Ask the Experts about Jewelry Making

Topics: Beads, Design

I'm looking for instructions on how to make bead clusters for earrings. Can anyone help?

- Renette

Create several bead drops and add them to chain will create clusters of beads that can be used in jewelry design.

String a bead onto one head pin then form a simple loop on the straight end of the head pin creating a bead drop
Open the loop on the bead drop and connect it to one link on a section of chain. Close the loop.
Continue to create and add bead drops to the same link in the chain to create bead clusters

For more detailed instructions, see the Jewelry-Making Projects Featuring Clusters of Bead Drops in the resources below. - Michelle Wood, Jewelry-Making Expert

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