Jewelry Making -- Choosing Your Wire (Continued)

• Please visit here for some general jewelry making information for beginners.
• In general use 20G wire for earrings, 18G wire for Bracelet components and 18 or 16 G wire for necklace components.
• In general use 20 or 22G wire for making wrapped bead links in bracelets and necklaces.
• In general don't use 22G wire to make a wire component that must stand by itself, unless that component is very small.
• In general, when buying 16G wire, buy soft wire, half-hard may be too stiff.
• In general use soft wire for spirals and half-hard wire where you will have wrapped loops.
• When making an ear wire, consider 20 or 21G wire.  22G wire is probably too thin and may be uncomfortable to wear. 
• Do not use Artistic Wire or any other dyed wire for making ear wires.  The dyes have chemicals that do not belong inside the human body. 

 Most, but not all of the jewelry supplies shown here can be purchased in our WigJig store.  We try to have a complete selection of jewelry supplies in our store including chain, wire, glass beads, findings, watches, tools, etc.