Tools and Materials in Making Fashion Accessories

Used to reach into tight places to grip components, close jump rings, bend wire and stabilize a design while working.

• Curved chain-nose pliers

• Crimping pliers

• Round Nose pliers

• Long Nose pliers

Used to join jewelry components together to form a completed article.

• Leather

• Findings

• Wire

• Leather

What is this?

• Findings

• Paracord

• Rattail

• Gauge

It is a handy for measuring curved surfaces, like your wrist for a bracelet.

• tape measure

• gauge

• yard stick

• ruler

(a)   is a durable and flexible material created by the tanning of animal rawhide and skin, often cattle hide.

A type of needle with blunt end and a large eye very useful for beading.

• Embroidery needles

• Tapestry needles

• Beading needles

It is a non-toxic modeling material that can be sculpted, molded or shaped, and air dries to a hard finish that can be carved, or sanded.

• Paper clay

• Polymer clay

• PVC clay

• Paper

(a)   is an extruded metal and is quite versatile in jewelry-making because it can hold its shape.

A type of needles which is blunt end and a large eye very useful for beading.

• Embroidery needle

• Tapestry needle

• Beading needle

• Sewing needle

A small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material

• findings

• wire

• beads

• clay