Wednesday, February 27, 2008

I blogged about working on this double helix (or double spiral) design in copper earlier. It took me a while longer than I thought, but I think I finally got the design to where I want it. Here are the finished earrings in sterling silver:
I find the sterling easier to work with than the copper. It's harder, and it take more forging to get the sterling shaped, but it tends to go where you want it to. With these earrings, the longer end of the earring gradually widens as it spirals, and it encirles the shorter end.

To put them on, you thread the shorter end in the hole in your ear, and then it goes in using a cork-screw motion.

7 Comments:

  1. Infinite Cosmos said...
    those are really pretty! I'm going to hear them :-)
    industrialpoppy said...
    Very nice-I know that it can be difficult to make matching pairs, these are lovely!
    Contrariwise said...
    I kept on repeating them in copper until I was sure I could get them symmetrical. It really took a while to get the exact technique right.

    (And to remember how to do it, I wrote it down in detail in my jewelry journal.)
    idyll hands said...
    I've been waiting to see the finished product in silver. They are so lovely!
    beadsnbangles said...
    Matching my earrings when I try free form designs is really hard. They look great.
    Claudia said...
    OH, those are lovely!!!
    They look so elegant and wearable...
    Mrs.Kwitty said...
    Wow--those are sooo cool!
    Smiles, Karen

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