Jewelry Making Technique
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The Jewelry Making Technique List - Come and get it!

You're eager as a dam-building beaver to make some eye-popping jewelry, but you need to drink from the sea of knowledge.

The sea of knowledge can feel pretty immense and overwhelming if you don't have a map. Well, here's the map! Site map, that is.

You can get to these basic technique how-to's from other pages on this website, but I've grouped them together here for easy reference.

Looking for the project site-map? Click here to go to the Jewelry Making Instructions page.

How to navigate: Each description contains a clickable link (colored brown and underlined) that will take you to the corresponding page.

Knotting

Knotting is the primary jewelry making technique for hemp jewelry. Here's the directory of my knot tying instructions. You'll find links to all of the knot-making tutorials on this page.

Looking for a good strong knot for tying off a stretch bracelet or for tying off some beading thread? Check out the best knot I know security-wise: the Surgeon's Knot or Lock Knot.

Hemp Finishing Techniques:

Make my Spiral Hemp Necklace to learn how to make a basic bead closure.

My all-time-favorite closure for hemp jewelry is the switch knot sliding clasp. Learn how to make one in my Colorful Kids Necklace.

A How-To Guide of Hemp Finishing Techniques including 2 clasps and 3 closures.

Stringing:

Lots of info about stringing on this site.

Here's the main stringing page. You can find lots and lots of information here. And then click the links for even more info.

And here are some projects...

Learn how to string a bracelet by making one of these:

The Basic Bracelet - Beginners start here
The Mommy Bracelet: a name id bracelet using sterling silver alphabet beads, sterling silver charms, swarovski crystal birthstone beads, and swarovski pearls.
The Popo Bracelet: another name id bracelet- I made this one for my mom. It's a grandmother bracelet with my kids' names on it.

Metalwork

Use a torch to ball wire in this balled-wire headpin tutorial

My Sterling and Garnet Earring tutorial teaches piercing, hammering (a.k.a forging), oxidizing using a liver of sulphur bath, and creating a brushed patina.

More forging: Watch this silver ring making video to see some more metal whacking.

This series of videos shows how to use a propane torch for jewelry making: how to light a propane torch, how to hold a propane torch, and how to make a 3-wire soldered pendant.

Polymer Clay

Learn how to make a polymer clay bead mold to reproduce beads with this tutorial.

Resin

Watch a video showing how to make a resin pendant.

Wire

Flush cutting wire - the basic technique for cutting wire. Attention beginner wire workers- you do need to read this.

The eyepin is an essential, simple, and easy to make finding. Learn how to make your own simple link eyepin for bead links, chain links, dangles, and other jewelry part goodies.

For a more secure eyepin, look to my Sterling and Garnet Earring tutorial. I show you how to make a wrapped loop eyepin.

The Sterling and Garnet Earring tutorial also shows how to use wire to attach a bead to the surface of a silver disc.

A bead link is an essential wire and bead jewelry making basic. Learn how to make a simple bead link with these instructions and step by step pictures.

Learn how to make your own handmade headpins. So far, I've add tutorials for a super-basic headpin and a balled wire headpin.