What are the different parts of an earring called?
Essential earring parts (findings) include the post or wire for insertion, the decorative front piece, and the backing (clutch/scroll) that secures it. Key components for making earrings are ear hooks (French wires), lever backs, jump rings, head pins, and eye pins, available in materials like gold, silver, and stainless steel.
MEET KARIN
Like all rewarding journeys, Karin Jamieson’s path to becoming an award-winning jewelry designer has included a detour or two.
After successful post-collegiate turns as a travel agent, and then as a financial advisor for a major investment firm, Karin decided to pursue her life-long interest in gemstones and enrolled in a course at the Gemological Institute of America.
Her passion and talent for working with rare stones was obvious, and she soon received an offer from Tiffany & Co. to take a position in sales and earn her GIA Graduate Gemologist®️ Certification.
Graduate Gemologist® Program (gia.edu). It was here that Karin began to build a roster of private clients for her own designs.