Learn · Making and repair
Jewellery findings
The small parts that hold jewellery together: clasps, earring backs, ear wires, bails and rings. Each one drawn, with the names the trade uses for it, how it stays shut and what it suits. Click a drawing to see a part open.
Search for a part or click a drawing to see it open.
Read the guide
From sketch to ring: why it takes weeks, not days
The fifteen steps of lost-wax casting and why a ring takes weeks
How a stone is held: setting types
Twelve ways a setter holds a stone, on one ring you can slice open
Prong setting and wear
How prongs are cut and sized, and how they wear over the years