Tuesday 24 June 2014

Free tutorial - Cuff links

To create a pair of cuff links - will need chain nose pliers, round nose pliers and crimping pliers.
  • 10 mm ceramic beads with flowers (2)
  • 4 spacer beads
  • 8 mm by 6 mm fluorite doughnut beads (2)
  • 2 inch head pins (4)
  • Soldered jump rings (2)
Ingredients for one
1) Place a spacer bead, 10 mm ceramic bead and spacer bead on a headpin.  Using round nose pliers - bend head pin using fingers to 90 degrees.
90 degree fold of head pin
2) Re-position round nose pliers - form a turned loop using fingers - insert closed jump ring.
Addition of closed jump ring
3) Form a wrapped loop using chain nose pliers - smoothing down final end by using crimping pliers.
Crimping pliers to smooth ends
4) Now completed focal bead of cufflink.
Focal bead
5) Place a 8 mm by 6 mm fluorite doughnut on a second head pin. Using chain nose pliers - bend head pin using fingers to 90 degrees.
90 degree fold of head pin
6) Using round nose pliers - bend using fingers - to form a turned loop.
Starting turned loop
7) Re-position round nose pliers - and complete loop - add closed jump ring with focal bead.
Closing opening - using wrapped loop
8) As described in step 3 - smoothing down ends of wrapped loop to complete first cuff link
Completed cuff link

Using doughbut bead pass through button holes of cuff.
Closure created









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