DIY Jewelry, Beads And Patterns
Interview is selling an ebook, 10 Metal Clay Jewelry Projects
by Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, You can buy it and download it from here.
This ebook is part of their “Best of” series and includes 10 projects by different designers … Read More ...
Reader Chelsey Carter Mona is the jeweler behind SilverBug Studio Jewelry at Etsy. She is also a fairly new blogger.
She plans to post tutorials twice a week. Check out this post for the first of these planned tutorials. This … Read More ...
If you haven’t already been to Metalliferous in NYC, it is a must visit for jewelry makers.
The store is a treasure trove of jewelry making supplies from tool to materials. Located in the Diamond District, I always feel especially … Read More ...
Author and Jeweler Rachel Nelson-Smith responded to my past post about her book Seed Bead Fusion, to let readers know that if they are interested in any of the specific projects in her new book, they can also visit … Read More ...
I love this elegant “DNA Ribbon” necklace by Catharina Thomas. It is interesting to see seed beads used in a way that makes their design reminiscent of metal work. You can often find similar designs in gold or silver, … Read More ...
Jean Campbell, contributing editor for Beading Daily, wrote today about making coils with a handy new, and simple, tool.
I have used a similar tool for making jumprings, but hadn’t seem this “coiler” before, nor thought of using coils as … Read More ...
Here is an excellent idea for using a material which is not commonly used in jewelry! Reloved Designs posted this image, and other along with a commentary on the process on Craftster.org.
I love the dramatic look of these brooches … Read More ...
[youtube RwY-qWqol8c] Here is an excellent tutorial on crimping which was featured on Ornamentea. If they have a great archived section of tutorials and how tos as well. If you follow this link you will with the above tutorial … Read More ...
Bounty_gg submitted this work to the CraftGossip Flick pool.
I love the fluid nature for the design and the rich and deep color palate. I would love to know more about the technique … Read More ...
Chris Franchetti Michaels has published a new book Teach Yourself Visually: Beadwork
This is a very thorough book on off-loom techniques in beading.
Each chapter covers a specific stitch and includes tons of photographs and diagrams to help you learn … Read More ...
Jeweler Christine Dhein will be at the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane Australia from the 13-15th of November, as a guest speaker on Green Jewelry and running a workshop on green studio techniques.
The piece pictured here is made … Read More ...
Rio Grande is offering a series of classes called the PMC Rio Rewards Program. These are intense short course designed for those experienced in working with PMC and taught by experts in the field. They are aimed at those … Read More ...
For a bit of Wednesday inspiration, check out Rebecca Geoffrey’s work on both Flickr and Etsy.
She recently uploaded pictures of her fun work to the CraftGossip Flickr pool. … Read More ...
Called “October Shore”, you can find the free instructions to make this necklace designed by Cynthia Thornton on the Beading Daily Blog.
You can subscribe to their feed for great daily tips on projects, designs etc.… Read More ...
Check out the new seed beading book by Rachel Nelson-Smith, Seed Bead Fusion
. The book consists of 18 seed beading projects with step by step instructions.
I think the most exciting part is that the projects are not just … Read More ...
