Mixed metal wire wrapped geometric earrings in silver, bronze and copper

Most of my pieces are made of silver wire, but I'm getting more and more into mixing metals. A few weeks ago, I received a request to make some mixed metal earrings and played around with some ideas for designs. The customer ultimately purchased diamond-shaped earrings, but I later came up with this teardrop wire wrapped pair:

What I like about these is that the designs are combined to make one "picture." When I'm working with enamel, the base metal -- usually copper -- serves as the canvas for all of the glass and cloisonne used, but you don't really have that with wire. Instead, you have to build a wire "frame" and then create the design within that blank space.

It took a few tries until I came up with shapes that fit and blended together well. The great thing about wire is that you can just snip or remove it if a design doesn't work. I like how these shapes are pretty simple, but together they create a more complex product.

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Mixed metal anodized aluminum earrings in gold, silver and bronze

I haven't made anodized aluminum jewelry in a while, so I decided to take a break from making wire wrapped or enamel pieces. I came across some sheets of gold, bronze and silver metal which I hadn't yet used so, of course, I just had to make something with them. I ended up creating these funky geometric chandelier earrings featuring gold, silver and bronze diamonds of anodized aluminum:

The last time I created anodized aluminum jewelry, I used a jeweler's saw to cut through the metal. AA is pretty thin and light, but it's still metal so it took a while to cut. This time, I used my Joyce Chen scissors and it took only a few minutes to cut my shapes.

These earrings were still pretty time-consuming to make, though, because I had to cut so many diamonds and make sure they were all even in size. I then filed all of the ends so they wouldn't be sharp. Nothing like wearing earrings only to have them poke you in your head!

I really like this pattern so next time I'm going to try a blue, silver and black combo. I think that those colors will work well together. Meantime, check out my other jewelry at Naomi's Designs and MayaGirl Creations. Also check out my novel REVENGE OF A BAND GEEK GONE BAD on Amazon.