Recycled Copper Pipe Earrings

by Carol Wofford.
(Halifax, VA)

Textured copper pipe earrings

I’ve made several pieces of jewelry using recycled copper pipe and I’ve been experimenting with various textures for the pieces once they are flattened out.

Here I made a pair of earrings with half inch flattened copper pipe which I textured using numbers from my stamp kit and ball peen hammer.

After texturing I applied patina, buffed, added some small turquoise stones and ear wires.

They were fast and easy to make, and make a nice casual accessory.

I also made this attractive pair of coiled wire earrings using recycled copper wire from old battery cables:

Double coiled copper wire earrings

I followed the instructions in Sherilyn Miller’s book “Wire Art Jewelry”.

She’s a great inspiration for me.

Carol Wofford