[Jewelry making - Article 00354] - Re: [Orchid] Attaching Swarovski Crystals with Silver Wire

[dagmar hansbauer]

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    Swarovski hearts are a notorious pain in the neck to make bails for.
    that said, 20 gauge wire fits the holes. start out by making your
    loop or noose on the top attached to the anklet . then I usually use
    flat nose pliers to make one crisp approx 60 degree  bend, thread on
    the heart, use the very tip of chain nose pliers to make the other 60
    degree bend ever so carefully without any part of the pliers ever
    touching the heart itself. at this point you should have the heart
    sitting on a triangular wire frame. switch your grip with the plier,
    so that now you hold the tip of the triangle (where the wire goes
    down to go into the heart, and where the wire comes back up out of
    the heart) and very carefully wrap the end a couple of times around
    the main stem. 

    the loss ratio is still going to be somewhere between 30-60%. I know,
    it bites. 

good luck!
Sparrow


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