. . .round and round, round and round, the wheels on the b . . . oops, I guess that song was really about a bus! Well, today, it’s about bikes! I’ve been playing with little wire bikes that some friends and I accidentally created while manipulating wire one day. Each bike is made from a single piece of wire.

The earrings were easy to do since the three dimensional shape (the handle bars) doesn’t create any problems on them. These are really free swingers and hang pretty long. I’m thinking of doing them in colored artistic wire as a “fun” summer look.

The bike links caused considerable consternation at the design table. You can see that they do not want to lie flat and one of them prefers to be in the “ready to go round and round” position.

Finally, no bike series would be complete without the bike that E.T. rode. After all, didn’t it help save him and get him home? This little riveted charm above was planned to show his upward flight when the bike left the ground in the movie. This will either be a small pendant or a charm on a chaos necklace. I’ll try to post the finished piece when it is complete.

I’m still playing with the bike shape; so stay tuned for an update and other ways to use the bikes. Please add your own suggestions in the comments section. I’d enjoy hearing your ideas.