Get on board with the abstract earring trend with these quick and easy DIY wire face earrings!
I can’t remember where I first saw a pair of abstract face earrings but I do remember feeling intrigued and unsure if I loved or hated them. Over time, they’ve really grown on me, and whilst looking at a pair on ASOS , I started wondering if and how you could make them. After a bit of a google, I couldn’t really find any tutorials for making your own that had the face detail I wanted, and so I sat down with a pen and piece of paper and worked out how I could make them with wire myself. Drawing it out was a lot easier than the actual making of them with wire, but I really love how they turned out and so I thought you might enjoy having a go at making them too.
I made them with some jewellery wire I already had, so the wire was great for moulding into shape, but in the long run, won’t be the most durable. So if you decide to make these, I’d recommend having a look at various thicknesses of jewellery wire and deciding what you want in terms of a good compromise between durability and malleability. Despite using the same template for each and a highly malleable wire, the faces still turned out quite differently, so be prepared to think of your earrings as sisters, not twins! Keep reading to find out what I used to make these wire face earrings and how I made them...
Jewellery Wire
Earring hooks
Round nose pliers
Flat nose pliers
Wire cutters