How to Make a Clover Clasp Wire Wrapped Jewelry Tutorial
How to Make a Clover Clasp Wire Wrapped Jewelry Tutorial
This wire wrapped jewelry clasp always gets a thumbs up from everyone who sees it – and it’s very easy to make!
You’ll need these supplies:
wire
You’ll need these tools:
hammer
steel plate or anvil
Bent nose or chain nose plyers
flat nose pliers are optional
round nose pliers
file
Directions for the Tutorial:
1.) Cut 2 inches of wire with your flush cutters. Make a loop and flatten it.
2.) About one half of an inch up from the loop grasp your wire with the base of your round nose pliers and make a loop.
3.) Wrap the end of the wire at least one full turn just above the smaller loop. I used my flat nose pliers to hold the large loop while wrapping. You can use your chain nose pliers. Hammer the larger loop flat at the curve.
4.) Begin by making the clover the same way you make clover links, with one exception. You need to make the leaves of the clover in a clockwise fashion so that the open leaf is not across from the open hook. Look at the picture at the top of the page to see where the 2nd open leaf is. You don’t want this across from the hook because that will make the clasp less strong.
5.) Loop the hook letting the wire stick straight out so that you can work with it.
6.) Hammer and round up the tip of the hook part of the clasp. Then hammer the round parts of each loop to harden the wire. I flatten the loop of the clasp, but you can just tap it until it is hard if you wish.
