Be inspired by Amanda and Jane’s rich wire colours mixed with CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements. Learn how to hammer your own leafy wire links, create flat coil embellishments and adapt this technique to create a stylish autumn collection.
INTRODUCTION
This collection combines hammering, wrapping and coiling wire, while integrating CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements beads, pearls and flat [...]
With satin ribbon featuring in many of this seasons jewellery designs, it can be a challenge keeping those edges from fraying.
You can try snipping at an angle with your scissors but the ends still unravell after it’s been worn.
We’ve found the best way to stop fraying is to carefully run a lighter flame over the edge of the [...]
A wig jig is a board (wooden or acrylic) with pegs that sit in the holes. You can arrange the pegs in patterns so that you can wind wire around and create shapes that can be repeated again and again. It can be used to create intricate patterns or jewellery findings. Great for uniform shapes [...]
This gorgeous design using CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements was styled by Shiney Company’s Camilla Frayling. You’ll see it featured in this months Beads and Beyond Magazine. With long, large necklaces at the height of fashion, this is a must for your summer wardrobe.
This catwalk style necklace is fun to make as you create and hammer [...]
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 [...]
Learn to make your own Toggle Clasp with a Hoop and T-bar. We recently featured Part 1 of this free jewellery tutorial, showing you how to make the hoop part of the clasp. This post shows you how to create the T-bar with 0.8mm wire. We have used a plated craft wire, however, once you [...]
Pinch Bail
I often hear tales of cracked crystal and glass when people first use pinch bails and triangle clamps to attach pendants to necklaces. Many people work with pliers to close these findings, but the easiest and safest way is to use your fingers. You’ll find the triange clamps and the pinch bails generally open easily but [...]
When you are using toggle clasps to finish your jewellery designs, you need to consider the size of the ‘ring part’ of the clasp and the size of the beads near the end of the necklace (and the jump ring if you are using one). If you have beads larger than the inside diameter of the ‘ring part’, you’ll [...]
Hard crimps, soft crimps I hear you say; some of us didn’t even know they came in different types of metal and were had different uses. This hard crimp/soft crimp thing is something we discovered some years ago and I’m sorry to say it was discovered due to necklaces falling apart (a very long time ago I hasten [...]
