Wrapping Techniques For Beaded Jewelry

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Alan with Expert Village. This is what you have once you've got your beads in a row in the order that you want them so that they match your other earring. Now we are going to set that aside for a moment because I want to show you what this should look like when you finish. Now you may have difficulty seeing this, but all there is a simple loop at the very end of this and then it's wrapped around so it won't come unloose from the earring or it won't poke you while you're wearing the earring. So that's what we are going to do next. And to do that, you will need your round nose pliers. These are what you use to create that loop with when you hold them. So we're going to take the earring, with the wire exposed, and we going to grab it. Now I want to make a note at this point that you don't want to use your wire, round wire pliers, closer to the end because the closer they are the larger the hole will be and the less attractive it will be. I find that if you do it closer to the end you get a smaller loop. It's a much neater look and the finished product just looks that much more professional. Now when you're holding these make sure you hold them with a good amount of pressure because you're actually going to have to bend that wire around the tip of the round wire pliers. Here's where your optivisor comes in handy because you can see closer detail what the wire is actually doing. I can either bend it and complete the loop or either I can bend it around the bottom of the wire so that it holds snuggly to the base wire. Using the fine end of the pliers you can bend it and close it so that it closes the loop. Once you have that loop then you're ready to attach it to your earring. "