Tools and Jigs for Multiples
Instructor: Jayne Redman
November 14-16, 2025
9:00am – 4:30pm, EST
Miami Jewelry Institute
777 NW 72nd Ave, Suite 1015-1017
Miami, FL 33126
CLASS FEE: $450
Creating findings that combine form with function will add to the uniqueness of your designs. The challenge is in duplicating them! Jayne Redman will show you how by introducing you to the many methods of making tools and jigs she has developed.
This workshop will focus on ways to duplicate three dimensional shapes in wire including linkage systems, ear wires, clasps, and other unique findings and components. You will make a series of tools that will give you time saving ways of measuring, cutting, connecting and forming sheet and wire accurately in coils, circles, and straight lengths.
Learn how to modify pliers to create perfect wire loops with accurate inside diameters, tapered tube crimps to attach tubular clasps to chain or neck wire coils, notches in handmade ear posts, and specialty forming pliers.
Hard and thermal reactive plastics are perfect for forming tools and jigs that won't mar metal. Some of the tools you will make include a "u" tool for conforming both sides of a shape at once, pushing tools that model metal in various ways, and a fingernail tool that will slide over and under shapes to be bent, and assist in closing loops. Design multiple jigs for single and reverse curve ear wires and linkage systems, and easily duplicate cloisonne wires.
You will gain the knowledge to comfortably modify existing tools and invent tools and jigs of your own design. You will be able to make exact duplicates of your forms and findings, enhancing your craftsmanship and adding appeal to your jewelry.
About Jayne
Nature provides an endless reference for imagination and invention. The linear quality of stems and the fullness of flower buds inspire my jewelry. I enjoy integrating mechanics with design, allowing each piece to function in a visually intriguing way. I work with multiples of the same shape engineering them to fit precisely giving an abstract impression of their botanical origin. Many years of metalsmithing have taught me the power of simplicity. My forms begin as flat metal shapes and arrive as small sculptures. Their complexity is in their conception as curving planes of origami.
Jayne Redman earned her B.F.A. in Jewelry and Silversmithing from Maine College of Art in 1977. Upon graduation she developed and taught the first Continuing Studies program in Jewelry and Metals for the college. In 1979 she became a design and production assistant for a New York jewelry designer in the fashion industry. She started her own company, Jayne Redman Jewelry, in 1982 and exhibited her work nationally at fine craft shows and galleries.
Jayne began designing her award winning Floraforms® Collection in 1995 which resulted in creating unique tools and jigs to precisely duplicate the sculptural metal and wire shapes of her jewelry. This necessitated having tools made for her assistants and then for her students as she began teaching workshops in her methods.
Jayne now teaches her innovative engineering and production techniques at jewelry schools and organizations around the country and at her studio in Southern Maine. She continues to add to her line of jewelry tools which is sold by Rio Grande Jewelry Supply, Micro-Tools, and on her website.
