It took me awhile to find the wire that I use for most of my jewelry, I wanted something that would be good for both jump rings and wire wrapping. I found that the Beadalon brand German style wire fit the bill. Its nickle free, silver plated and comes in 4 shapes; Round, square, half round and twisted. The only downside is the largest gauge that they make is 20 gauge. I'm still looking for something similar in at least a 14 gauge.
Beadalon also makes a line of wire called artist wire, they recommend this for jump rings and chain maille and it comes in larger gauges. Its a few dollars more for the same amount of wire but I feel its far to flexible for jump rings and in order to make it non tarnish they put what seems to be a plastic shell on the wire....you have to be ULTRA careful with the wire or you can start to peel off the shell and it looks like your wire is moulting so I've stopped using this wire.
For fusing you have to use pure metals, so fine silver and gold. I order my fine silver wire online from a company called G & S inc. http://www.gsgold.com/ They have the best prices that I have found so far and great customer service.
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