Jewelry Making with Wire and Beads -- Skills & Techniques a Beginner Needs to Know

Cutting Jewelry Wire with Flush Cutters	Straightening Jewelry Wire by Hand or with Nylon Jaw Pliers	How to Bend Jewelry Wire Using Bent Chain Nose Pliers
Making a "P" Loop in Jewelry Wire Using Round Nose Pliers	Making a "P" Loop in Jewelry Wire using Fine Step Jaw Pliers	Making an Eye Loop in Jewelry Wire Using Round Nose Pliers
Making an Open Loop Using Bent Chain Nose, Round Nose Pliers and Flush Cutter	Making a Wrapped Loop including the Wrapped Bead Loop Using Bent Chain Nose and Round Nose Pliers	Making a Bead Dangle Using One or More Beads and a Head Pin
Opening and Closing Loops and/or Jump Rings Using Bent Chain Nose Pliers	Making Connectors including the Figure 8 Connector Using Round Nose Pliers and a Flush Cutter	Making Loops in 16 Gauge and Larger Gauges of Jewelry Wire
Making an Open Jump Ring Finding	Using Bent Closing Pliers to close a small gap in a jump ring or loop.	Making Wire Components Using a WigJig Jewelry Making Tool
Connecting Components to Make Simple Earrings	Connecting Components to Make Chain for Bracelets, Necklaces and other Jewelry Items.	How to harden wire to make permanent wire components.
Making a Head Pin Jewelry Finding	Making an Ear Wire Jewelry Finding	Making a Clasp Jewelry Finding
Making Jewelry with Snap-Fit and other Press to Fit Settings	Making Earrings using Ear Threads	Making Spirals with the WigJig Spiral Maker Advanced Spirals WigJig Spiral Maker Video  on You Tube
Making a Permanent Spiral Head Pin Jewelry Wire Finding	WigJig Jewelry Making Videos WigJig Jewelry Making Basics  on You Tube	Making a Jewelry Wire Spacer Bar
Setting Bling Gemstones More on Setting Gemstones Still More on Setting Gemstones Video on Setting Gemstones	Setting Gemstones in Low Wall Bezel Findings Video on Setting Gemstones in Low Wall Bezel Findings	Making Gemstone Rings

Alphabetical Listing of Jewelry Making Techniques                      More Jewelry Making Techniques

If you can accomplish the skills identified above you should be able to make jewelry pieces as simple as the earrings shown at right or as complex as the bracelet shown below.  Please select any picture or any text in red above to view our instructions for that technique.  In many cases the web page associated with the skill above will also have links to additional information on that skill. 

While we have a lot of free information available here, for some people, more detail may be appropriate.  For those people who want more detail on these skills purchase of our online book, "Wire Design Basics", may be appropriate.  You can find this online book in our internet store here.

Please select the next topic below or continue with page 1 of our Beginner's Jewelry Making Instructions. 

You can navigate through all of our free instructions for making jewelry here.