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Transformable Leather Sculpted Earrings

by Brooklyntonia

I saw these earrings online and thought the conceptby oropopo was beautiful. I decided to use theconcept for my own design. These earrings are easyto make and can be repeatedly sculpted in variousways to suit your taste each time you wear them. Youcan follow the steps below to cut them by hand, usemy template attached below, or use the .svg file to cutthem on a laser cutter.

Materials:

pencil

card stock

veg tanned leather

stylus or other pointy (not sharp) tool

scissors

X-acto knife

earring hardware

jump rings

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Step 1: Pattern Part 1

Fold a piece of card stock in half both ways.

Draw your pattern design as shown in the image. You can make these in whatever size you want, but mine are abit over 1.5" from tip to fold and 5/8" from side to fold.

Fold the paper in half one direction and cut on the line.

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Step 2: Pattern Part 2

Open the paper up and fold the cut part of your pattern up at the center.

Trace the folded part of the pattern onto the other half of the paper.

Cut out the other half of the pattern.

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Step 3: Cut and Soak Leather

Trace the pattern onto the back of your veg tanned leather.

Cut out your pieces with your X-acto knife.

Soak the pieces of leather in water.

Dry them with a towel so they aren't dripping wet.

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Step 4: Border

Use a pointy (not sharp) tool to gently draw a line around the edge of the leather about an 1/8" from the edge.

I used an arrow from some scrapbooking accents for this step because I couldn't find my stylus.

Step 5: Pattern Part 3

Fold the pattern in half from tip to tip.

Use scissors to cut slits in the pattern about a 1/8" apart. Don't cut them all the way to the edge. This will makeyour pattern fragile. Leave about a 1/2" at the end of the slits along the edges of the pattern.

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Step 6: Trace and Cut

Trace your pattern onto the leather with your stylus or other pointy tool, then remove the pattern and continue thelines all the way to the border you drew in step 4.

Cut on the lines with your X-acto blade.

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Step 7: Jump Ring

Use a stylus, awl or other pointy tool to put a hole at each point.

Insert a jump ring into the holes.

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Step 8: Sculpt

This is the fun part!

Twist, bend, pull, and otherwise shape the leather as you see fit.

When you have the leather shaped the way you want it, set it aside to dry.

As the leather dries, it will harden and keep its shape.

Don't like how they turned out or want to try another design? Don't worry, you can always re-wet the leather andsculpt them again!

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Step 9: Enjoy

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I made them, a little biger than i expected but they look very nice. Thanks!

Excellent! Thanks for sharing!

thank you for sharing lovely Earrings I enjoy it.

Excelente trabajo! GRACIAS.

Love the design, but I can't open the svg file??

Love the design!

Hi! Here my earrings! Thank you for your lesson!

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They look great! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks!!! Amazing!!!!

Fabulous Instructable! Thank you.

can not be more happy , learning something new

Thank you so much for sharing! I had to give making these a go.

Beautiful! I love the addition of the bead at the top.

Your silence is haunting.

Here they are before ear wires.

Fantastic!

I made some out of thin silver and black leather and I love them. Thanks for the tutorial!

I'd love to see a picture!

wow this is an amazing amazing instructable, and i am very very excited to make it, now i just haveto find some veg tanned leather.

Thanks! I recommend Hobby Lobby if you have one nearby.

lovely earrings!

These are beautiful! Love their oval shape! I always liked big earrings but can only ever find shinyones... The leather gives it so much more of an organic look!

Dang!!! These are amazing.

Amazing!

Love! Love! Love!

Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!

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