Handmade Closures

by Judy Larson

This simple shape be becomes a fabulously unique hook closure for your handmade designs.

Instructions

Create your own:

Using 18 or 20 gauge wire, make a framework of any shape that complements your creation.

Judy Larson's Handmade Closures - , Findings & Components, Toggles & Clasps, Earwire & Headpin, Findings, Clasps, Components, Beginning Silver clasp

Judy Larson's Handmade Closures - , Findings & Components, Toggles & Clasps, Earwire & Headpin, Findings, Clasps, Components, Using 6 step pliers

Leave a long enough "tail" that can be formed into the hook portion of the closure.

That's it - Your done! Now try a few on your own...

You can fill the frame with beads or other wire work.

Judy Larson's Handmade Closures - , Findings & Components, Toggles & Clasps, Earwire & Headpin, Findings, Clasps, Components, Bead filled clasp

Judy Larson's Handmade Closures - , Findings & Components, Toggles & Clasps, Earwire & Headpin, Findings, Clasps, Components, Decorated clasps

Materials

18 Gauge Round Half Hard 1/10 Sterling Silver Filled Wire

H10-18H

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 feet
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 1FT
Price: $1.82
Gold Club Price: $1.36

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20 Gauge Round Half Hard 1/10 Sterling Silver Filled Wire

H10-20H

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 feet
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 1FT
Price: $1.30
Gold Club Price: $0.97

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Sterling Silver Beads Bright 2mm - Pack of 25

K9-139

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $2.32
Gold Club Price: $1.74

Out of Stock

Sterling Silver Beads Bright 3mm - Pack of 25

K9-140

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $3.70
Gold Club Price: $2.78

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Sterling Silver Beads Bright 14mm - Pack of 1

K9-137

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $7.48
Gold Club Price: $5.61

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Sterling Silver Beads Corrugated 6mm - Pack of 5

K9-153

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $4.84
Gold Club Price: $3.63

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28 Gauge Round Dead Soft .925 Sterling Silver Wire

H8-28D

Lesson Quantity: 2.00 feet
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 5FT
Price: $2.68
Gold Club Price: $2.01

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Tools

6 Step Barrel Plier - Pack of 1

G2-503

G2-503
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $14.95
Gold Club Price: $11.21

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C.H.P Milano Italian Flush Cutter, 5 1/2 Inches

PLR-487.00

PLR-487.00
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $16.97
Gold Club Price: $12.73

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Wubbers Jumbo Round Mandrel Pliers

G2-1305

G2-1305
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $35.97
Gold Club Price: $26.98

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Category: Findings
Technique(s): Making Findings

Reviews

Judy Larson

My philosophy has always been "I will never live long enough to learn everything I want to learn, go everywhere I want to go and see everything I want to see!" So, what I make and how I create it is always changing and evolving. I was born shortly after WWII to parents who grew up during the Depression. They always had a "we can do it, we can make it" attitude which rubbed off on my two younger brothers and me. My brothers are amazing and can make and do ANYTHING! When I was a little girl, my mother gave me an old carved cigar box, which I cherish, filled with pop beads, wooden beads and yarn for stringing. That was the beginning of my jewelry making journey.

On a visit to the Grand Canyon when I was a young woman, I was fortunate enough to help a Native American silversmith sand cast my first silver bracelet and bezel set a large turquoise nugget on top. I was in love, hook, line and sinker! While working full time and having a family here in northern Minnesota, my artistic endeavors slowed down but never stopped. I am an artist, scrapbooker, seamstress, woodworker and jewelry artisan. Now that I am retired, I am able to indulge in all my hobbies. However, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, but I try!

I have been teaching community education beginner and intermediate jewelry making classes since my retirement. Many of my students have been bitten so hard by the jewelry making bug that they say I have turned them into monsters-they just can't get enough. Making jewelry, seeing something take shape from small bits and pieces, is so rewarding that I hope it brings out the "monster" in you, too!