Artistic Wire JIG Mini Tutorial

This post brought to you by BEADALON!Day 2 of the Beadalon Tent sale post party is here and I want to introduce you to Sara Ellis!Sara designs all sorts of intricate pieces and at the tent sale, she was working with Beadalon’s Artistic Wire Findings Forms. You can see them all here. Here’s a quick little tutorial we shot from her demo table. I think you’ll find it gives you some ideas from making clasps to links! And if you’re like me and struggle with wire working, you’ll like the findings forms because they keep everything nice and consistent.
So on the left we have the findings form and on the right the finished product. I’m not going to lie–I’m dying to hammer one of these with a chasing hammer.
You start by poking your wire through the hole from the front to the back. This anchors it while you wind and wrap on the front.
Each form comes with a nice set of instructions with ideas of where and what direction to wrap the wire.
For this link, she used 20g. Artistic Wire in bright silver.
When you come to the end, slide the wire link from the form and trim the ends. Now, you can hammer the link or add more wire wrapping.
Here’s a sweet little pair of earrings Sara made with pink wire and beaded drops. I do believe this would be a really great activity for teens looking to get into jewelry making!
Just another peek at the fun after work. Sara, Yvette, Katie and Sandra at the top! Haha!
This is the class that Sara taught while at the tent sale. It features this findings form.