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Wireworking with Beads for Jewelry Making

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Overview

Create a chain link necklace and learn techniques for working with beads from Raissa Bump in Wireworking with Beads for Jewelry Making.

Raissa is a jewelry maker, and in this beginner-friendly class, she will show you how to create a chain with bead details. You will learn how to:

  • Measure, snip, and solder or fuse your metal for link making
  • Connect and shape links of varying sizes to make a chain necklace
  • Add charms or beads for detail

Raissa will share best practices for working with jeweler's tools and discuss which materials are the best fit for the project.

Syllabus

  • Class Trailer
  • Cutting & Preparing the Discs
  • Cutting the Wire
  • Adding Beads to the Wire
  • Shaping & Joining Links
  • Finishing the Final Links and Adding Clasps

Taught by

Raissa Bump

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