Jewelry techniques

Free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry.

The oohhs and aahhs from our last post on wire wrapping (see our February blog post) are still being voiced. I am so in love with this jewelry making technique that I just can’t help but find beautiful jewelry pieces and artisans to talk about. Here is yet MORE Wire Wrapping Inspiration for sharing! Aren’t [...]

Master stone setting with expert jewelry artists from Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine. Learn to make bezel, prong and other stone settings.

Wire wrapping techniques. Wire wrapped pendant tutorial. Tree of Life wire wrapped pendant. Step by step master classes - Valeriy Vorobev.

Free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry.

Get your copper jewelry making on! Start from scratch with this basic tutorial, continue on to some beginner projects, and then read on for more!

This week's Beadalon Facebook Live Video focused on getting back to the basics - how to make professional, quality jewelry that lasts. Beadalon …

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Twisted wire jewelry tutorials. How do you make a twisted wire? How to twist wire with a drill. For my jewelry, I often use twisted wire of different thicknesses. Today I want to share with you my simple ways to make twisted wire at home without using expensive tools. I think you can find these common tools, you can find them in almost every home.

There are so many "real metal" jewelry ideas that can be made without advanced metalsmithing skills, so I'm thrilled to share with you today a very basic, beginner tutorial on how to make hoop earrings