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Sterling Silver & Turquoise fused saddle rings
$140.00Number 2-Handmade one-of-a-kind sterling silver and turquoise saddle ring, size 11.
The body of the ring is textured with a fused silver pattern of tiny sticks. The pattern is different in every ring. The ring band is 28mm (1 1/16”) at its widest.
The long oval turquoise is a perfect centerpiece for this wide band ring.
The ring is a very comfortable size 11.
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Sterling Silver Cuff DIY Tutorial
$19.95Sterling silver cuff with foldformed insert & patina application
Make a unique bold sterling silver cuff with a rich colored patina fold- formed insert.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 7 pages, 19 photos, a template and plenty of tips! -
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. -
Silver And Corrugated Copper Earrings DIY Tutorial
$19.95Tear Sterling silver and corrugated copper earrings
Corrugation is a method of producing parallel pleats onto a flat sheet of material, in our case sheet metal.
The deep texture of corrugated metal ads a great deal of visual interest to a piece of jewelry.
Those deep pleated folds are also very good at holding colored patinas to enhance the design even more.
This tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 13 pages and 43 photos.
The tutorial is for beginner’s students with some soldering experience.
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Shaped Silver Pendant And Earrings DIY Tutorial
$24.95Foldforming is a technique that lets you turn a flat sheet of metal into a three dimensional object.
This way of manipulating sheet metal can also add a lot of texture to it.
In this tutorial we will fold a piece of metal sheet many times to give it a eye catching texture.
We will add to this texture with stamped designs intermixed with the folds.
Once finished with the textured metal sheet we will cut out and shape a pair of round cabochons and a tear-shaped one.
The cabochons will then be framed in sterling silver using a combination bezel-tab setting for a spectacular set of earrings and pendant.
The step-by-step instructions includes how to apply and preserve colored patinas for a different look on the copper cabochons.
This tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file. It has 16 pages, 54 photos and life size template of all the components. For intermediate 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. -
Reticulated Silver Over Copper Cuff DIY Tutorial
$24.95Reticulated silver over copper cuff with foldformed cabochon.
Reticulation is a process in which silver is made to buckle in to ridges and valleys adding a very interesting and strong surface texture to the metal. This method produces one-of-a-kind pieces, very dramatic and organic looking.
Foldforming, a relatively new way of manipulating metal is another technique that gives a very interesting surface to metal.
Our cuff will have as a focal piece a foldformed cabochon, treated with chemical patinas to achieve a deep rich blue-green color.The cabochon will be attached with a riveted setting onto the reticulated cuff.
This is a perfect project to recycle all your sterling silver scraps cutouts.
This is a project for the intermediate to advanced student.
It requires the use of an acetylene torch with a big tip.The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 18 pages, 59 photos and plenty of tips!
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Reticulated Silver Cuff with Natural Stone Donut Focal DIY PDF Tutorial
$14.95This project is about using a large gemstone donut as the focal piece
of a cuff bracelet.
Reticulation on silver is a process that results in a heavily textured
metal sheet.
This method produces one-of-a-kind pieces, that are very dramatic and organic
looking.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 10 pages, 27 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips!
Includes two mini tutorials.
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Rectangular stone & silver triangle earrings
$50.001- Handmade artisan earrings in sterling silver and jasper.
Lovely red, orange and gray jasper rectangles suspended from long sterling silver triangles, hand-textured with overlapping dots.
The silver has been treated with a darkening patina to emphasize the texture surface.
The ear wires are long curving hooks in sterling silver.
Very easy to put on.
The stones are 34 x 12 mm (1 5/8x ½”)
The total length of the earrings is 45mm (1 ¾”)
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Polymer And Copper Pendant DIY Tutorial
$19.95In this tutorial we will be constructing a split bezel & tab setting for a straight sided, angular shape.
The flat shape will be made out of a multicolored piece of polymer clay.
As an alternative you can substitute the polymer piece for a torch fired enamel piece.
The project can also be turned into a solder-less piece using “cold connections “.
The instructions for a customized stainless steel cable necklace with matching clasp are also included in the step-by-step instructions.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 11 pages, 29 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill 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.
