Speleothems

Difficulty: 3
Technique: linking

Linked earrings made from PRECIOSA Villa™

The slender PRECIOSA Villa™ pyramids can be hung to create extravagant costume jewelry earrings which evoke limestone cave speleothems thanks to the hole which is placed in their square base. The edges of the pyramids especially stand out in opaque glass colors or with the use of all-over surface finishes.
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Materials & Tools

PRECIOSA Villa™

111 01 341; 6 x 3 mm; 02010/15435 light purple
"rhomboid" earrings 32x per pair
"triangular" earrings 42x per pair
(V)

PRECIOSA Villa™

111 01 341; 6 x 3 mm; 00030/27400 dark grey
"rhomboid" earrings 32x per pair
"triangular" earrings 42x per pair
(V)

PRECIOSA Villa™

111 01 341; 6 x 3 mm; 00030/29501 dark copper
"rhomboid" earrings 32x per pair
"triangular" earrings 42x per pair
(V)

Other materials & Tools

50 – 18 mm eye pins; a thin chain (10 links – 2.4 to 2.7 cm); 5 mm rings; earring hooks;
needle nose points; snipping pliers; flat nose pliers (straightening the eyes)

 

Procedure

Step 1

The "rhomboid" earrings

Link up the individual rows; 2x V, 2x 2 V, 2x 3 V and 1x 4 V. String the V. The stringing must be loose and the V must still be able to move after the linking of the eye pins. Create a loop. You need about 8 mm free at the end. Grasp the edge of the wire and twist it around the point of the needle nose pliers. Gently fold it back so that the loop is centrally above the V. Both loops must be twisted in the same way.

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Step 2

Cut off 2x 12 chain links and 2x 15 chain links. Prepare 3 rings.

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Step 3

Take both ends of the chain with 12 links. Hang a row of 1 V from the outer links.

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Step 4

Count 5 links from the outer link. Hang a row with 2 V from them. There are always 3 free links between the individual rows. Turn the points of the V in each row in the same direction.

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Step 5

Count 9 links from the outer link. Hang a row of 3 V from them.

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Step 6

String the free outer chain links of the chains with 12 links, a row with 4 V and the chain with 15 links onto the rings.

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Step 7

Count 4 links from the outer link of the chain with 15 links. Hang a row with 3 V.

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Step 8

Count 8 links from the outer link of the chain with 15 links. Hang a row with 2 V.

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Step 9

Count off 12 links from the outer link of the chain with 15 links. Hang a row with 1 V.

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Step 10

Thread the free outer links and the erring hook onto the ring. Now you can also adjust the way the V are turned.

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Step 11

Create the second earring.

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Step 12

The "triangular" earrings

Link the individual rows. This time, you only need 1 V, 2 V, 3 V, 4 V, 5 V and 6 V. String the V. The stringing must be loose and the V must still be able to move after the linking of the eye pins. Create a loop. You need about 8 mm free at the end. Grasp the edge of the wire and twist it around the point of the needle nose pliers. Gently fold it back so that the loop is centrally above the V. Both loops must be twisted in the same way.

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Step 13

Cut off 2x 20 chain links and 2x 10 chain links. Prepare 3 rings.

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Step 14

Take both chains with 20 links. Hang a row of 1 V in the outer links.

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Step 15

Count off 5 links from the outer link. Hang a row with 2 V in them. There are three free links between the individual rows.Turn the points of the V in the same direction in each row.

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Step 16

Count off 9 links from the outer link. Hang a row of V on them.

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Step 17

Count off 13 links from the outer link. Hang a row of V on them.

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Step 18

Count off 17 links from the outer link. Hang a row of 5 V on them.

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Step 19

String the free outer links of the chains with 20 links, a row of 6 V and the outer links of the chains with 10 links onto the rings.

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Step 20

String the free outer chain links and an earring hook onto the ring. Now, you can also adjust the way the V are turned.

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Step 21

Create the second earring.

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