Hi all! I'm back with a simple earring file after reading on the Glowforge - Jewelry Makers Facebook group that makers were having a hard time finding a file for open hoop earrings. After I made the file I had a lot of fun making some unique hoops out of wood and acrylic.
I made these out of wood and engraved patterns on them with my Glowforge.
These are wood with alcohol ink and UV Resin
Acrylic
On the bottom pair above, I cut wood veneer and added it to the acrylic to hide the posts inside the clear acrylic. For the green glitz pair, I used gold foil topped with UV resin to hide the posts.
To attach the posts, I drilled a tiny hole in the end of the earrings with my dremmel. I then used a 21 gauge headpin and glued it in the hole. The glue used for the wood earrings is DAP Rapidfuse. I found it didn't work well for the acrylic earrings and ended up using UV resin to secure the headpins on the acrylic earrings. After the glue/resin cured, I snipped the headpin to the appropriate length and sanded down the sharp edges created when I snipped them. I think they turned out great!
I made 4 different widths and 2 versions, depending on how wide you want the gap in the hoop. These are sized at 1.75 inches but of course you can resize as needed. Thanks for looking!
