Western Romance Earrings Project Download

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Capture the heart of the west with a rustic set of earrings! Textured cowgirl boots embellished with a smooth copper heart make the perfect accessory to your western wear.

Specs

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Description

Create a lightweight and fun to wear pair of earrings for your favorite cowgirl. Perfect to give as a gift or keep for yourself, these earrings bring a little bit of the west wherever they go. Learn how to texturize, cut and solder metal and an easy way to make earring wires that match with this digital project download.

Skills: Sawing, filing, basic forming, soldering, drilling, wirework

Materials

  • Brass sheet 22g, dead soft: 1 x 1 1/2″
  • Sterling silver sheet 22g, dead soft: 1 1/2″ x 2″
  • Copper sheet 24g: 1 ½ x ½ inch
  • Sterling silver round wire 20g, dead soft: 6 inch

Tools:

Soldering Station: Torch with various tips, solder, fire-resistant surface, pickle pot with fresh pickle, flux, steel tweezers, soldering pick, copper tongs, anti-flux/correction fluid

Tools & Supplies: Graph paper (¼” grid), pencil, photo copier/printer, rubber cement or glue stick, scissors, tulle craft ribbon (6” by 1 yard), rolling mill, bench pin with anvil, jeweler’s saw, hand files, center punch, hand drill, 1/16”/1.5mm drill bit, sandpaper, steel wool – fine, bracelet mandrel, Delrin or plastic mallet, flush cutter/small bench shears, nylon flat nose pliers, nylon half round/half flat nose, pliers, nylon round pliers, flat nose pliers, round nose pliers

Originally Published Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, November/December 2019.

Additional information

Craft

Jewelry
Author/Designer

Karen J. Lauseng
Project

Earrings
Concentration

Intermediate
Brand

Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist
Aesthetic

Women/Feminine
Number of Pages

8
Primary Subject

Jewelry
Product Type

Project Download
File Type

PDF
Required Tools / Equipment

Soldering
Power Tools/Equipment

Soldering Setup
Materials

Silver
Technique

Metalsmithing
Technique-2

Soldering
Technique-3

Surface Treatment
Technique-4

Multiple Metals

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