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Polymer clay and crochet; what a fascinating idea full of potential

Lucite flower Earrings Serenity Pure by whiteravendesignsau on Etsy. (Unfortunately, neither the listing nor the shop exist any more.) I like the elegant simplicity of this, bringing the disparate elements together to make something lovely.

Chainmaille earrings by SilverLionJewelry It looks like graduated Full Persian 6 in 1; the way it is done does make it look like a pair of lamps, that's cool.

_Silk Road Gypsy Hoop Earrings, Small, Eclectic, Teal and Red, Silk Wrapped Copper Earrings_ Interesting idea: wrap a hoop with silk strips (recycled sari silk, most likely) and then bind it with wire and beads. (original listing is gone)

There are multiple things of interest in these earrings. The main body of the earrings is done with black yarn, then the beads on the edge are attached with thinner thread (not sewn, it's clear it's still crochet). Then, looking at the earrings sideways, one can see that the top part of the earring is done as a fan/half-circle, and the lower part is two turns of a spiral; this is interesting because it wouldn't have occurred to me to not make the entire thing a spiral, but the two parts of it make it much better looking.

I like the way this makes a yin-yang shape with just one piece of wire.

What I like about these is that at first I thought it was triskele spirals, but it isn't, it is one curly spiral and one S-shaped spiral. Simple yet elegant.

Swirly teardrop shape with a band of four wires on one side, each fanning out to curve back and attach to the spine, where there are beads too. Pretty.

Simple yet elegant. Four wires swirling in a loopy teardrop.

Unlike other things I've seen made out of plastic bottles, these actually look good.

Hammered Aluminium wire square spiral earrings. I like the idea; the hard thing would be to make two identical pieces for two earrings. (original listing has gone)

Pretty crocheted earrings, with extra dangles.

Pretty crocheted earrings with beads - and what is more, a tutorial!

Beads on wire winding in an S-shape around straight wire. I like this design. (the original page is gone)

Spiral earrings with beads half-circled by macrame. Could probably be done with crochet too. (original listing is gone)

Wire-work grapes and wine glasses made of beads and wire. Cool idea.

Lovely string-art earrings, done by using a coil of wire to catch the threads.

Such a nifty idea, I wonder it never occurred to me before: use round leather thonging to make Celtic knots (with added beads) to make earrings. Leather has both flexibility and stiffness that suits this kind of design. (This uses to be on Etsy, but it has vanished)

Dragonscale in the round with a bit of gathering at the top, really looks like pinecones. That's really clever.

Various earrings, but the ones I am interested in are the Dyed Pink Coral Multi-dangles. These have five dangles with beads at the end, but the dangles are bent so that the earring looks like an upside-down tree with five branches. I like that.