it. The most difficult part of making these earrings... was figuring out how to make the mechanism of the wire-and-hoop-connection that goes through the ear.
I wanted to be able to repeat the earring so that it looks exactly the same when I make it again. The First Step The first step in making earrings that I have never made before is to make one sample earring. As I make the sample earring I take notes of specifics like
Other Pages in this Series: Making Hammered Copper Earrings - Part 2 Adding Patina to Copper Earrings - Part 1 Adding Patina to Copper Earrings - Part 2 Return to the top of this Making Horseshoe Earrings - Part 1 page. Return to the top of Wire Jewelry Making... Tutorials and Projects main page. Return to Wire to Jewelry home.
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