Hinged jewelry

Add hinges and clasps to your jewelry, introducing movement and security, to allow it to flex, open and close. Hinges are used for boxes, bracelets, earrings and lots of jewelry designs. They are fantastic for creating articulation and movement, such as creating a bracelet that opens, whether it is a multi-panel, clamshell or bangle design. A clasp is used to close your jewelry, so that you can wear it securely. Clasps, including hinge pins, box clasps, hooks and fold-overs, will also be…

This is a tutorial on how to make a basic hinge, a very important component in jewelry manufacture, since it is used in many forms, where something has to open or show some form of movement.

Artist: Lori Gottlieb

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The Etsy Metal Clay team took a vote and decided that our second team challenge would be hinges. All jewelry pieces would incorporate a hinge into the design. Below are some of the designs the various artists of the EMC team came up with. Jennifer's Silver Purse Pendant Jennifer Smith-Righter of Wearable By Design sent me the lovely purse pendant shown above for her hinge challenge submission. She describes her process as; " I created it by making two templates, one for the front and back of…

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Sometimes working with jewelry hinges can be too taxing and not knowing how will make your work even harder. Here's a how-to on working with jewelry hinges.

Learn how to make a basic knuckle hinge in your jewelry designs using tubing, sheet metal and jewelry wire.

Although currently we are in a time of making more smaller jewels, in the past we have made some fairly large pieces. The two necklaces on the right were 6 to 7 1/2 inches long. The taste of jewelry buyers changes and goes in cycles. Currently we are in a cycle of smaller pieces being the ones that sell the best so we are in a cycle of exploring making smaller pieces that please us and our customers. Not that large pieces would never sell but not with frequency. The top two necklaces to the…