Decorative Wire Findings: Make Custom Clasps, Connectors, and More

Wireworkers will create 23 truly one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces by learning to make decorative findings! Each component is made using nothing but wire and simple hand tools and wireworking skills. Beginners and intermediate jewelry makers alike can make these intricate, beautiful creations using looping, coiling, and intertwining techniques. These customized jewelry components – including strand separators, connectors, chandelier earring components, and more – are destined to become the focal points of the jewelry they adorn. Plus, wireworkers will learn to make a gorgeous jewelry project that uses each component.

Melody MacDuffee is a fiber and wire jewelry artist and has been designing jewelry for 25 years. She's the author of several beading books, including Lacy Wire Jewelry and lives in Mobile, AL.