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For unique jewelry designs, try earring magnets or ear cuffs (both blanks & ready-to-wear styles)!.The finished earrings are often called threader earrings. Ear threads are ideal for sleek, linear earrings, and long chain earring designs.Hoop earring findings include both ready-to-wear hoops and hoop findings that you can embellish.Add your focal elements the same way you would add them onto hooks and posts. Clip on earring findings include screw-back styles and are perfect for making non-pierced earrings and for converting pierced earrings for non-pierced wearers.Earring backs are sold separately so you can get the exact combination that works best for your jewelry designs. To use, simply slide onto the wire of the finding until it's snug on your ear or display card. Earring backs come in a various popular styles and are used to hold posts or hooks in place on the ear.Posts with a loop are perfect for adding dangles the same way you add them to earring hooks. Posts with a flat pad work great for gluing or soldering your design elements. If the loop on the earwire is soldered closed, use a jump ring to attach your focals. TIP: Open the loop by twisting the ends away from each other don't "oval" them. French hooks (earring hooks) are a cinch to use! Simply use flat-nose or chain-nose pliers to open the loop on each ear wire, attach your dangles, and re-close the loop.Tips, tools & techniques for making earrings:
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See how to upgrade your existing earrings with new ear wires: free step-by-step tutorial. To create (or convert your old earrings) to nickel-free or hypoallergenic earrings, our nickel-free and hypoallergenic earring findings include titanium, niobium, sterling silver, Argentium silver, silver fill, and 14kt gold fill. Plus, get wholesale pricing when you buy in bulk! Brass and stainless steel earring parts are popular, nicely-priced options that include best selling styles.
Bench Blocks, Bench Pins, Pads & Anvils.You'll usually see this type of backing on long and dangling earrings. This closure does not lock or attach the way some others do, but generally the weight of the earring aids in the ability of the closure to hold on. A thin piece of curved metal threads through the piercing and rests in place. Think of a fish hook, a French wire closure is a similar shape. Often used for dangling earrings that hang, a latch provides added security to keep the earring locked and looped through the piercing. Sometimes called lever back or euro wire, latch back closures feature a hook shaped wire. In Greek, the omega symbol resembles this mechanism, thus why you may hear "omega back" used frequently. Hinge and latch back closures HingeĪlso referred to as omega or French back, hinge closures feature a post that fits snuggly within an upside-down U. This type of closure is something you might see on more expensive earrings and children's earrings since it is more secure than a friction back. Not unlike the friction back style, a post attaches to a separate closure piece, except the post and the closure screw together to fasten. The backing allows the post to go through it, but holds on securely when pushed in. A single post goes through the piercing and is held in place by a separate piece of metal designed to fasten onto the post itself. Common earring closures and backings Screw and friction back closures
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