Jewellery Making for Beginners - Kimberley Library - Adult Learning

Learn how to create your own beaded jewellery designs, including bracelets, necklaces and earrings!

By the end of the session, you will have made your own elastic bracelet, made a necklace with clasps and created beaded earrings.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

• Identify and correctly use basic jewellery-making tools and materials suck as Jewellery pliers, beads, elastic and jump rings, during the creation of your jewellery pieces.

• Thread and knot an elastic bracelet using beads and secure it with a knot.

• Design and string a beaded necklace with your own choice of beads and fasten it using jump rings and clasp.

• Create a pair of beaded earrings, adding beads to headpins and attaching to ear wires using loops.

What you will need to bring to the course:

Materials:

• Selection of beads ( These can be new, or using up old broken jewellery)

• Beading Wire (often called by the brand names Beadalon or Tiger Tail)

• Jewellery Elastic (0.7mm or 0.8mm diameter)

• Clasps

• Necklace Ends (sometimes called Callottes or Bead Tips)

• 5mm or 6mm Jump Rings

• Earrings (Fishhook or any style including clip-on with a loop at the bottom)

• Headpins

Tools:

• Set of Jewellery Pliers (including Round Nose Pliers, Cutters and at least one pair of Chain Nose Pliers, two pairs are helpful)

• Bead mat or Tray

• Some suggested places to get these from are:

• The Bead Shop Nottingham (online, over the phone or in the shop)

• Spellbound Beads

• Beads Unlimited

• Amazon

• Charity Shops (look for cheap necklaces that can be broken up!)