Jewelry Making Tutorials

Jewelry making tutorials, tips, techniques, and projects.

How to Oxidize Sterling Silver with a Boiled Egg
You can oxidize sterling silver beautifully without using liver of sulfur. Pat Greer explains how to oxidize silver naturally - using an egg!

“Golden Baroque” Jewelry Set
Follow Elena Zharina's jewelry making tutorial step-by-step to create a lovely bracelet, ring, and earring set.

Coiling Wire the Easy Way
Coiling wire doesn't have to be hard on your wrists. Pat Greer details a fast, easy, and fun wire coiling tool you can make yourself.

Getting Started with Silver Clay
Certified Art Clay Silver instructor Lis-el Crowley goes over the basics of metal clay. Discover some of the tips and tools you'll need - and see photos of Lis-el's gorgeous silver clay jewelry.

How to Make a Strong Beaded Bracelet
Brenda New shares six tips for making strong, secure beaded bracelets that can be worn for years.

Jewelry Making DVD's
Try one of these jewelry-making DVD's to learn a new technique. Go at your own pace as you take a digital jewelry class with a master instructor, in the comfort of your living room.

Jewelry Making Magazines
The best jewelry magazines for projects and inspiration as well as keeping up with jewelry trends, techniques, and materials.

Jewelry Making Books
New titles as well as beloved classics on every aspect of designing and creating jewelry. Several new books have come out lately with innovative new techniques, non-traditional materials, and big collections of examples and idea-starters.

Exquisite Wire Wrapping Tutorials
My review of "Exquisite Wire Wrapping Tutorials" - a collection of five lovely wire jewelry projects by Marlize Kasselman.

Creating and Selling Jewelry Tutorials
Discover how downloadable jewelry tutorials have dramatically increased website traffic and profits for two jewelry artists - and how they automate their entire jewelry tutorial sales process.

How to Create Jewelry Tutorials
Here's how to create a jewelry tutorial that's as wonderful for your students as if they were in a live class with you. It's one of those things that looks easier to do than it actually is - so try these tutorial creation success tips!

Teaching Jewelry Making Workshops
How to develop a jewelry-teaching side business, which can be a wonderful supplement to your jewelry sales.

Eni Oken - a Jewelry Business Success Story
Jewelry artist Eni Oken has adapted her expertise in computer graphics and fantasy art to creating handwoven wearable art. Read how she designs her incredible jewelry and popular jewelry tutorials.

Aislyn and Gary of Urban Maille Chainworks - a Jewelry Business Success Story
Urban Maille ChainWorks is a unique home-based business that supplies precious metal rings and kits for chain and chainmaille jewelry. How owners Aislyn and Gary turned their dream into success.

Bead Show Tips
Attending a bead show can be a fantastic but overwhelming experience. Faced with 200+ bead vendors, where do you start? How do you keep from overspending? How can you lug all your purchases around for hours? How do you keep track of the vendors you decide to buy from online later? You'll enjoy Kathy Reading's fantastic bead show survival tips!

Preparing for the Tucson Gem Show
The Tucson Gem Show is a wonderfully vast and overwhelming marketplace of gemstones, beads, and related goodies. Judith Altman shares her recommendations for a successful and pleasant experience at this renowned gem show.

Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show
A report from jewelry designer Beth Blackwell, who attended the show and had the opportunity to talk shop with cutting-edge jewelry designers.

Sea Glass Jewelry
A lovely writeup on sea glass lore from Jean Forman. Where to find genuine sea glass for jewelry making, how pieces of sea glass are rated for quality, and artificial vs. genuine sea glass.

Eco-Friendly Jewelry Making - What's a Green Girl to Do?
Linda Guzik shares how she reduces, reuses, and recycles for a more eco-friendly jewelry business that's in line with her green lifestyle choices.

Color in Jewelry Design
Ann Marie Hodrick's simple, wonderful method for choosing colors that work well together in a jewelry design. Includes luslcious photos of her own color combinations.

Historical Jewelry - Examples from the 1500's through 1800's
Original paintings provide a fascinating glimpse into historical jewelry fashions. Here's a look at some of the jewels shown in Old Masters' portraits.

Why Buy Jewelry from a Designer?
Teri Baskett gives customers seven excellent reasons why it's better to buy jewelry directly from the artist who designed it.

Bead and Jewelry Supplies and Tools
Tips and info on jewelry supplies, beads, gemstones, jewelry metals, software, and more.

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