# Wireworking with Beads for Jewelry Making with Raissa Bump

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## Overview

Create a chain link necklace and learn techniques for working with beads from Raissa Bump in Wireworking with Beads for Jewelry Making.

Raissa is a jewelry maker, and in this beginner-friendly class, she will show you how to create a chain with bead details. You will learn how to:

- Measure, snip, and solder or fuse your metal for link making
- Connect and shape links of varying sizes to make a chain necklace
- Add charms or beads for detail

Raissa will share best practices for working with jeweler's tools and discuss which materials are the best fit for the project.

## Instructors

### Raissa Bump

As a girl Raïssa Bump spent hours making beaded jewelry and weaving. She later went on to study jewelry at Rhode Island School of Design and Alchmia School of Contemporary Jewelry in Florence, Italy. Since graduating, Raïssa has had her own studio, making mostly jewelry and a little knitwear.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $29