Beads & Jewelry Making Findings

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Beads and jewellery Making Findings

Supplies for beading and jewellery construction include lockets, crystals, stones, spacers, extenders, findings, and attachment components. Crafting and beading supplies allow you to use a variety of findings to create one-of-a-kind jewellery. Findings are available in a range of sizes, colours, and materials for constructing jewellery for your neck, wrists, or ears.

What materials are findings and beads for jewellery made from?
  • Stainless steel: This type of metal for findings is durable and strong, making it a good choice for heavy earrings and bracelets with a lot of beads, a lot stones, or a big pendant. The steel is hypoallergenic and resists corrosion if it is exposed to your sweat, perfume, hairspray, lotion, or other body products.
  • Sterling silver: Sterling silver is a durable material that offers an attractive and shiny finish to jewellery. It is often used as jewellery findings for clasps, bracelets, necklaces, bails, and earrings.
  • Rhodium: Rhodium is a low-cost alternative to silver for jewellery supplies. It is a type of hypo-allergenic beading material that is also used in jewellery findings that touch the skin, such as hooks or posts that go through the ears.
  • Plated metals: Plated silver, gold, or nickel may be used as jewellery supplies. These materials are typically applied to jewellery findings with a steel core.
What are the types of jewellery findings?
  • Jump rings, bales, and separated rings: Jump rings and split rings are jewellery findings that are used to attach decorative elements such as beads or charms to cords, hooks, split rings, or clasps. Bails are used to attach a stone or a pendant to a chain. These components are made of plated metal, silver, or stainless steel.
  • Clasps: Clasps are a type of findings that attach the two ends of a jewellery cord. These supplies are available as ring or lobster claw clasps. Clasps may be made of sterling silver, gold, or steel.
  • Eye pins and head pins:Eye pins and head pins are jewellery findings used for attaching beads that will hang down from a chain, earring hook, or necklace. These supplies come in a range of sizes and are made of metal.
How do you use a jump ring for creating jewellery?

A jump ring is used to attach a charm or a bead to a chain or a split ring. Jump rings have a split in the circle where they can be opened and attached to beads, charms, or chains when making bracelets, necklaces, earrings, stitch markers, and other types of jewellery. To open the jump ring, use a pair of needle-nose pliers. Hold one side of the jump ring between your thumb and pointer finger and hold the other side with the pliers. Create a twisting motion with the pliers to open the jewellery findings enough to slide it onto the chain or beads. Once you have made the attachment between the jewellery findings and chain or beads, use the needle-nose pliers to push the sides of the ring together. This keeps the beads, charm, or chain securely attached to the chain.

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