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All you need to know about jewelry components is here.

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Pins

Eye pins and head pins are thin lengths of wire on which you can strand small beads. An eye pin, as its name suggests, has a loop or eye at one end. A head pin has a flat nail head on one end.

They can be used to simply stack an assortment of beads in an aesthetic manner, then using needle-nose pliers to turn or loop the loose end of the wire.

You can also use them to add interest to necklaces and any other jewelry design.

Base metal pin backs for brooches are readily available. They’re easy to apply to the back of nearly any creation with glue or epoxy, but if they’re made out of silver or gold they can be soldered securely, which would be the best way.

Spacers

Spacers come in many different shapes and sizes. They usually come in the form of tubes and beads.

They are very useful to add interest and variety to necklaces and bracelets.

Use links and drops to change the rhythm and sequence of your designs.



Box clasps

Box clasps are particularly difficult and time consuming to make by hand, although in this way you can blend it within the design and create marvelous effects.

For some jewelry projects it’s a wise choice to buy them already made.

Bead caps

Cups or caps are fixed at either end of multistrand necklaces to hide several thread ends in a decorative manner. They provide a finished look if they don’t visually compete with a possible center piece.

Don’t overplay your jewelry designs with excess decoration.

Thread beads into eye pins and head pins to make droppers and on to hat pins for a dramatic effect.

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References used in this section: Ganderton (2005)


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