To make these pretty origami earrings, you'll need basic tools like two flat nose pliers, one round nose plier and one pair of wire cutters.
Please note: Make sure your earrings are symmetrical, so that when worn, they fall in the same way.
NB: Please note that the list of products below does not entirely correspond to the presentation photo. For stock reasons, some products in this tutorial have been replaced by equivalents.
Take a sheet of origami paper and cut it in half to make two identical rectangles. Fold your two pairs of origami wings in the following steps.
Fold the edges over 5 mm.
Fold the piece of paper in half, lengthwise.
Fold in the corners.
Then, the sides again for a few millimetres.
Turn the fold over and refold the edges as shown in the photo. We're now starting to make the accordion section of the origami fold.
Continue folding the paper accordion-style.
Mark the folds.
Varnish your two pairs of wings on both sides, to protect them and give them a chic satin finish! Leave to dry for around 45 minutes.
Pierce a hole at each end of the wings with a needle, as shown below:
Cut a piece of copper wire about 4 cm long and thread it through the folding hole and around your creole. Using flat-nose pliers, turn the wires on themselves three or four times to tighten the assembly. Trim the excess with a pair of wire cutters and fold the threads back against the paper with a pair of flat-nose pliers.
Pass the 35th link of the chain through your creole and leave it aside for now. Attach the center of your wings and the other end in the same way as above.
From the 35th link passed through your creole just before, count 55 more and pass this 55th link through the creole. Cut off the excess chain.
Open a ring (for further explanation, see this datasheet), slip on a drop charm, pass the ring through the copper wire clip in the center of your wings and close.
Thread a bumper separator, a Light Peach 3mm spinner, a Padparadscha 4mm spinner, a Hyacinth 5mm spinner and a bumper separator along the length of your creole. These are great for holding beads in place or creating space between them!
Close your creole and, using round pliers, form a loop with the end of the wire to create a fastening (for more information, see this technical data sheet). Using two flat pliers, half-open your ear hook (same technique as for opening a ring), pass it through the fastener you've just made and close.
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