Cluster Drop Earrings

This simple cluster earring from The Bead Studio is easy and stylish! They can be made glitzy with Swarovski Austrian crystals or earthy using semi-precious gemstone beads.

Materials:

• 1 pair earwires
• 2 soldered rings
• 36 1.5 headpins
• 2 2mm headpins
• 36 4mm rhyolite beads
• 2 ceramic focal beads
• 2 4mm crystal bicones
• 2 8mm crystal bicones
• Chain Nose Plier
• Round Nose Plier
• Wire Cutters

Instructions:

1. Add a rhyolite bead to each of the 36 1.5" headpins and make a loop over each bead.
   
   
    
2. Open the loop of the rhyolite drops gently to the side and slip onto the soldered rings, close the loop. Add 18 drops per ring.
   
   
    
3. Stack the beads onto the 2" headpin starting with a 4mm bicone, the focal bead, the cluster drop and the 8mm bicone.
   
   
    
4. Make a loop on top and add the earwire.