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Bulk Chains and Chains by the Inch

Buy chains in bulk or by the inch or foot even from this list of vendors. Chain is an excellent jewelry component to use in all kinds of jewelry making projects. You'll find chains available in gold, gold-filled, silver, and base metals.

Thunderbird Supply

Thunderbird Supply offers all kinds of jewelry making supplies, tools, and equipment. It also has a number of free jewelry tip tutorials on its web site.

Artbeads.com

Artbeads.com has a wide assortment of beads, of course, and lots of other supplies such as findings, wire, chain, and charms, for jewelry designers.

Stones and Findings

Just as the name of this company suggests, this jewelry supply vendors specializing in stones, pearls, findings, and chain.

Jewels N Findings

Jewels N Findings specializes in brass components including a large selection of brass stampings, filigrees, and more.

Accessories Susan

Susan specializes in Victorian style jewelry making compenents including chains and metal stampings.

Ornamentea

This company sells the traditional as well as the unusual when it comes to jewelry making supplies, including chain, wire, findings, beads, and more.

Fire Mountain Gems

This company has all kinds of jewelry supplies including sterling and gold-filled round, square, and half-round wire. They sell both retail and wholesale so you don't need to be a business.

Rings & Things

Among many other jewelry supplies, this company also offers wire. Wholesale only.

Rio Grande

All kinds of wire, including patterned wire, along with sheet that they will cut to your specifications are available from this will known jewelry supplier.

Stuller

From finished jewelry, to settings waiting for mounts, to gold wire they have all you need for your own jewelry store.

Tripps MFG

Use Tripp's Easy Mount Pre-Notched Settings to quickly mount stones in rings, earrings, and necklaces.

WigJig

You can make a variety of wire jewelry using this product. Take a look at their gallery of original wire jewelry.

CGM Inc.

This well known findings company has everything you need to connect up your beads and wire.

Wire-Sculpture.com

Here's some excellent information about wire froma professional wire wrapper: what kind should you use, technical information, and how to you care for it.

Santa Fe Jewelers Supply

Santa Fe Jewelers Supply offers a complete line of precious and base metal sheet, wire and casting grain, PMC products and tools, jewelry findings, jewelry tools, semi-precious stones and beads and display items. They also have an on-line catalog available.

Artgems Inc.com

Tons of beads and findings are included on their site along with pictures and prices. Some of the types of beads they carry include pearls, Czech, Austrian crystals, Indian glass, and gemstone beads.

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