Jewellery findings base nickel can help make jewellery stand out in every way. Just ask any jewellery-maker who has had an opportunity to work with this material.

Essentially, jewellery findings are component materials used for making jewellery. They cover a wide base of uses, and are often made from base metals. Base metals include silver, tin, gold, brass, copper, and obviously, nickel. Nickel in its elemental form is very hard. This makes it more difficult to use nickel in its purest form, as it is hard to manipulate and shape accordingly.

This is the reason why nickel is often mixed with copper and zinc by reputable providers of jewellery. The reason for nickel's popularity is its shine, with a darker sheen than sterling silver or silver-plating. It is also cost competitive against sterling silver. Moreover, nickel is often used as base for any material that is set for gold plating later on.

With its characteristic appearance and relative cost advantage,
it is obvious why nickel is being used in various jewellery findings. Often, these can be in garment fasteners and buttons, or even in necklace clasps and locks, spacers, chains, bead caps, or even in barrettes and cufflinks.

Nonetheless, nickel continues to be popular material particularly in jewellery items that are not worn over prolonged periods. This is because some people complain of contracting contact dermatitis from wearing nickel-based earrings and necklaces that are in constant contact with the skin. For jewellery-makers, therefore, it is important to find out if your client has had previous cases of contact dermatitis, or any skin reaction to exposure to nickel. Should there be none, you can hazard the use of nickel-based jewellery findings especially in jewellery seldom worn or seldom in direct contact to the skin. Otherwise, alternatives like sterling silver are available. Because findings are used in specific areas of jewellery, the entire design need not be changed when shifting from nickel to sterling silver.