Essential Guide to Jewellery Findings
Pins, scrolls, claws, hook wires & creoles.
When it comes to creating beautiful earrings these findings form the basis for every design. From Pins, Pegs and Posts we explain which the best findings for your earrings project is.
6 Tools of the trade...
Ear Pins and Posts: Also known as pegs, earring posts are the straight part of a stud fitting which goes directly through the hole in a pierced ear. They range in length from 9.5mm – 13mm and are supplied either completely plain or with a small head. The standard diameter of an earring post is 0.8mm but larger sizes are available.
Ear Studs: An earring stud is a post for a pierced ear with its decorative element already attached at the top. These can take many forms but some of the most common are ball studs, bead and ring studs (a ball stud with a small loop soldered to the base to attach a decorative dropper) and single stone set studs. Most are sold without scrolls and individually not as a pair.
Ear Scrolls and Backs: Also known as clutches, nuts and butterflies, earring scrolls grip the base of the corresponding earring pin to secure a stud fitting in the ear. They come in a wide range of sizes but you need to choose one large enough to support the weight of the stud in question, to prevent it from falling forward on the ear. Plastic backs are often used for particularly heavy or large earrings simply because they provide more support from a wider diameter at the base.
Ear Claws and Pegs: Ear claws and pegs are plain earring posts with an empty stone setting attached to the top. The settings are either traditional claw, which will require specific stone setting skills to secure the stone or the snap –in variety, where the stone can simply be pushed in. The size of stone needed for each setting is indicated in mm or pts which is a measure of carat weight for stones.
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