Headpins
are widely used in jewelry making, such as bracelet making, necklace making,
earring making and so on. As a experienced jewelry makers, I am sure you are
family with how to choose and use these jewelry findings. But to the beginners
of jewelry making, there is a necessary to have a tutorial to teach how to
choose and use headpins.
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| Iron Headpins |
From
the shape of headpins, we know that a head pin is a straight piece of wire cut
to different lengths and is available in a variety of gauges and tensions. The
heads are always produced in flat and round ball shaped. Jewelry makers use the
head on the headpin to stop gems, crystals or beads from falling off the end of
a piece of wire. Jewelry headpins come in a huge variety of sizes (1.6cm to
7cm) and metals (brass, iron, alloy, stainless steel, sterling silver) but they
usually comprise a flattened end, loop, or ball at one end of a short piece of
wire. They are always used to string jewelry beads to make them as beads
pendants for necklaces, bracelets, earrings or anklets.
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| Brass Ball Headpins |
Well,
to many jewelry makers, the thing is a lot of times you want just one or two
headpins, and maybe your local jewelry supply store is far away, or you can’t
wait for supplies to arrive from your online supplier. It is time to make your
own headpins by yourself with jewelry wires. You have two options to make
wire-wrapped loops on head pins. First, you can make a basic loop which opens
like a jump ring. Second, you can make a wrapped loop which is permanent. Well,
you need to consider the diameter (weight) of jewelry wire to determine which
kind of headpins you need to make. For example, if your jewelry wire is
lightweight, you’d better to make a wire wrapped loop at the end of your
headpins, or else, the loop will open easily. What is more, sometimes a wire
wrapped headpins can also add an essential decorative element to a simple
design.
If
you are an experienced jewelry maker, I am sure you have the ability to create
a “complicated wire wrapped head” at the end of your “headpins, such as a wire
wrapped flower. And there is no need to worry if you are just a beginner. As
the saying goes that practice makes perfect. Once you have good experiences in
creating wire wrapped jewelry, you have the ability to create complicated,
delicate wire wrapped headpins.
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