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What Are Jewellery Findings
Jewellery findings are the seemingly insignificant but vitally important components of any type of jewellery making. Without crimp beads, for example, it would be difficult to get a professional looking finish to a necklace or bracelet clasp. Jewellery findings are the solution to all jewellery making techniques, and as such a good understanding of their importance in your designs and work is essential.
The most common jewellery findings earring wires, crimp beads, eyepins, headpins and...
Soldering Jump Rings Using Sterling Silver Solder
If youre serious about making good quality jewellery, learning to solder is an essential skill. Not only will your jewellery look better and more finished, but your clasps and fastenings will be stronger and more secure as well. If you are planning to sell your silver jewellery commercially, you will also have to ensure that the solder you use is silver solder and conforms to the same hallmarking standards as the findings to be able to call your jewellery sterling silver.
Soldering is...
Jewellery Making Project Ideas Using Sterling Silver Findings
In jewellery making, one of the most essential and most often overlooked items that links your piece together is the humble sterling silver finding. Silver findings are the seemingly insignificant but vitally important components of every piece of jewellery. Without silver links, for example, you cannot secure a clasp to a necklace or interweave multiple strands of beads into a complete piece. Without crimp beads it is impossible to get a professional finish to a necklace. And without earring...
How to Solder Using Silver Solder and a Butane Torch
The technique of soldering is an essential part of jewellery making and not as intimidating or difficult as beginners often think. Silver solder is used to make findings such as jump rings more secure or to hold pieces of the jewellery in place within a design, so a little practice will ensure that your final result is as professional and as clean as possible.
Silver solder comes in various different grades, each defined by their particular melting point. Ex-easy and easy are probably the...
Jewellery Making Applications of Silver Findings
No jewellery workbox is complete without a selection of silver findings. Essential to any form of jewellery making, silver findings are cheap, plentiful and have a huge range of applications in every aspect of the craft. Used in everything from earrings to broaches, bracelets, necklaces and rings, silver findings are a cheap alternative to gold, allowing everyone to explore the fascinating world of creating their own jewellery.
Silver findings also make it possible to incorporate other aspects...
Using Swarovski Crystal Beads For Making Beaded Jewellery
Swarovski crystal beads add a new dimension of sparkle to any jewellery making project. Fun, simple to use and producing spectacular results for very little cost, these delicate glass crystals are specifically designed to shimmer and catch the light, transforming a simple design into something that dazzles with chic elegance. A simple multi-stranded necklace can be one of the easiest ways to transform an ordinary outfit into something spectacular, and you dont need any specialist equipment to...
A Beginner s Guide To Wire Wrapping
The technique of wire wrapping has been used to make jewellery since around 2000 BC. It is a method used to hand-make jewellery that depends on the skill of the craftsman, using findings to connect the various components of the piece.
Findings are the connective components of a piece, such as clasps, earwires, crimps, jumprings, linklocks and boltrings. Findings can be made from virtually any metal and you will find silver findings, gold findings and copper findings commonly used to enhance a...
Making Charms Using Swarovski Crystal Beads
Swarovski is the brand name for the range of precision-cut lead-crystal glass and related products produced by Swarovski AG of Wattens, Austria. These beautiful beads were first created in 1892 and transformed Victorian jewellery design. Today, these pretty crystals are as popular as ever in jewellery making and are ideal for making a complete range of items from earrings to necklaces, bracelets and broaches.
In order to create a crystal that allows light to refract in a rainbow spectrum,...
Jewellery Making Using Sterling Silver Findings
Sterling silver findings are the essential components that link together the parts of a piece of jewellery and give you that professional finish. Without jewellery findings it would be very difficult to incorporate gemstones into your work, for example, or to link the ends of a simple chain and turn it into a beautiful necklace. By using silver findings, you can give your jewellery that professional look and increase the value of the finished piece.
Sterling silver is quite a soft metal, so...
Essential Jewellery Making Tools For Beginners
Like any other craft, jewellery making has a list of essential tools that will make your hobby much more enjoyable and your results much more professional. For the beginner it can be confusing as the huge selection of tools available range from the basic to the specialist. However, there are certain jewellery making tools that should have a place in everyones studio.
The first thing to look at is your surroundings. Tools dont just include pliers and cutters the definition also incorporates...
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