Jump Ring Designers - Inspiration

Researching jump ring jewelry techniques, I came across Jordeva Designs by Heather Jordison. This artist offered clean designs using different traditional jump ring weaves, like the ones below:

Byzantine weave                                      Helm weave                     Infinity Weave

Another designer who goes by Bearchick (Mary Carter) creates designs that incorporate a variety of jump ring chain designs as well as charms and beads into one piece.

KcazDesigns by Lisa Kaczmarek of British Columbia designed this beautiful necklace. She doesn't have more examples of jump ring work but I love the cascading effect of this design. 

 


Lisa Granados of ARTisian Corner created an interesting design with captive beads using jump rings. Here are some of her designs.

The last artist I researched and the one I found most inspirational was Jennifer LaDouceur, whose shop is called Tattooed and Chained. Her prolific body of work is almost exclusively from jump rings. Some examples:




The bracelet on the left was described as a 'full persian weave', and is made from copper. It looks complicated but reminded me of work we might create because of the material.









This bracelet is a good example of a lot of her work - she combines many bright colors with dark rings to make the jewelry really stand out.

Imagine if the earrings pictured here were joined at top and bottom points with another smaller link. That would be something I'd like to create myself.

I love this pendant for its geometric design.

This is called a dragonscale chainmaille, I included it because it is so impressive; it looks to me like a pinecone.










For the clasps, I researched and found these images to guide my designs:

I like these textured, hammered designs for the s-hook clasps.

Here are some examples of toggle clasps: