Fold Form Copper Earrings Project Download

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Learn how to fold-form and let your design come to life through these simple yet beautiful earrings.

Description

Practice fold-forming to your heart’s content with this dimensional earring design that also shows you how to heat-patina copper for colorful, one-of-a-kind finishes.

Required Materials:

  • 24-gauge copper sheet 1/2″ x 1 1/2″, 2 pieces
  • 24-gauge copper sheet 1″ x 1″, 2 pieces
  • Ear wire, 2 pairs
  • Torch
  • Bench block
  • Hole punch pliers
  • Rawhide mallet
  • Jeweler’s knife
  • Riveting hammer
  • ‘V’ forming or bending block
  • Chain-nose pliers

Technique:
Metalwork, wirework, fold forming

Originally Published: Step by Step Wire Jewelry, December 2015/January 2016

Additional information

Craft

Jewelry

Author/Designer

Jeff Fulkerson

Project

Earrings

Concentration

Advanced/Expert

Brand

Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist

Primary Subject

Jewelry

Product Type

Project Download

File Type

PDF

Required Tools / Equipment

Basic Bench

Power Tools/Equipment

Torch

Materials

Copper

Technique

Metalsmithing

Technique-2

Forming

Technique-3

Surface Treatment

Technique-4

Wirework

Technique-5

Fold forming

Technique-6

Patination

Technique-7

Hammering

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