Kit + video tutorial'Gallery wire earrings' You will receive a kit with all the materials you need to recreate the earrings in the pictures. In the video tutorial I will show you how to create earrings with gallery wire. I will touch on basics of soldering such as what flux and solder to use, how to create little balls as embellishment and how create a frame and fit your stone. This is a beginners metalsmithing project with wire work elements suitable for those new to jewelery making. What's included: Link to video tutorial Materials: Wire: 10 cm of solid copper gallery wire 1 m of 1 mm (18 ga) square wire 1 m of 0.8 mm round wire Gemstones and findings: 2 x pear gemstones 16 ot 20 mm (please select your choice from drop down menu) 2 x shepherd's hooks Tools required (not included): Solder Butane torch (kitchen torch is okay) Fire brick/charcoal block Soldering pick/tweezers Third hand tool (optional) Hard/medium/easy solder Flux (borax cone is okay) Pickle solution (I use salt & vinegar) Jeweller's files Heavy duty cutters Chain nose pliers Round nose pliers Bail making pliers (optional) Polishing materials
