ewelry making is a fun and creative pursuit. A common term you hear when you first start making jewelry on your own is findings. So what are jewelry findings? Jewelry findings are important for jewelry making. When you make your beading projects, you need all those little extras and pieces used to connect your great
china beads and wire or thread together, along with the usual china jewelry findings like crimps, bead tips, pinch bails, pins, jumping, earring settings and clasps. today we will mainly talk about clasps and bead caps.
Jewelry clasps are used for securely connecting two ends of a necklace, bracelet or other piece of jewelry. For example, Toggle clasps are available in numerous sizes and designs, they are widely used to secure bracelets, anklets, even necklaces; Box clasps are easy to use in a variety of shapes and sizes, and some can be decorative.
Bead caps are essential and useful findings in jewelry making. What are bead caps? jewelry caps are bowl shaped china jewelry findings. They can be used for making necklaces, bracelets and earrings, and usually be used in pairs at two ends of beads to add texture and design to jewelry pieces. Beads caps come in a various metal colors, such as gold, silver, copper, pewter, bronze, black, antique bronze, antique gold, antique silver, platinum and so on. They also can be made of different materials, for instance, iron, copper, alloy, alloy add enamel and so on. Apart from that, it also can be made in different shapes, most of them look like flowers, but designers can also find and/or make solid bowl-shaped caps, star shapes and even some other unique shapes.