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Using a Tumbler for Jewellery
Jewellers will use a tumbler to get a professional shine and finish to the final design. A highly polished piece will ..
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Cleaning and Polishing Jewellery
Cleaning and polishing jewellery is a very important part of making handmade pieces - find how to polish and finish off your jewellery so it is of high, merchantable quality, and make more sales.
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Is Sea Glass a Gem?
Although some sea glass can be used in the same way as a gem, for making jewellery with sea glass for example, is it actually a gem?
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Jewellery Design - How to Colour Copper With Heat (Patination)
How to colour copper with heat - by simply using a hand-held torch. See these examples of the colours you can bring into your jewellery.
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Jewellery Studio to Rent
Did you know you can rent a whole jewellery studio, by the hour or the day, at very affordable rates? If you are starting to learn jewellery making, you might put off your start date as you believe you need a whole lot of cash to set up your own studio - but you can simply rent studios for the...
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Online Jewelry Making Courses
Why attend a class when you can attend online jewelry making courses for a fraction of the price and with all the benefits of a supportive online community..
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Silver Metal Clay: Baby Fingerprint Courses in England
Learn how to take a cast of fingerprints and turn them into silver jewellery - there are courses throughout England. It's easy, it's fun - and makes for a great home-based business! Find out where..
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Closing Jump Rings
Closing jump rings is something that can cause new jewellery makers some questions. There are several ways you can create closed jump rings - and, you'll be pleased to know, it's not always necessary. The most common ways to deal with closing jump rings are...
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Tips for Soldering Silver and Copper
When you are soldering two silver or copper surfaces together, your joint must fit together perfectly with no gaps, discover more essential tips for soldering silver and copper...
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Using a Rolling Mill to Texture Metals
If you're making jewellery with sterling silver, copper, or other metals, you'll quickly discover that a rolling mill is a great way to texture metals.
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Step by Step Wire Jewelry Magazine 2012
Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazine published 6 exciting editions in 2012 - discover new techniques, projects and jewelry design ideas for beginners as well as pros.
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Good Jewellery Making Books
When it comes to making jewellery, there are thousands of books out there, so I've started to make a list of the ones that I want - and thought I'd share it with you. When it comes to buying jewellery making books, I look for the following essential ingredients:
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Soldering Made Simple
Soldering silver and copper, to create your own jewellery is quite a straight forward process, using a minimum of affordable tools and needing a very tiny space! Like any process, once you've got a couple of techniques, tips and tricks under your belt there will be no stopping you.
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Free Beading Workshops in London
Free beading workshops in London - for all you keen beaders and jewellery makers out there to become involved.
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3 Ways to Make Your Own Jump Rings
If you're making your own jewellery, or doing chain maille,instead of buying jump rings, there are at least three ways to make your own jump rings. Making jump rings isn't difficult to do, one of the ways to make your own jump rings is "the proper way" involving a saw and the other two are ways to...
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Jewellery Making Tools: Best Ring Mandrel to Buy
As a keen, but new, entrant to the fascinating and compulsive world of making jewellery, I know it's easy to become overwhelmed with choice - which can lead to indecision and stop you from getting the tools you want. Choosing the best ring mandrel is essential if you plan on makng rings or making...
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Packaging & Posting Your Jewellery for Sale
f you're making your own jewellery to sell, one of the most important aspects of this isn't how you'll make your jewellery, but solving your packaging and posting problems. A piece of handcrafted jewellery can be transformed into the most beautiful and desirable piece ever, if you use the right...
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Sweat Soldering Copper and Silver
Sweat soldering copper and silver, or copper and other metal, is a fairly simple process of joining together two or more pieces of FLAT sheet copper or sheet silver, where you are joining a large area
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How Much to Charge For Your Jewellery
When you are making jewellery for profit, to earn a living, you need to pay careful attention to how you calculate your prices. How much to charge for your jewellery can seem quite frightening at first, until you have the confidence to charge what it's worth.
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Step by Step Wire Jewelry Magazine 2011
Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazine published a further 6 editions in 2011 - discover new techniques, projects and jewelry design ideas for beginners as well as pros.
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List of Jewellery Making Courses in England
A list of jewellery making courses and many silversmithing courses I've found that teach you to make your own silver and copper jewellery from scratch. These jewellery making courses are daytime courses of at least one day's duration.
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Wire for Jewellery Making
Of the many wires available for making jewellery, which wire is the best for the jewellery you want to make? This question is asked by many jewellery making enthusiasts and I hope the information below helps you to understand which is the best wire for jewellery for you.
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Make Your Own Earring Earwires Without Tools
You can make your own ear wires easily at home, without using any special tools at all! To make your own ear wires is very easy to do and the cost of materials is negligible -
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Learning Wire Work Techniques
Learning wire work techniques is like learning any new skill, you need to keep learning new things all the time. Set yourself a target, get yourself some great wire work books - written by top authors, with great pictures to follow.