Indigo Teardrop Earings

22 gauge copper sheet

enamel powder

transparent enamel flux or white enamel

wire cutters

shears or disc cutter

20 gauge silver wire

hammer

pliers

sandpapers and hand file

enamel powder sifter

flame source like a blowtorch

safety mask

buffing compound

take relatively thin copper plates and cut them into a teardrop shape with the help of any kind of cutting tool.

use a hand file or various sandpapers on the surface of the teardrop shaped copper.

poke small holes in the teardrop shaped copper plate

create a small bulge in the teardrop with the help of a hammer or some other tool.

and also drill a small hole at the tip of the teardrop.

make sure the teardrop is clean.

now start adding your transparent flux or titanium white enamel on the teardrop surface until it covers the whole surface.

put your piece on a wire gauze and fire it with a flame source like a flame torch from the bottom until the flux starts to set .

now while the enamel is still hot, sift a bit of navy blue, purple and transparent pink color powdered enamel to give a mixed indigo color overall

now fire the enameled earrings from the bottom again for till the color begins to set.

now just sift a layer more of the transparent flux, we put earlier and fire it from underneath again.

thats all, you have created your own indigo coloured earings.

smooth out your earrings using a buffing compound.

all you have to do now is shape your silver wire to a desired shape or do it as shown in the image above and thread it through the hole we made near the tip of the teardrop and cut off the excess.

now the earrings are complete.

applaud yourselves for making something this good