Today = Clasps. I bought one of Hattie Sanderson’s Maglette kits at the Metal Clay World Conference in Chicago last summer and I finally got around to using it, today. Nothing is fired yet, but I am experimenting and it felt great to spend a whole day in the studio.
Magnet holders have a male and female side, making one of them deeper than the other. Once they are fired, the thin, but very strong magnets will be secured in holders with a chemical bond. (Ha ha. That’s just a fancy way of saying glue or epoxy.) My own design challenge is to fit them inside a bead or other form. I have a lot to learn about how to best make these work for me.
Inside a lentil bead looks like it will be a good basic design for a lot of the necklaces I make.
I think this one will sit funny when it is strung, but I’ll fire it anyway to try it out. It would have been better to attach “holders” directly to the sides, rather than slipping wires under a decorative top piece.
I have a total of eight magnet holders to work with for this kiln firing. I hope the design below will work out well for some of my beach rock necklaces. This was using one of the smallest magnet holders, which may mean it won’t be strong enough for rocks. But maybe some pearls?
Barbara S Fernald Jewelry 
oh,oh,oh! those look GREAT! that magnet set keeps looking at me from my drawer saying “try me!” and i keep slamming the drawer shut!
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Ha ha. What is it about “new” things? I was talking with someone, (you?) last fall about the “tri-cord knotter” and that I had that thing hanging around for 3 years before I finally got around to using it. Now I use it all the time.
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