Page 1     Pearl Beads and WigJig Jewelry Wire Bracelet Jewelry Making Project

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This bracelet is a beginner to intermediate jewelry project that uses Soft Touch bead stringing wire, with a wire component made on any WigJig, a magnetic clasp, and a guard chain connected to the clasp by jump rings or a split rings.  Image 1 at left shows the completed bracelet.  Image 2 at left shows the bracelet with the clasp open, held by the guard chain.  Image 3 shows the bracelet on a manikin's wrist. Image 4 points out the individual components of this bracelet. 

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Jewelry Supplies Required:

Jewelry Tools Required:

• Ten inches of .019 Clear Soft touch
• Sixteen 8 mm Cream Swarovski Crystal Pearls Beads
• Four inches of 18G Gold-filled half-hard wire
• Four inches of 24G Gold-filled half-hard wire
• One Gold-filled or Gold plated magnetic clasp
• Four 2x2mm gold-filled crimp beads
• Sixteen 1x2mm gold-filled crimp beads
• Three inches of fine gold-filled chain
• Two gold-filled jump rings or split ring connectors. 

• Bead Crimping Pliers (regular)
• Flush Cutter
• Round Nose Pliers
• Chain Nose or Bent Chain Nose Pliers
• WigJig Olympus, Olympus-Lite, Delphi, Cyclops or Electra (any one) with two metal pegs
• Two Super Pegs for jig above in 3/16 or 1/4 inch size (both must be same size)
• 30 minutes of free time

Jewelry Skills Required:

• Use of WigJig to make wire components
• Use of Bead Crimping Pliers to make bead crimps to secure beading wire to components.