Proofs of concept.

Thanks to @callmegallifreya pointing me towards this tutorial on Pinterest, I figured out how to do a basic wire ear cuff, with and without a loop for dangly things. I can decorate the plain one with a bead if it has a large enough orifice, as shown here.

Future cuffs with dangles will involve chain, simply because the pin arrangements don’t dangle enough.

I also learned that 7cm is the bare minimum for a plain cuff. 10cm for a looped design.

And fool I cut ten INCHES from my hoard of wire for practice. Derp derp de derp derp.

And you don’t need a ring sizer to do the curve for a cuff. A post office pen will suffice. Huzzah for cheap solutions.