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Series 2-Metalwork For Your Lampwork DIY Tutorials
About half way through my two and a half years of metalworking classes, I took a 2-day lampwork and fusing workshop. I loved making glass beads, the color combinations are infinite and the variety of glass available (frit, stringers, rod, sheet) gives you a very wide field for experimentation. But, after making the first boxful of beads, you go: “Hmm… what do I do with them?” The natural progression was to use my lampwork beads on my metalwork jewelry. As I worked on a couple of projects, it occurred to me that there were a lot of people out there like me. This set of tutorials was conceived with the idea of offering lampworkers, beaders and wire workers an alternative way of incorporating their beads onto one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces using metalworking techniques. The projects will teach you how to make a fully handmade piece of jewelry and say goodbye to commercial findings. Although the projects are made with lampwork beads, many of them have photos of the same project using other beads (wood, coral, bone and semi-precious stones)About half way through my two and a half years of metalworking classes, I took a 2-day lampwork and fusing workshop. I loved making glass beads, the color combinations are infinite and the variety of glass available (frit, stringers, rod, sheet) gives you a very wide field for experimentation. But, after making the first boxful of beads, you go: “Hmm… what do I do with them?”
The natural progression was to use my lampwork beads on my metalwork jewelry. As I worked on a couple of projects, it occurred to me that there were a lot of people out there like me.
This set of tutorials was conceived with the idea of offering lampworkers, beaders and wire workers an alternative way of incorporating their beads onto one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces using metalworking techniques.
The projects will teach you how to make a fully handmade piece of jewelry and say goodbye to commercial findings.
Although the projects are made with lampwork beads, many of them have photos of the same project using other beads (wood, coral, bone and semi-precious stones)
About half way through my two and a half years of metalworking classes, I took a 2-day lampwork and fusing workshop. I loved making glass beads, the color combinations are infinite and the variety of glass available (frit, stringers, rod, sheet) gives you a very wide field for experimentation. But, after making the first boxful of beads, you go: “Hmm… what do I do with them?”
The natural progression was to use my lampwork beads on my metalwork jewelry. As I worked on a couple of projects, it occurred to me that there were a lot of people out there like me.
This set of tutorials was conceived with the idea of offering lampworkers, beaders and wire workers an alternative way of incorporating their beads onto one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces using metalworking techniques.
The projects will teach you how to make a fully handmade piece of jewelry and say goodbye to commercial findings.
Although the projects are made with lampwork beads, many of them have photos of the same project using other beads (wood, coral, bone and semi-precious stones)
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Wavy lines pendant l DIY Tutorial
$9.95A simple but eye-catching pendant.
This is a beginner’s project that involves annealing the metal to make it easy to texture and the use of another “cold connection”, the screw & nut.
Transferring a texture pattern onto sheet metal can be done in many different ways, by hand or with the use of a rolling mill.
For our project we will use the low-tech approach of transferring the texture by hand.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 7 pages, 17 photos, a life size template of all the components, plenty of tips. For beginner skill students. -
Wavy Lines Pendant II DIY Tutorial
$9.95This is the third no-solder pendant project.
In this project I experimented with the same pendant shape but used
two different textures. I played with the use of liver of sulfur and
changed the color of the lampwork bead.
These changes gave each pendant a different feel; each one is a one-of-
a-kind piece.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 6 pages, 16 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students. -
Three link riveted cabochon bracelet DIY Tutorial
$19.95Cabochons can be set in a variety of ways, a bezel being the most
common.
Bezel setting, if not using a commercial made bezel cup, requires soldering.
With this bracelet we will use a couple of non-soldering ways to set a
cabochon.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 13 pages, 40 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner & intermediate skill students. -
Simple Tab Setting Ring DIY Tutorial
$9.95Tabs are small tongues cut into sheet metal that when folded or wrapped around an object can attach it to the metal sheet.
Tabs are one of the simplest “cold connections “.
In this project we will use them to set a small cylindrical bead on to a wide textured ring band.
This tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 5 pages, 14 photos, a template and plenty of tips. The tutorial is for beginners and intermediate students. -
Simple Forged Neck Wire for Large Focal Bead DIY Tutorial
$9.95Large lampwork beads are time-consuming to make, but they offer the
maker a larger surface area to play with color combinations, frits, and
other decorations.
The best way to display these large beads is often something simple
that draws the eye to the focal point of the necklace: your beautiful
complex bead.
Forging large gauge wire is an easy way to make a sturdy choker to
display your one-of-a-kind focal bead.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 9 pages, 19 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students. -
Shaped and Forged Double Head Pin Earrings DIY Tutorial
$9.95Forging is a fast and satisfying way of giving texture to your metal
pieces. This technique uses controlled hammering to shape metal.
The thin end of a riveting hammer can give a very nice texture.
Shaping and forging the thicker gauge wire before applying the glass
eliminates the danger of damaging the glass drops.
This tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 7 pages, 19 photos, a template and plenty of tips. The tutorial is for beginners and intermediate students. -
Screw-on Interchangeable Cabochon Ring DIY Tutorial
$19.95Nothing beats a piece of jewelry that has interchangeable parts! And if you are the one making the parts, even better! You can make as many different ones as you want: change the shape, choose the colors of the piece to match your wardrobe. The possibilities are endless!
This tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 8 pages, 24 photos, a template and plenty of tips. The tutorial is for intermediate and advance students. -
Riveted Copper Cuff with Glass Disks DIY Tutorial
$14.95Cold connections are a fun way to add lampwork glass to metal jewelry
pieces.
In this project we will be making a cuff bracelet in copper with riveted
textured elements.
The organic lampwork glass disks will be connected to the cuff with
miniature hex screws and nuts.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 8 pages, 22 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students. -
Reverse texture Copper and silver earrings DIY Tutorial
$9.95There are many ways to texture metal; one of the easiest is to use hammers that have some design cut in to their faces. There are some available at jewelry suppliers or you can make your own.
In this project we will use a commercially available hammer. Its one of my favorites; you get a surface covered with tiny overlapping squares.
We will get a “reverse” texture on the silver by rolling it through the rolling mill.
Obtaining a raised squares texture.
This tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 7 pages, 16 photos, a template and plenty of tips. The tutorial is for beginners and intermediate students. -
Oval Links and Glass Ring Toggle Clasp Bracelet DIY Tutorial
$14.95Big lampwork rings are beautiful. They are mostly used as pendants,
but they can also be used as unique toggle clasps.
We will be making soldered oval rings and hand stamped elements for
the body of the bracelet.
We will use a big lampwork glass ring lined with a split copper tube as
the one-of-a-kind focal toggle.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 15 pages, 39 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! As an extra, It comes with a variant to make a Long Chain Necklace. For intermediate skill students. -
Oval Folded-over Flower Ring DIY Tutorial
$9.95On this ring we will manipulate a piece of sheet metal onto a three
dimensional ring.
The use of tiny drill bits lets us cut inside lines on the piece with the
Jeweler’s saw.
This tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 5 pages, 14 photos, a template and plenty of tips. The tutorial is for beginners and intermediate students. -
Loop Head Pin Bracelet DIY Tutorial
$9.95After making many beads on regular mandrels, most bead makers
want to try making beads with larger holes.
These beads can fit onto the popular cable bracelets on the market.
They can also be used to make pendants or toggle clasps.
Here we will be making a simple linked bracelet to showcase your
large hole beads.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 5 pages, 13 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students. -
Lentil bead frame pendant DIY PDF Tutorial
$9.95A texture-rich frame setting to complement a large lentil bead; easy and fast to make.
This is a very versatile setting. Change the metal, the texture, or the edge, and you have a different, unique setting for another bead.
For this project we will again use a “cold connection”: the tab
This type of setting can be modified to work for other bead shapes as well.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 6 pages, 15 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner to intermediate skill students. -
Large Washer Ring DIY Tutorial
$9.95This is a very simple and fast ring project to make if you have the 2 big disk cutters.
The pyramid shaped head pin was made by pressing the hot glass into one half of a crystal shaped bead press.
At the end of the ring tutorial you will find a mini tutorial and some tips to make these pyramid shaped headpins.
This tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 6 pages, 17 photos, a template and plenty of tips. The tutorial is for beginners and intermediate students. -
Large gauge spiral bangle DIY PDF Tutorial
$14.95Large gauge wire can be forged, stamped, filed or cut to make
beautiful neck wires and bangles.
Forging flat such a thick wire will give it a rounded, very organic edge
that cannot be obtained with a sheet metal strip.
It will also give us a bigger area to show texture.
This wide textured bangle will showcase your handmade lampwork
head pins or disks beautifully.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 8 pages, 22 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students. -
Large Forged Head Pin and Domed Earrings DIY Tutorial
$14.95Head pins are very versatile jewelry making elements. They can be used to connect pieces, thread beads and attach elements.
For our head pins I added a twist: making them with a thicker gauge than regular head pins. I forged and stamped the wire before winding the glass around the tip.
Doming is a way of shaping metal that gives volume to a at sheet of material. In this case we will be doming a textured disk into a shallow bowl.
This tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 8 pages, 24 photos, a template and plenty of tips. The tutorial is for beginners and intermediate students.
