3 Simple Hoop Earring Designs #1: A Silversmithing Tutorial

[@Nancy4133nope]

Fantastic video thank you so much for sharing

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thank you Nancy!

[@dustinhusted3584]

I would love in the beginning when your goung through your sketches to recommend other types of wire or product that will compensate for the things you have if I do not have them that will help me out tremendously! Happy holidays from Equality Jewelry

[@chadssilversmithing]

I will try to do this more. Good suggestion Dustin!

[@EWolf-b9o]

Love the idea of the interchangeable charms!!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks E Wolf!

[@dustinhusted3584]

So happy you did this video I just got requested to make hoop silver earrings thank you so much for your share

[@chadssilversmithing]

Glad I could help:)

[@bernardineturley2582]

Great earrings and very clear instructions and demonstration. Thank you. Just a side note: the four-leaf clover has absolutely nothing to do with St Patrick. He used the shamrock, which has three leaves, when explaining three persons, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, in one god.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Bernardine!

[@teresamethe6588]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@paolamontanari2550]

Thank you

[@chadssilversmithing]

@@paolamontanari2550 Thank you Paola!

[@leeparkinson7390]

Genius.....yet again you knocked it out of the park. Your directions are so clear and helpful. Will definitely be making the second design in multiple diameters as I get asked for hoops all the time. I also love the hint of having different dangles for buyer to choose from. Thank you again for your time and effort.

[@chadssilversmithing]

What a nice thing to say Lee! I’m really glad that you like these:)

[@Nancy4133nope]

I loved the first two pairs very easy to make. Unfortunately the third pair well it didn't go good at all. Got them soldered down which was a nightmare lol. The shaping was a no go but thats okay I wonder if it would be easier to solder them together after they were shaped perhaps. I just couldn't get the straight bars to go into the curve they would a "U" shape but then the twisted wire part was not in line with them it created a weird shape lol. It was still a great video and I learned a lot thank you again for sharing with us.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Sure Nancy! Thanks for the nice comment:)

[@dustinhusted3584]

Would you recommend round or square wire to make a ring setting or pendant setting?

[@chadssilversmithing]

I use both a different times for various styles. I use quite a bit of square, as I like angular things.

[@bees5461]

Super nice earrings, Chad. Three more projects to add to the to-do list. I love hoops. The hardest part seems to be avoiding making them too heavy. These seem like they will be nice and lightweight.

[@chadssilversmithing]

The three ring ones may be a little heavy, but the other two are really light. Thanks Bees!

[@patredden4557]

Great earrings, such nice versatile designs. Thanks s much.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thank you Pat! Glad you like them:)

[@melindakeith4103]

I want to make them all! Thanks Chad.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Sure Melinda! Glad you like them:)

[@KimOwen-taylor]

Hi 😊 I have been hoping you would do a video on hoop earrings. Thank you so much for this. I've never attempted to make any as of yet, but after seeing your video, I definitely feel like I've got the courage to try. As always, I find your tutorials great to watch and easy to understand and follow. Thanks again 😊 xx

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thank you Kim! I'm glad you like them:)

[@phyllisstraathof6520]

I would have liked the ending to see how you shape the hook to go eerily thru the ear

[@chadssilversmithing]

I didn't love the way the wire worked on the triple ring pair, so probably would rethink the ear wire on that pair. I might do a wire that swivels up and clips into a moth next time:)

[@ceciliam7144]

Great each one of them!❤❤❤

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Cecilia!

[@tamaraadams9317]

Thanks so much for making the hollow hoop earrings. I was super excited about how you formed them without the tubes getting kinked. A question I have though, since you didn’t finish the war wires on camera, what keeps the ear wires in the other side without the wires falling out since the wire is 20ga and the inner diameter is larger?

[@chadssilversmithing]

Hello Tamara! I just cut them so a tiny bit projects into the rear of the tube. You have to flex the earring a bit to pop it in or out:)

[@sheila3845]

yeah wearing heavy earrings all the time can stretch the ear lobe as you get older they drop but heavy earrings can cause a bigger drop and stretch the hole

[@chadssilversmithing]

Nobody wants an ear slot:)

[@FionaCraig-c5f]

I have Learned such a lot from you, thank you. Please could you tell me what scissors/shears do you use? Thanks!

[@chadssilversmithing]

They are just Fiskar's craft shears. Thanks for the nice comment Fiona!

[@jvanjvan9148]

Hi Chad - loved the video and the finished products. Did I miss you finishing the first pair? How did you shape them, and what happens with the thin solid wire to make them fasten together? Thanks so much. Jilly

[@chadssilversmithing]

Hello Jilly! I just shaped them around the ring mandrel and bent up the end slightly so it fits through the small hole drilled near the end. Hope this helps.

[@jvanjvan9148]

@@chadssilversmithing Thank you. I'm going to give it a go!

[@reidsmith9575]

Inspiring. Thank you.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thank you Reid!

[@laurenyoungs]

I would love to see a demo where you hammer the hollow hoop earrings so they're hammered around the earring except for where the wire is connected and the air wire goes inside the tubing. Thank you. I have a picture if you need it.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Hello Lauren:). Do you mean hammering the tube itself?

[@laurenyoungs]

@@chadssilversmithing yes, I have pictures, but I can't send them on KZbin

[@CannonCornelia]

Hi, I tried the half hoops but the keep spinning so the wire is in the front. Can you talk about weighting correctly to ensure the front of the earring faces forward so the world will see my handy work? 😀

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks CannonCornelia! Next time I do a hoop video, I will talk about designing them to hang better. In the mean time, you could put one of those white rubber ear nuts on each wire and slide them up until the earring can’t slump forward:)

[@CannonCornelia]

@chadssilversmithing great idea and I'll be looking forward to the next hoop lesson and all the others too.

[@Mazkay85]

Hi Chad, could I ask how long you made the wires for the discrete pair of earrings (2nd pair) so it would just tuck into the hole, also how does the 3rd pair ear post connect? I dont quite under how they are secured into the groove... Thank you so much

[@chadssilversmithing]

Hello Mazkay:). I think they were about 5/8 inch or so. On the pair I made, that allowed just the tip of the wire to pop into the tube. On the last pair, I cut a deeper groove underneath so it would seat in there better. In hindsight, these ones are hard to put on, so I might have come up with some other way to make the closure easier.

[@LryuzakiLN]

Third one, how does people wear them? I mean the the wire, it's soldered at one end and the other goes behind in the middle.... 🤔

[@chadssilversmithing]

Those you’ll have to pull the wire to the side slightly, slip them on, and move the wire back gently.

[@LryuzakiLN]

@@chadssilversmithing oh got it now👍 thanks, have a great day!

[@twin_House_Studio]

Like what’s that flattening thing? And that round thing called?

[@chadssilversmithing]

Custom made bench block. Basically a little anvil. The cylindrical thing is a dapping punch.

[@kimgill4644]

Good lord, man … math AND science lessons included in this tut? Are you Sure you’re a RETIRED teacher? 😆 Seriously, tho, great tutorial on hoop earrings. I never thought to use tubing and I’ll have to try that next. 😊

[@chadssilversmithing]

Ha! Thanks Kim:)

[@twin_House_Studio]

What tools do you need exactly to make simple silver hoops?

[@chadssilversmithing]

Hello Twin House Studio:). Hard to answer that question in a comment, but you might want to check out my basic tool video. It might address most of that question: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5iooGmGaLlkhtUsi=6La_aSY9VEf17Jza

[@twin_House_Studio]

@@chadssilversmithing thank you :)

[@kymtaute1018]

Hi can you come to Australia and give me private lessons because I can’t leave the house due to phobia and I have been working with sterling silver for awhile now put need more lessons in flat metal . Just put it down as a holiday

[@chadssilversmithing]

Hehe! I would love a holiday in Australia:). Wish I could afford it!