Archive for de ‘ wire jewelry making ’

April 12th, 2010 by Justyna

Wire Jewelry Making – 2 Awesome Designs

If you are looking for an inspirations her you go. 2 wonderful and easy to make necklaces. Enjoy and let me know how it goes!

April 2nd, 2010 by Justyna

Wire Jewelry Making Inspirations

I know how it is, I was there too many times to forget how does feel. You bought all beads you need a week ago, you have all necessary tools, you are 100 % ready to make some jewelry. You stare at the beads for 5min nothing comes to your mind, another 10 minutes and [...]

April 1st, 2010 by Justyna

How to Avoid Marking the Wire

Wire Jewelry Making Tips & Tricks to Avoid Marking the Wire
Making a loop with Fine Step Jaw Pliers or Round-Flat Pliers is a four step process. These four steps are described below.
Step 1: Grip the wire firmly with the pliers in your dominant hand. Position the wire in the jaws of the [...]

March 31st, 2010 by Justyna

When Nature Becomes Inspiration For Your Jewelry

Very inspiring story from Sarah Graham.
It might start with decayed wood or rattlesnake grass or the remnants of exploding pinecones.
Nature provides the inspiration for the creations of San Francisco jeweler Sarah Graham, whose work ends up on magazine covers, in elegant shops and adorning the bodies of celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Kim Basinger and [...]

March 29th, 2010 by Justyna

Wire Jewelry Making – The Most Common Mistakes

Do you know what are the most common wire jewelry making mistakes and how to overcome them? Especially when it comes to creating the simple loop or wire wrapped loop. Here are few example with step- by-step instructions on how to avoid it.

Not round loop
This is a common mistake that can be overcome with practice. [...]

March 16th, 2010 by Justyna

Wire Jewelry Making Inspirations :)

March 14th, 2010 by Justyna

Jewelry Accessorize – Earring Hooks

Most jewelry designers just naturally prefer some methods of constructing jewelry to others. However, as the designer is not the only person who is going to be wearing the jewelry it is important to have a range of styles in any design portfolio. It’s also important to take into account different earring findings.
There are [...]

March 13th, 2010 by Justyna

How To Store Your Wire Jewelry?

Long time ago the artificial jewelry was in fashion and there was no problem to store gold rings, earrings and bracelets. Each woman had only few pieces so there was no mess and it was enought to have one small bag to store it in.
Now when we spend fortune on jewelry and have in our [...]

March 11th, 2010 by Justyna

Wire Jewelry Making

Whenever I talk to people about jewelry making the first thing that pops up in their mind is making jewelry from beads. Hardly ever they heard or make any piece from wire.

I’m sure you’ve watched my video with step by step instructions on how to make wire wrapped earrings using the Elvis Twist technique, if [...]

June 9th, 2009 by Justyna

Wire Jewelry Making – Wig Jig Tips & Tricks

Who Else Wants to Learn How the Wig Jig Really Works and Reduce the Jewelry Making Time and Effort By Half?
If you are looking for wire jewelry making techniques information – tips and tricks how to use Wig Jig to make a wire component I think this video is a must see. It explains how [...]