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Findings are basically all the little bits and bobs you need to make beads or collection of beads into Jewellery. They can really be itty bitty to really humongous things.Findings help not only to create a piece, but at most times is essential to the over all look of the jewellery. So excluding beads you will see a lot of information, and for ease of understanding I have split them into parts, starting with earrings.
PINS/ WIRE
Pins form the spine to any design, so it can be bent-straight, long-short.
The Pins can be thick, thin depending on the gauge (scale of measurement) of the wire used. The gauge number decreases as the thickness of the wire increases. It can be expensive or cheap, again depending on the metal used. The colour of the finish also changes according to the metal, For example: silver finish pins need not necessarily be made from silver metal, it is a silver coloured metal or are sprayed with a silver metallic finish. Usually we coordinate the colour/ finish with the rest of the design.
1. Heads Pins: They are like the name says, they have a head at one end just like a nail, and the other end is open. The most easy to find and widely used are flat heads.However, to kick things up a notch designers also use ball shaped and or decorative heads, you can even bend wire into knots and make it into a head pin. This is one of the basic elements that one would require to invest in. They are largely used in earrings or closed end danglers. The usage may dictate what kind of Head pins you buy.
2. Eye Pins: Again as the name suggests, it has a eye like loop at one end and open at the other to help you slide beads into place. This is usually used in making links. So an Eye pin can be used to make a really long dangler earring or a necklace which is linked together!
EARRING HOOKS
While its easy enough to make the earring the simplest earring hook found is the fish hook. It can be made with winding wire adding a few beads to even customise it according to colour of the rest of the earring. It is simple question mark shaped hook. We also find other earring hooks lever back ( closed earring hook ), studs (with or without dangling components ), hoops, kidney hoops, clip-on and lastly handmade/ decorative hooks.
EARRING NUTS/ BACKING
Studs and Open ended earring hooks are prone to falling out of the ear if not secured properly, earring nuts are used to keep them in place from behind the ear. Sometimes Earring nuts can be part of the design of the earring to make it look long with added support to the links so that it is not heavy for the ear.
Sometimes we can use some findings like Wire/ Pins in earring as well as necklaces. The world is your oyster , be creative about your findings to create new and unique things!!!
~ Learning to teach/ preach/ train
Richa
Findings are basically all the little bits and bobs you need to make beads or collection of beads into Jewellery. They can really be itty bitty to really humongous things.Findings help not only to create a piece, but at most times is essential to the over all look of the jewellery. So excluding beads you will see a lot of information, and for ease of understanding I have split them into parts, starting with earrings.
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| knotted headpin Image source : google |
Pins form the spine to any design, so it can be bent-straight, long-short.
The Pins can be thick, thin depending on the gauge (scale of measurement) of the wire used. The gauge number decreases as the thickness of the wire increases. It can be expensive or cheap, again depending on the metal used. The colour of the finish also changes according to the metal, For example: silver finish pins need not necessarily be made from silver metal, it is a silver coloured metal or are sprayed with a silver metallic finish. Usually we coordinate the colour/ finish with the rest of the design.
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| l-r : Eye pins, Headpins Image source : google |
2. Eye Pins: Again as the name suggests, it has a eye like loop at one end and open at the other to help you slide beads into place. This is usually used in making links. So an Eye pin can be used to make a really long dangler earring or a necklace which is linked together!
EARRING HOOKS
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| types of earring hooks Image source : google/ self |
EARRING NUTS/ BACKING
Studs and Open ended earring hooks are prone to falling out of the ear if not secured properly, earring nuts are used to keep them in place from behind the ear. Sometimes Earring nuts can be part of the design of the earring to make it look long with added support to the links so that it is not heavy for the ear.
Sometimes we can use some findings like Wire/ Pins in earring as well as necklaces. The world is your oyster , be creative about your findings to create new and unique things!!!
~ Learning to teach/ preach/ train
Richa