Wired Chinese Knot - ZHU.Studs

DIY Mommies wear Stud / Post Earrings this is!!!

I named it "ZHU.Stud" - inspired from Chinese Knotting, it's constructed using Chinese Knots, just that I've constructed it with wires instead of traditional fabric cords.

Earrings Measurement: 5mm X 5mm
Weight: 0.7gram each stud.

I only used 20ga wires amd 24ga wires to create this pair of earrings, and standard wire jewelry making tools for execution.

The final result is extremely light weight and I can barely feel it, it's also tiny enough thus I doubt any little one is able to snatch - then again, will need to observe. I remember when my sister had her first child, I made a pair of earrings as gift, she said thanks politely but I've never see her wearing it. When I asked, she told me she can't really wear any dangling earrings, she only wear simple studs.

Since then I've been creating studs.

Pardon my ignorance back then, it's new to me, that babies love to pull, snatch and grasp things as they discover what their hands can do, and often the victim is their Mom. My nephew yanked my earrings as and when he want (sometimes I forgot to remove them before I approach the baby), I had to beg him to release me! Hoops are the worst accessories, too, unless you enjoy punishments.

So yes, we are expecting our first little one next month, and I STILL want to be accessorized - and I know many Moms too, therefore, for someone who had not been producing making any wire jewelry, I took out my toolbox again and made this pair of stud earrings. I know I would be totally busy with my little one soon enough, and of hand I have two stud earrings designs yet to be materialized.

So what’s the solution if you still want to accessorize? Studs — the classic, a must-have in the earring world. Because they fasten on tight to your earlobe, a baby’s hands aren’t as likely to grab them so easily.

Other Stud/ Post Earrings designs I've made so far that you might be interested:

Rose Stud/ Post Earrings

Stud/ Post Earrings for White Swan

Woodsen Stud/ Post Earrings

Lilyv, Stud/ Post Earrings

Squarie, Stud/ Post Earrings

Basically, Lilyv and Squarie is the extended design of ZHU.Studs.

So if you are expecting, or if you wish to accessorize your friends/ relatives that's expecting or already have kids, I think this could be a best pressie for them - and you DIY it, that add extra meaning to it. :)

Happy crafting!

Corra @ de Cor's Handmades
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MINI TUTORIAL - STEP BY STEP WIRE JEWELRY - ZHU Beading Hoops Earrings, DCHMT003

Tutorial-DCH014: ZHU Beading Hoops
Level: Easy

I am proud to present you my new Mini Tutorial - The Variation of ZHU Knotting. :)

Want to learn a new way to attach beads?! With ZHU knotting, you will have as much space as you want on the core wires to attach as many beads as you want! Because this is a variation design of my previously released tutorial, this tutorial is categorized under Mini Tutorial Series.

Reference:
Moana Hoop Earrings by Erin
ZHU.Ring by Corra

This tutorial caters for all level of people who does wire jewelry. The painstakingly made tutorial contains so much detail that any level of enthusiast is able to make the piece.

PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT THE "ALL 6 TUTORIALS" and "ANY 3 TUTORIALS" packages does not include this tutorial.

This tutorial introduces following techniques:
1. Simple way to tie ZHU knotting.
2. Creating hoop earrings base.
3. Attaching beads on the knotting.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
The content in this tutorial including All pictures and text were taken and wrote by me.

Introduction:
There are total of 22 steps in making this pair of earrings, to deliver the clearest instruction, the beautifully taken 36 pictures will provide you the means from end to end to make this pair of earrings. In this document, it also listed out the tools and materials being used. This lesson shows how to develop a pair of ZHU Hoop Earrings.

Delivery:
The PDF format document will be sent to the E-mail address set in your PayPal account within 24 hours or lesser upon payment received. File size: 300KB

Special Thanks to:
Erin from EarringsByErin for inspiration.

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PLEASE DO NOT LEND TO OTHERS, SHARE AMONG FORUM, SHARE AMONG FRIENDS, COPY AND MASS PRODUCE THE EARRINGS OUT OF IT. And if you would be so kind, please give a credit to me if my tutorial inspired you or helped you in your jewelry making journey, it would be greatly appreciated!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR VISITING! :)

Vintage Wine, Wire Jewelry, Earrings, Wired Chinese Knot

Technique: DCH004, ZHU.
Vintage Wine Earrings - Composed with few wire wrapping techniques to deliver its exquisite, delicately beautiful effect.

Made with different gauges of sterling silver wires and beautiful flawless garnet beads.

Size: 2.3cm tall, 1.3cm at its widest measure.
Weight: 1.5gram each, 3gram in total.

ZHU Studs, Post Earrings, Sterling Silver, Wire Jewelry, Wired Chinese Knot

Technique: DCH004

I JUST LOVE THIS DESIGN, alright? I am wearing it day in and day out - I made them in Stainless Steel wires before I could source any silver metal, and now finally, I got the chance to see it in silver! I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS! It is PLAIN GORGEOUS, tell ya!

It would sits perfectly at the center of your earlobes, the design is simple BUT STUNNING - you'd get all attentions you want when you have them on you!

:)

It is made to order pieces - and the first listing in available in My Etsy!

Organic Drops, earrings, ZHU

One thing about ZHU technique - you won't know what will turn out in the end, you can't "engineer" your jewelry because, It is too "raw" to be engineered, period. :)

2nd Ed: When the East meets the West

Cross designe courtesy by Iza. Check out Iza's Cross tutorial.

I went ahead using silver wires without completing the second prototype piece, guts feeling told me all measurements would work, it really did turned out right in the end.

:) I had fun for this piece, though it's good 8 hours of hard work, blame my slow hands. I think this pendant is now ready to be sent out to my MIL this Sunday.

Thanks Iza. ^^

When the East meets the West

Hubby is hoping that I could make a cross pendant for his mom (my mother in law), though I am pretty much know how to wrap three wires together (as I have already done it on my Hugging PIPA bangle), I thought It is only polite to give an official notice to Iza. So I bought her Cross tutorial on Friday evening, thought that I could try it out over the weekend. But the tutorial arrived 2 days later. That's just too bad. She is not delivering tutorials on weekend and public holiday, my problem is I wasn't aware that it was a public holiday on Friday at where she was. And then later came mail server problem as she said - she gotta re-send the tutorial after I thought I'd waited long enough and convo-ed her.

Back to the cross, here's the lesson learned and summary:

• Purchase Iza's tutorial earlier in week if you are going to try it out on weekend, check her country's calender if there's any Public Holiday too - to avoid appeared like a fool (me).
  
• I didn't have 18ga wires so I was using 20ga soft - big no no for big cross like this.
• 26ga stainless steel wires are just too hard to operate for the wrapping, so I used 28ga stainless steel wires - big no no unless you would wrap the wires closer to each other and tighter.
• I didn't have the beads she was using - so the "beads" you see at the center portion were Loose ZHU created using technique introduced in ZHU.Ring tutorial.
• Watch out for the measurements - NEVER EVER use precious metal if you are trying this tutorial for the first time, the buffer wires is more than I'd expected.
• Learned a few new techniques especially attaching beads at wire loops (ending of the beams)

Good tutorial nonetheless, beginner can try if you are ready to move on to take up greater challenge. Comments are welcome but please be gentle, as I am not totally pleased with the waiting, the too-much-buffer-wires, the struggled-to-get-the-measurement, as well as the outcome.

Thanks for looking! I will try this out in copper wires one more time if the outcome is satisfying, I hope I will have enough time to make it with silver wires.

Its alive, ZHU, Wired Chinese Knot

One of the top seller in Etsy suddenly called for a break. Not wanting to know the reason, I do hope she is well.

I created this pendant just a while ago, the whole thing is not closed, the begging and it's ending was just hugging each other. I didn't want to wrap to close it up.

The pendant is alive, it lives to tell a tale. You may, if you want, open it up and let it breath, let it take a deep breathe and tomorrow will be a brand new day.

- "Reset."

Technique used: DCH004, ZHU.Ring

Post Earrings, ZHU, Wired Chinese Knot

Another variation of technique introduced in ZHU.Ring tutorial.

I am obsessed with this pair of post earrings. It is simple, I did not do much twist or deco, but i just LOVE it!

Purely done in stainless steel wires, I have better control this time. :)

Loose ZHU, Pendant, Wired Chinese Knot

This pendant is made of stainless steel wires, garnet beads and teardrop-bloodstone. I made a loose ZHU and slipped it in to the pendant center, and attached beads with technique introduced in my Layer-Coiled CrystalPearl Earrings tutorial. It looks better in real. :)

Zhu.Variations

 

Just thought of putting whatever I have at the moment that made out from the technique I've introduced in ZHU.Ring tutorial - so you can have a thorough glance at it. :)

Organic Pendant, ZHU

Totally organic - pendant created with ZHU technique introduced in ZHU.Ring tutorial. :)

This pendant weigh 2.2gram, 4cm tall and 2.5cm at its widest measures.

Hoops with beads, ZHU, Wired Chinese Knot, Wired Jewelry

 

This item is now available in my Etsy store.

Description
Another hoops with 6mm beads attached.

This pair of earrings are greatly inspired by Erin from EarringsByErin. Thanks dear.

20ga stainless steel wires used for the core, perfect for standard pierced earlobes. Silver colors copper wires used for the ZHU.Knotting, 6mm silver color shiny decoration beads have been attached to this pair of earrings.

They measures 2cm in diameter, weigh 2.3gram each, suitable for daily wears.

First Hoops Earrings, ZHU

This item is now available at my Etsy store.

Matching earrings for ZHU.Pendant, but you are welcomed to purchase them separately. :)

This pair of earrings are greatly inspired by Erin from EarringsByErin (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5160985).

20ga stainless steel wires used for the core, perfect for standard pierced earlobes. Silver colors copper wires used for the ZHU.Knotting.

They measures 2cm in diameter, weigh 0.9gram each, suitable for daily wears.