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Getting Started Making Jewellery – What style shall I make?

If you are thinking about taking up jewellery making as a hobby or to develop into an income, there are some things you might want to consider before you invest in the various tools and jewellery supplies required.

What style of jewellery do you want to make? The images and titles below are just some of the styles of jewellery you can make. There are many other styles too such as traditional silver smithing, Precious metal clay and Polymer Clay. Designers make jewellery with all sorts of materials, acrylic, feathers, shell, DIY items such as washers and pipe, safety pins, guitar plectrums and even old tin cans and crisp packets. You can experiment and see what style is for you.

The good news is many of the styles listed below require the same start up materials and tools. So it’s not expensive to set youself up and you can try making the different styles and see which ones you enjoy most.

Traditional Beadwork

Wire Work

Stringing and crimping

Textured

 

Cord and knotting

Chain and linking

Chainmaille

Knitting and crochet

Polymer Clay

Tiaras, Fascinators & Hair Accessories


Basic tools required

Snipe Nose Pliers
Round Nose Pliers
Flat Nose Pliers
Side Cutters

Additional Tools for Wire Work
Nylon Jaw Plies (for straightening unwanted bends in wire and for gripping wire without dent it)
Flush Cutters (better for thicker wires)
Chasing Hammer and Steel Block (for hammering wire)
Wig Jig (for making repetitive shapes)
Coiling Gizmo (for making coiled beads)
Crimping Tool (for making square flat crimps round)
5 step madrel (for creating your own jump rings)
Ring stick/mandrel (for making wire rings)

If you are interested in finding out more about any of these areas, drop us a line and we’ll do our best to advise you…