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Whether it's jewelry making, beading, quilting, knitting, or some other hobby--or even housekeeping--one good tip is enough to make your day and change your world. Friday is Jewelry Making Daily's third birthday (whee!), and here are the 11 most memorable and helpful wire jewelry-making tips...
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Sterling silver has always been my favorite metal to wear, collect, and work with, and like many of you, my fingers are crossed for the day it becomes affordable again (if that ever happens). Meanwhile, I get my little joys from finding a $10 sterling silver fork or cup in an antique store that has been...
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The ideals behind the Arts & Crafts movement have appealed to me for some time, being that I use little or no electricity in my work. I like the feel of the metal and the file in my hands as I file excess metal and the high polish that the burnisher leaves along the edges of a piece. People tell...
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Guess what? We've just updated and re-released one of our most popular free eBooks, Silversmithing Techniques from Jewelry Making Daily : 3 Free Silver Jewelry Making Projects plus Bonus Silver Findings Projects . It provides step-by-step instructions with close-up photos to guide you through three...
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When I first discovered resin jewelry-making, I think it appealed to me because it was so much like making snow globes (which I love) in jewelry. I can put anything inside that I want to treasure and preserve, and then wear it like a pretty little reminder. If only there was a way to put shakable glitter...
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White metals have always been my thing. Back in the 1980s and '90s, I did wear yellow gold jewelry--but mostly because that's what my Dad, who was my primary jewelry-gifter at the time, bought me. Soon after that, possibly during my "hippie" college years, I became a fan of silver jewelry...
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The first time I read Kate Richbourg's new soldering book Simple Soldering , I found myself smiling and even laughing at times, because mixed in with all the great tips and informative soldering tutorials is Kate's personality. It's hard to find words to describe it--fun and bubbly just don't...
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In a recent issue of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine, we shared the metalwork of students at RIT who were challenged to use Fretz miniature hammers and stakes to create metal jewelry designs. Here are some of their inspiring pieces and enlightening stories. --Tammy Compiled by Helen I. Driggs...
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Just in time for holiday gift-giving, here's a quick and fun earring-making project, courtesy of our friends at Fusion Beads. With wrapped wire and textured and dapped metal, they're stylish and modern but not difficult to make, so you can set up a little elf-style assembly line and make several...
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10 Dec 2012
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Plated and coated copper-core wire offers a bounty of appealing characteristics. Even if you skip the colored craft wires and stick to alternative metal colors like gold, silver, copper, and brass, there are many advantages to using plated copper-core wires over solid metal wires, such as pure copper...
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Nightfall on the Mesa Shaman pendant in sterling silver and copper by Lexi Erickson. Hope all of our American friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving! The holiday rush has officially begun, and for many of you (and me), that means making jewelry gifts for friends and familly--or to sell at holiday shows...
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By Kate Richbourg Today I am sharing one of my favorite projects from my Simple Soldering book, the Copper Tube Bead Necklace. This was the first piece I made for the book. I love how it features a bunch of different skills (multistep soldering , dapping, cutting, and hole punching) and also highlights...
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There's so much info packed in our updated free stone-setting eBook, 8 Ways to Set Stones: Bezel Setting and Other Stone Setting Techniques , I don't know how they found room to update it! You'll learn expert stone-setting tips and tricks from jewelry artists, get step-by-step tutorials for...
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16 Nov 2012
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I always choose my micro torch over the larger torch setup whenever it will do the job just as well. I like to work with fine silver, too, which is ideal for micro torch use. Perhaps I like fine silver because it allows me to use the micro torch, or perhaps I can use the micro torch because I usually...
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9 Nov 2012
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Fellow jewelry makers, are you up for a challenge? This project shows you how to set three differently shaped, unique styles of stones (cabochons, flat beads, and faceted gems)--and then put them all together for a stunning pair of red-carpet-worthy earrings. Once you've mastered the stone-setting...