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This document provides instructions for assembling a modular link bracelet using jump rings. The bracelet links are created by connecting closed jump rings together in sets of 2+2+2 links. Multiple 2+2+2 link sections are then joined together using additional open jump rings placed through the links to form the bracelet. The linked sections are attached until the desired length is reached, and then a clasp is attached to complete the bracelet.

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Chain La

This document provides instructions for assembling a modular link bracelet using jump rings. The bracelet links are created by connecting closed jump rings together in sets of 2+2+2 links. Multiple 2+2+2 link sections are then joined together using additional open jump rings placed through the links to form the bracelet. The linked sections are attached until the desired length is reached, and then a clasp is attached to complete the bracelet.

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Take a modular approach

to assembling this link


bracelet that looks tricky
but goes together fast
by Anne E. Mitchell

Make
a
bracelet of
five years ago,
I was handed two sections of flat chain
mesh and challenged to figure out how to
connect them. Hooked from then on,
I began researching anything related
to chainmaking. I also started teaching
classes, because I enjoy sharing my deep
passion for creating chain links out of
jump rings. Three years ago, I went on a
trip to the silver markets and workshops
of Taxco, Mexico. This is the region that
supplied silver to the Spanish court in
the 1500s; it serves today as a living
monument to the art and craft of silversmithing. While I was there, a double
cross link chain created by a local silversmith caught my eye. As a class project,
this design has proven popular with
novices because it produces a polished
look and presents satisfying challenges.

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William Zuback

One evening about

Process photos by Kate Ferrant Richbourg

10
Assemble 2+2+2 links

materials
1 troy ounce of
sterling silver 3mm
inside diameter 18gauge jump rings
sterling silver
toggle or lobster
claw clasp
Tools:
bent chainnose
pliers
chainnose pliers
Note: Anne sells the
jump rings for this
project through her
store, Beadissimo, in
San Francisco. To
order the jump rings,
call 415-282-2323
and ask for Style
Code JJ.

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Prepare to assemble the bracelet links by closing


84 of the jump rings. [1] Open 42 other jump
rings. [2] Place four of the closed jump rings on
one of the open jump rings and close the open
jump ring. [3] Place a second open jump ring
around the same four closed rings. [4] You now
have a strand of three sets of links with two
rings in each section. [5] This is called a 2+2+2
link. Assemble at least 21 of these 2+2+2 link
sections for a 7" (18cm) bracelet.

Join the sections


Open 40 more jump rings. These will be used to
join the 2+2+2 link sections. Position two of the
2+2+2 link sections with one centered above
the other to form a T-shape. [6] To help describe
the next step, I will call the cross section at the
top of the T Part A and the vertical section
below it Part B. Attach these two sections,
using the newly opened jump rings. First,
connect the top rings of Part B to one of the
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When determining how long to


make your bracelet, take into
account the additional length
that the clasp will add at the
two ends. Note that in these
step-by-step photographs, the
rings you will be using to join
the sections of jump rings have
been blackened to help you see
how they work more clearly.

side rings of Part A. [7] Now connect the same


top rings of Part B to the other set of side rings
on Part A. [8] Place another 2+2+2 link at a 90
angle at the base of the section you just finished
assembling. Use two more open jump rings to
attach this link to the finished assembly in the
same fashion. [9] Continue connecting the
2+2+2 link sections in this manner [10] until
you reach the desired length for your bracelet.

Attach the clasp


Use jump rings to connect the final links at
either end of your bracelet to the clasp pieces.
[11] If using a lobster claw clasp instead of the
toggle clasp shown, add a jump ring on the
opposite end to act as the loop. Be sure to end
the pattern so the chain can lie flat. AJ
Anne owns Beadissimo, a full service bead store, with
her partner, Kate Ferrant Richbourg, who created the
wire pendant project on page 76 in this issue. Anne
may be contacted directly at anne@beadissimo.com.

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