Dangle Examples
Hammered Ends
One of my favorite dangles is made by hammereing the end of the wire into a paddle. This method looks great as a group of dangles of various length. Hammered ends can also serve as head pins for Seed Beads, Round Beads, or Faceted Beads.
16 ga Flush Eyehole
20 ga Centered Eyehole
20 ga with Seed Beads and 3mm Round Bead
20 ga with Seed Beads and 6mm Rondel
20 ga with Seed Beads
22 ga with Seed Beads
16 ga
20 ga with Seed Beads
Coil Embellished
Spruce up a simple beaded hammered end or folded end dangle by coiling fine gauge wire above and/or below the bead.
20 ga with 3mm Cube Bead
20 ga with 3mm Cube Beads
20 ga with 4mm Round Bead
20 ga with 6mm Round Bead
Beaded Links
Unlike connecting beaded links, these beaded link dangles replace one of the eyeholes with a crimped (1) or folded (2) end or shaped frame (3-11). Any Seed Beads, Round Beads or Faceted Beads may be used on the stem (1-2,4-10). Additional beads including Drop Beads may be stung onto finer gauge frames (8-10). Thicker gauge frames may be wire wrapped with beads (11-12).
(1) 24 ga Wrapped End with Seed Beads
(2) 24 ga Folded End with Seed Beads
(3) 20 ga Petal
(4) 20 ga Teardop with 3mm bead on stem
(5) 24 ga Leaf with Seed Beads on stem
(6) 24 ga Diamond with Seed Beads on stem
(7) 24 ga Circle with Seed Beads on stem
(8) 24 ga Circle with Seed Beads on stem and frame
9) 24 ga Circle with 4mm Bicone Crystal on stem and Dagger Bead on frame
10) 24 ga Circle with Thorn Bead
11) 20 ga Framed Wire Wrapped Pip Bead
12) 20 ga Framed Wire Wrapped 6mm Round Bead
Jump Rings
Jumps rings make cool dangles on there own or accented with beads like Round Beads or Faceted Beads with large enough holes or Drop Beads. They can also be used to create waterfall style earrrings as shown in the Pip Beads example.
Naked Rump Ring
Amethyst Chip
4mm Round Bead
Pip Beads
Top Wire Wrapped Beads
This method of wire wrapping is used for top drilled beads like thos in Drop Beads and Tirangle Scales from 2-Hole Beads.
Briolette
Drop
Dagger
Thorn
Petal
Triangle Scale
Center Wire Wrapped Beads
This simple wire wrapping method encircles Round Beads with wire several times creating a tight frame.
8mm Round Bead
8mm Round Bead
4mm Round Bead
Spiral Wrapped Beads
The wire wrapping method creates a tight spiral at the bottom with tendrils spiraling up around the bead to the top. It looks great with Round Beads and rounder shaped Faceted Beads including Round, Rondel, and Teardrop.
8mm Round Bead
6mm Round Bead
8mm Teardrop
Herringbone Wrapped Beads
This is a popular wire wrapping method that looks great with Celtic Inspiration designs due to the overlapping wire pattern remineccent of Celtic knot design. It can be used on 4mm and larger Round Beads and rounder shaped Faceted Beads including Round, Rondel, Coin, and Teardrop.
4mm Round Bead
6mm Rondel Bead
8mm Teardrop