Free jewelry tutorials and resources for jewelry business or hobby!
Learn to make your own lovely diamond or square shaped earwires using a fun pair of specialty jewelry making pliers. This step-by-step video tutorial shows you the technique to create perfect earwires easily and quickly. Won’t these add a special touch to your handmade earring creations? Complete list of tools + materials and notes after the video. TOOLS & SUPPLIES: • Wubber’s Jumbo Square Mandrel Pliers • two 3 inch pieces of 20 gauge wire, half hard or dead {Read More}
Learn to make square jump rings, coils, tube bails, or diamond shaped links using these fun designer jewelry making tools by Wubber’s. In this video, the developer of these specialty pliers shows us tips, tricks, and techniques as well as a few specific ways to use these square jawed pliers. Until now, there hasn’t been an easy way to make square tubes or uniform square coils. Combining mandrels with plier handles has created an ingenious tool which is both fun {Read More}
Making simple wire loops is one of the core techniques used in creating wire jewelry. Mastering this method will help you form perfect uniform loops when making eyepins, dangles, and linked bead chains. Practicing these simple loops is also a great way to become comfortable using your round nose pliers as a beginner before moving on to more advanced techniques like wrapped wire loops! These videos are the best I’ve found – Lisa Niven Kelly of Beaducation shows us clearly {Read More}
This jewelry making video shows you how to make a fun pair of earrings from an unexpected material – an upcycled plastic to-go container for sushi! These earrings are nice and light, and also very quick to make. Oh, and they’re earth-friendly, too :) Complete list of tools and supplies below the video. Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss any new videos! And don’t forget to Like and Share :) TOOLS & SUPPLIES: • one plastic {Read More}
This video shows you the basics of the lost wax casting process. Lost wax casting is a technique for making jewelry cast in metal from sculptures made of wax. Start by cutting, sculpting, or carving a 3-dimensional model out of jeweler’s wax to create a mold in the shape of the jewelry piece you want to make. The mold is then encased in a plaster-like substance called ‘investment’, and molten metal is poured into the hardened investment, burning out the wax {Read More}
