If I were finishing it, I would hang a drop from the center to complete the piece. I then used nylon pliers to lift up the inner jump rings on the outer groups. I soldered the joints, ran it through the rolling mill to flatten it, decided to hammer some of the rings and left the other ones as is. I literally took random rings and just laid them in different positions until I chose the design. This piece wasn't designed ahead of time. Concentric Circles Textured Jump Ring Pendant After tumbling it for a couple of hours in steel shot, it came out stronger than I hoped for. I held my breathe when I shaped it around a mandrel using a rawhide hammer, but it held together perfectly. To complete the piece I used 4, 6 & 8mm rings with a medium solder on the joins. I laid the rings out, measured the length, added and removed as needed until the length was spot on. This jump ring design was trickier because I needed a specific length for the ring band in order for it to fit specific size. Solder Jump Rings Into Circle Patterns Circular Patterned Ring I was worried that the earrings would become too heavy with the chain maille and the links, but fortunately, I was wrong and they weigh. The rings used are 6x4mm, 18ga oval jump rings, with phases of the moon festoon link and a 13x20mm, 20ga long hook wire. These are jump rings inter-connected using a simple 2-to-1 pattern. I have never attempted a chain maille piece before, so I thought I'd give it a shot as part of a simple earring design. Make Simple Chainmaille Chainmaille Moon Cycle Earrings Here are a few different ways to create new jewelry pieces using these fun little findings. Sometimes just playing in a jewelry studio can open your eyes to new uses and ideas.
However, don't limit yourself to certain techniques when it comes to jump rings.
I've beaded with jump rings and soldered with them too yet, I've always stuck to the basic techniques that I'm familiar with.
Jump rings for jewelry how to#
I've shown employees how to solder a jump ring onto a finished chain when the links were too small to thread through and I've blogged about that, as well. Primarily used to attach a clasp to a chain or a drop to an earwire, jump rings are the go-to finding when cold connecting two items together. Jump rings are a staple in every jewelry studio and consistently month after month they make our bestseller list here at Halstead.
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