Working with wire is one of my favorite things in the whole wide world of jewelry making! It’s also one of the things I receive the most questions about, whether it’s general: “What kind of wire should I get if I’m just starting out making jewelry?” or specific: “What exactly does wire hardness mean, and…
All About Jewelry Wire – Which Gauge Wire to Use for What?
Welcome back to All About Jewelry Wire! This is Part 5 of a series unraveling all the important aspects of choosing the right jewelry wire for your projects. We have covered different wire gauge measuring systems, wire hardness, different wire shapes and materials for jewelry wire. Today we’re going to cover which gauges of wire…
All About Jewelry Wire – Wire Materials
This is Part 4 of All About Jewelry Wire. Last week, we talked about wire gauges, wire hardness, and different jewelry wire shapes, and today we’re going to dive right in to the topic of jewelry wire materials. Jewelry wire, along with jewelry findings and other notions, are offered in a wide variety of materials….
All About Jewelry Wire – Wire Shapes
This is Part 3 of All About Jewelry Wire – an in depth look at all the important factors to consider when choosing jewelry wire for your projects. Earlier this week we covered wire gauge measuring systems and wire hardness, and today we’re going to take a look at wire shapes what they mean for…
All About Jewelry Wire – Wire Hardness Explained
Welcome back to All About Jewelry Wire! There are so many important factors to cover with regard to wire basics that I thought it best to break it up into smaller chunks. Yesterday we delved into different wire gauge measuring systems and how to be wary of gauge size discrepancies when shopping for your jewelry…
