Jewelry Making Project made with WigJig Tools, Glass Beads, Wire, and Jewelry Supplies

Many expensive gemstones are made in a style called Briolette, shown at right. This style of bead is teardrop shaped with a hole horizontally through the top of the teardrop. Mounting these briolette beads in jewelry can be a challenge because you can not use a head-pin as you would with normal teardrop beads. These instructions will describe one way to mount a briolette bead.

Jewelry Making Supplies:

Tools Required:

6 inches of 26G wire
Briolette bead

Jewelry Making Skills Required:

Ability to bend wire using bent chain nose pliers
Ability to wrap wire around itself, making a wrapped loop.

Round Nose Pliers
Flush Cutter
Chain Nose or Bent Chain Nose Pliers (2)
5 minutes of free time