Art Nouveau cone earrings

Have any of you ever watched the series Boardwalk Empire? It's an exciting tale set in the American prohibition era, starring gangsters like Al Capone. Stylewise, the period is set shortly after World War I, the last days of the Art Nouveau movement. The costume styling is beautifully done, and I always marvel at the gorgeous earrings the ladies are wearing.
So I was greatly inpired to make these Art Nouveau cone earrings. They are long earrings with large glass pendants, and they have a wonderful antique feeling to them.
The pendants are horizontally drilled through the top, that's why I fitted an eyepin throught the drill hole, and covered it all up with a filligree beadcap.

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What do you need?

Glass cone pendants 2 pieces.
Long filigree beadcaps 2 pieces. I chose bronze metal, but we carry several other metal colours.
Eyepins 4 pieces. Size 40 mm will be adequate, you will need to cut them to required length.
Art Nouveau style earring findings add extra nostalgic character.

How do you proceed?
1. Use a flat nose plier to bend the beadcap into shape, allowing them to slide over the cone perfectly.

2. Slide an eyepin throught the drillhole of the cone. You will need about 1 cm at the rounded side of the pin, which is bent upwards.

3. Bend the eyelet upwards placing it at the top centre of the cone. I used a flat nose plier for bending the pin.

4. Bend the latter side of the eyepin upwards, and then sideways towards the eyelet, so as to wrap around the eyelet. Don't worry about appearance at this stage, for you will cover it all up with the beadcap. The main goal is to make sure that both pendants will have the same length, for you will want symmetrical earrings.

5. Cut the eyepin at the eyelet, thus creating a pendant loop.

6. Open up the eyelet of the second eyepin, attach it to the pendant and close the eye up again.

7. Slide the filigree beadcap over the cone. The eyepin should come out on top.

8. Create a loop for hanging, and again keep in mind that the earrings should be equally long.

9. All that's left now is to attach the Art Nouveau earring findings. These hooks are convenient because the eye is nog fully closed - it may be opened with pliers to attach the pendant.