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finished hammered gemstone arch earrings
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I really love this design! Make your own gemstone arch earrings.

These arch earrings are really really cool! You make them by hammering some pretty wire and add your fave gemstones to make your own version. I used some cute pink rhodonite gemstone chip beads, what kind of beads will you use? This tutorial contains affiliate links.

Here are the tools and materials I used to make my gemstone arch earrings:

1: Pliers. I used cutting pliers for this design. I also used flat nose and round nose pliers on the jump rings.

Cutting pliers, round nose pliers and flat nose pliers

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2: Two pieces of wire. I used some gold-filled wire, approximately 8cm long.

two pieces of wire

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3: A file or sandpaper for getting rid of the rough edges of the wire.

A metal jewelry file

4: A hammering block.

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5: A hammer. I used a normal hammer but a jewelry specific hammer might be better ;).

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6: Earring findings. I used these gold-tone stud earrings.

two gold tone stud earrings

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7: Two jump rings.

two jump rings

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8: Beads. As mentioned before, I used eight rhodonite gemstone chip beads.

eight gemstone chip beads

9: Something round to bend your wires around. I used a permanent marker.

permanent marker

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Follow these steps to make your own wire arch earrings:

1: Hammer one end of each of the wires. Hammer on the steel block and hit the wire on both sides so that it becomes wide and flat.

wire on the hammering block
one end hammered on one wire

2: Add four beads to each of the wires.

3: Push the beads to the hammered ends of the wires.

four beads on wire

4: Hammer the other end of the wires the same way as you did in step 1. Make sure you make the wires wide enough so that your beads don’t slip off.

both wires beaded and hammered

5: File or sandpaper the ends of the hammered wires so that they aren’t sharp.

6: Take your wires, find the mid point and bend them around the permanent marker to form an arch shape.

bending wire around pen
two bent wires

7: Add the earrings to each of the arches using the jump rings.

attaching the earring to the wire charm
one earring attached to the charm
finished earrings

Now your arch earrings are finished!

finished gold tone arch earrings
finished gold wire arch earrings

Here’s another pair I made with some round gemstone beads.

Here’s a pendant version with thicker wire and glass beads.

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