Jewelry Making

Want to make your own jewelry but aren’t sure how? Do you have an idea for unique metal jewelry but need help putting it together? We’ve got you covered! With these mixed media tutorials, learn the best techniques to craft your own accessories. The mixed media artists featured here have great step- by- step guides for making bracelets, earrings, protective talismans, wire jewelry patterns and more. You can also learn about the best jewelry making tools and supplies, including supplies made by our authors!

Want to make your own jewelry but aren’t sure how? Do you have an idea for unique metal jewelry but need help putting it together? We’ve got you covered! With these mixed media tutorials, learn the best techniques to craft your own accessories. The mixed media artists featured here have great step- by- step guides for making bracelets, earrings, protective talismans, wire jewelry patterns and more. You can also learn about the best jewelry making tools and supplies, including supplies made by our authors!

Making Earrings from Making Metal Jewelry

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Are you looking for an easy and fun technique for making earrings? Try these beautiful Chased Earrings from Jen Cushman’s book Making Metal Jewelry.

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Protective Talisman for Travelers: A tutorial

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Author of “Amulets & Talismans,” Robert Dancik is a believer in a mystical power to protect. Here he shares instructions for how to make a beautiful talisman meant to keep the traveler’s anxiety at bay. Bonus: You’ll use unique and fascinating techniques in completing this project, techniques like machine cutting and drilling, metal
stamping and cutting, and the application of chemical patina.

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Today’s Free Download, Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry

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Today’s FREE PDF DOWNLOAD is from Barbara Lewis’s Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry, A Workshop in Painting With Fire! CreateMixedMedia.com and the North Light Shop are celebrating National Craft Month with a March full of discounts, giveaways and fun projects to inspire your artwork …

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Making Basic Wire Rivets

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Cold connections are perfect for the home jewelry artist and in this tutorial Robert Dancik will teach you about one of the easiest: the rivet. In this technique from his book Amulets and Talismans, Robert instructs on the finer points of making basic rivets, blind rivets, rivets that are functional and those that are also decorative.

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Charming My Soul Resin Bracelet

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Begin your love affair with resin by making this simple and beautiful project from Tales of Adornment, by Kristen Robinson. Learn the basics of using resin and follow the steps to create the lovely Charming My Soul Resin Bracelet.

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Glass Cane Ring

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With the amazing variety of wire and beads available, you can use the instructions for this ring project to create rings for every outfit you own! The simple act of bending wire can be the first step to amazing jewelry …

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Mermaid Song Bracelet

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Pulled from Steampunk Emporium, this whimsical project by Jema “Emilly Ladybird” Hewitt, has you breaking out the metal clay, sea glass and pearls to create this beautiful bracelet fit for a mermaid.

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Precious Time Necklace

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Time is of the essence for most of us in our daily lives, and racing against the clock is never a pleasant feeling. Learn how to create the Precious Time Necklace, step by step, in this pdf download.

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Guidance Necklace

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By choosing materials that have meaning to you and creating the necklace with intention, you, too, may feel the power of guidance.

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Riveting How-To with Robert Dancik

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In these videos, recorded at Art and Soul 2010, multi-media guru and author Robert Dancik leads viewers through the easier-than-you-thought process of creating rivets, from drilling holes to threading wire and hammering the final rivet. He also offers a fun peek into the state of his workbench.

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