Listings of different types of earrings, its variations, and models available.

1. ACCESSORIES AND JEWELRY DESIGNING
DIGITAL ASSIGNMENT-2
EAR RINGS
An earring is a piece of jewelry attached to the ear via a piercing in
the earlobe or another external part of the ear. Earrings are worn by both
sexes, although more common among women, and have been used by different
civilizations in different times.
Earring components may be made of any number of materials, including
metal, plastic, glass, precious stone, beads, wood, bone, and other materials.
Designs range from small loops and studs to large plates and dangling items. The
size is ultimately limited by the physical capacity of the earlobe to hold the
earring without tearing. However, heavy earrings worn over extended periods
of time may lead to stretching of the earlobe and the piercing.
Types of earring:
1) Helix/Cartilage
2) Industrial
3) Roo
4) Daith
5) Tragus
6) Snug
7) Conch
8) Anti-Tragus
9) Lobe

2. Golden Indian earrings-The Evolution:
Ear piercing is one of the oldest known forms of body modification, with
artistic and written references from cultures around the world dating back to
early history. Gold, Silver and Bronze hoop earrings were prevalent in the
Minoan Civilization (2000–1600 BC) and examples can be seen on frescoes on
the Aegean island of Santorini, Greece. During the late Minoan and early
Mycenaean periods of Bronze Age Greece hoop earrings with conical pendants
were fashionable.
The practice of wearing earrings was a tradition for Ainu men and
women, but the Government of Meiji Japan forbade Ainu men to wear earrings
in the late-19th century. Earrings were also commonplace among nomadic
Turkic tribes.
By the late 1950s or early 1960s, the practice re-emerged, but since a large
commercial market did not exist, most ear piercings were done at home.
Teenage girls were known to hold ear piercing parties, where they performed
the procedure on one another. Such an event is depicted in the 1978 motion
picture Greace, where Sandy (Olivia Newton-John), the leading lady, is pierced
by her friends.
By the mid-1960s, some physicians offered ear piercing as a service.
Simultaneously, Manhattan jewelry stores were some of the earliest commercial,
non-medical locations for getting an ear piercing.
In the late 1960s, ear piercing began to make inroads among men through the
hippie and gay communities, although they had been popular among sailors for
decades. Traditionally, a right-side piercing identified a man as gay and left-side
as straight. Both sides pierced are also commonly denoted as gay, though this
has modified somewhat over the past decade.
By the early 1970s, ear piercing was common among women, thus creating a
broader market for the procedure. Department stores throughout the country
would hold ear piercing events, sponsored by earring manufacturers. At these
events, a nurse or other trained person would perform the procedure, either

3. pushing a sharpened and sterilized starter earring through the earlobe by hand,
or using an ear-piercing instrument modified from the design used by physicians.
A variety of specialized cartilage piercings have since become popular. These
include the tragus piercing, antitragus piercing, rook piercing, industrial
piercing, helix piercing, orbital piercing, daith piercing, and conch piercing. In
addition, earlobe stretching, while common in indigenous cultures for
thousands of years, began to appear in Western society in the 1990s, and is now
a fairly common sight. However, these forms of ear piercing are still infrequent
compared to standard ear piercing.
Religious
In India, nearly all Hindu girls and some boys get their ears pierced in the
religious ceremony known as Kharnavedha before they are about five years old.
Infants may get their ears pierced as early as several days after their birth.
Similar customs are practiced in other Asian countries, including Nepal, Sri
Lanka, and Laos, although traditionally most males wait to get their ears
pierced until they have reached young adulthood.
EAR PIERCING IS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE IN SEVERAL CONTEXTS. THE MOST
FAMILIAR REFERS TO A HEBREW SLAVE WHO WAS TO BE FREED IN THE SEVENTH YEAR
OF SERVITUDE BUT WISHES TO CONTINUE SERVING HIS MASTER AND REFUSES TO GO
FREE: “…HIS MASTER SHALL TAKE HIM BEFORE GOD. HE SHALL BE BROUGHT TO THE
DOOR OR THE DOORPOST, AND HIS MASTER SHALL PIERCE HIS EAR WITH AN AWL;
AND HE SHALL THEN REMAIN HIS SLAVE FOR LIFE” (EXODUS 21:6).

4. Modern standard pierced earrings
Statement Earrings
Statement earrings can be defined as "Earrings which invite attention
from others by demonstrating bold, original, and unique designs with innovative
construction and material combinations"
Stud earrings
The main characteristic of stud earrings is the appearance of floating on
the ear or earlobe without a visible (from the front) point of connection. Studs
are invariably constructed on the end of a post, which penetrates straight
through the ear or earlobe. The post is held in place by a removable friction
back or clutch. A stud earring features a gemstone or other ornament
mounted on a narrow post that passes through a piercing in the ear or earlobe,
and is held in place by a fixture on the other side. Studs commonly come in the
form of solitaire diamonds. Some stud earrings are constructed so that the
post is threaded, allowing a screw back to hold the earring in place securely,
which is useful in preventing the loss of expensive earrings containing precious
stones, or made of precious metals.
Hoop earrings
Hoop earrings are circular or semi-circular in design, and look very similar
to a ring. Hoop earrings generally come in the form of a hoop of metal that can
be opened to pass through the ear piercing. They are often constructed of
metal tubing, with a thin wire attachment penetrating the ear. The hollow
tubing is permanently attached to the wire at the front of the ear, and slips
into the tube at the back. The entire device is held together by tension
between the wire and the tube. Other hoop designs do not complete the circle,
but penetrate through the ear in a post, using the same attachment techniques
that apply to stud earrings. A variation is the continuous hoop earring. In this
design, the earring is constructed of a continuous piece of solid metal, which
penetrates through the ear and can be rotated almost 360°. One of the ends is
permanently attached to a small piece of metallic tubing or a hollow metallic

5. bead. The other end is inserted into the tubing or bead, and is held in place by
tension. One special type of hoop earring is the sleeper earring, a circular wire
normally made of gold, with a diameter of approximately one centimeter.
Hinged sleepers, which were common in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, comprise
two semi-circular gold wires connected via a tiny hinge at one end, and
fastened via a small clasp at the other, to form a continuous hoop whose
fastening mechanism is effectively invisible to the naked eye. Because their
small size makes them unobtrusive and comfortable, and because they are
normally otherwise unadorned, sleepers are so-called because they were
intended to be worn at night to keep a pierced ear from closing, and were
often the choice for the first set of earrings immediately following the ear
piercing in the decades before ear-piercing guns using studs became
commonplace, but are often a fashion choice in themselves because of their
attractive simplicity and because they subtly call attention to the fact that the
ear is pierced.
Drop earrings
A drop earring attaches to the earlobe and features a gemstone or
ornament that dangles down from a chain, hoop, or similar object. The length
of these ornaments vary from the very short to the extravagantly long. Such
earrings are occasionally known as droplet earrings, dangle earrings, or pendant
earrings. They also include chandelier earrings, which branch out into elaborate,
multi-level pendants.
Dangle earrings
Dangle earrings are designed to flow from the bottoms of the earlobes,
and are available in various lengths from a centimeter or two, all the way to
brushing the shoulders. They are generally attached to the ear by the use of
thin wires, which go through the earlobe and connect to themselves in a small
hook at the back. A variation is the French hook design, which merely hangs
from the earlobe without closure, although small plastic retainers are
sometimes used on ends of French hooks. Rarely, dangle earrings use the post
attachment design.

6. Barbell earrings
Barbell earrings get their name from their resemblance to a barbell,
generally coming in the form of a metal bar with an orb on either end. One of
these orbs is affixed in place, while the other can be detached to allow the
barbell to be inserted into a piercing. Several variations on this basic design
exist, including barbells with curves or angles in the bar of the earring.
Huggy earrings
Huggies are a popular style of earring that snugly encircle the earlobe.
These can come in different shapes and sizes, from hearts to rectangles. Many
custom jewelers make huggy earrings because of the many varieties of setting
that can be used to make a good template for their craft.[citation needed]
Commonly, stones are channel set in huggy earrings.
Slave earrings
The slave earring is also called a "Bajoran earring", which became highly
popular after it appeared on Star Trek.
Ear Thread
Earthreader, Ear String, Threader, a chain that is thin enough to slip into
the ear hole, and come back out, dangles. Sometimes, people add beads or
other materials onto the chain, so the chain dangles with beads below the ear.
Ear Spikes
A type of plastic stick 1 mm in diameter and 1.5 cm long that goes into
the ear piercing. It does not fall out because it is slightly bigger than the
piercing. It is quite popular amongst teenage and preteen girls in Hong Kong, as
most schools do not allow stud earrings.

7. Clip-on earrings – Clip-on earrings have existed longer than any other
variety of non-pierced earrings. The clip itself is a two-part piece attached to
the back of an earring. The two pieces closed around the earlobe, using
mechanical pressure to hold the earring in place.
Magnetic earrings – Magnetic earrings simulate the look of a (pierced) stud
earring by attaching to the earlobe with a magnetic back that hold the earring
in place on by magnetic force.
Stick-on earrings – Stick-on earrings are adhesive-backed items which stick
to the skin of the earlobe and simulate the look of a (pierced) stud earring.
They are considered a novelty item.
Spring hoop earrings – Spring hoops are almost indistinguishable from
standard hoop earrings and stay in place by means of spring force.
An alternative which is often used is bending a wire or even just using the ring
portion of a CBR to put on the earlobe, which stays on by pinching the ear.
Ear hook earrings – A large hook like the fish hook that is big enough to
hook and hang over the whole ear and dangles.
The hoop – A hoop threads over the ear and hangs from just inside the ear,
above where ears are pierced. Mobiles or other dangles can be hung from the
hoop to create a variety of styles.
Ear screws – Screwed onto the lobe, allow for exact adjustment—an
alternative for those who find clips too painful.
Ear cuffs – Wrap around the outer cartilage (similar to a conch piercing) and
may be chained to a lobe piercing.
Permanent earrings
Where most earrings worn in the western world are designed to be
removed easily to be changed at will, earrings can also be permanent (non-
removable). They were once used as a mark of slavery or ownership .They
appear today in the form of larger gauge rings which are difficult or impossible
for a person to remove without assistance. Occasionally, hoop earrings are

8. permanently installed by the use of solder,though this poses some risks due to
toxicity of metals used in soldering and the risk of burns from the heat
involved. Besides permanent installations, locking earrings are occasionally worn
by people of both genders, due to their personal symbolism or erotic value.
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N SARANYA
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