How to Use Eye Pins in Jewelry Making
Things You'll Need
Instructions
1Gather your materials together.
2
Straighten out the eye pin if it's bent or curved.
3
Use the wire cutter, and cut off the excess eye pin leaving about 3/16-inches This is standard procedure for bending pins. Place your beads on the eye pin.
4
Carefully bend the 3/16-inch piece of wire into a loop, but don't close it all the way. After making the loop, attach the loop to the earring and then close it gently.
5
Take your eye pin and, using the flat nose pliers, bend the about 90 degrees. Place the ear wire in the loop and then close tightly.
6
Repeat Steps 1 through 5 for the second earring. Then, you are finished.