Woven Peapod Wire Jewelry Tutorial

Description

This lesson teaches you how to make a versatile woven pea pod jewel, which makes fabulous earrings, pendants, and even individual components for more involved designs.

Peapods are a symbol of fertility, new life, and new beginnings. They serve as beacons of hope for greater things in the future. The pod protects its seeds from harm, keeping them safe in the cocoon shape. The “peas” inside the pod are representative of our close relationships with others who are like us—hence the saying “two peas in a pod”. In Chinese tradition, peapods symbolize growth, prosperity, and good fortune in all areas of life.

Once you have completed the tutorial, you’ll have a basic and very versatile design you can add to your wire jewelry offerings. The design can be adapted to include different types of bails, various beads and gemstones, a mix of wire colors and different shapes of stones, making each one unique, yet if you need to make the same design over again, it can easily be done.

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Materials Needed:

6” of 22 gauge Soft Wire
3 1/2 feet of 28 gauge Soft Wire
Three 6mm round pearls
One 2mm round accent bead

Tools:

Chain nose pliers
Round nose pliers
Wire cutters
Flat nose pliers
1/16” mandrel/steel rod, coiling gizmo, or clothes hanger wire to coil around
A ring mandrel or something round to form your ear wires
Ruler

In this tutorial you will learn how to make the woven pea pod earrings - center photo in the image. Other woven pods shown are variations using the same technique.

Added on Oct 17, 2009