Handmade Treble clef earrings – crafted from brass wire

I crafted these earrings for my middle daughter who loves to play the guitar. Brass wire turned out to be a lot harder than the aluminum which I had trained on and the copper wire which I had also tried. Despite of that I managed to leave a lot of unwanted marks on the wire from the pliers. This prompted me to put electrical tape on them for my next project. Anyway, my daughter loved the earrings!

The idea came from my middle daughter. While learning wire wrapping this had been the first time I tried crafting something with brass wire. I made myself these spiral earrings:

The arcs are not fine, shapes are not smooth but the drop earrings themselves are a noticeable piece of jewelry. My daughter saw them and she first thought they were treble clefs. Hence the idea to make her a pair of earrings with this shape. I made the ear wires from the same wire which is cool. 

So my second try with brass wire were these music themed earrings and they turned out a lot better than their predecessor. Here is one of the treble clefs before I attached it to the hook:

There is a visible progress in the smoothness of the curves.

And lastly, you can look at a short video of the finished earrings:

I learned that pliers should be grasped very strongly when dealing with hard wire. And arcs are a lot smoother this way.

Next project will be a bracelet for myself. Maybe. And I want to try to darken the wire with sulfur. I’ll write about my experience when I try this method.

Thanks for reading and until next time!

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