The 9 Best Creative Live Classes For Metalsmiths and Jewelry Designers

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The 9 Best Creative Live Classes For Metalsmiths and Jewelry Designers

Learning metalsmithing can be pretty hard, especially when you’ve never held a torch before in your life.

And the mediums of learning can give you a different experience. For example, I have readers of Maker Monologues tell me all the time they love the written format because they don’t have to stop, pause a video, rewind, etc. and I’m totally the same way. But, there are others who need to see the way the hand moves when creating jewelry.

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Aves Studio 2-Part Apoxie Sculpt Copper Electroformed Pendant Tutorial

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Aves Studio 2-Part Apoxie Sculpt Copper Electroformed Pendant Tutorial

There are so many cool and unique designs you can make when it comes to copper electroformed jewelry. If you can dream it up you can figure out a way to bring that design to life. And your creativity can go wild when you add epoxy clay to your design process, and that’s exactly what I’m going to share with you today!

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Simple Hammered Silver Stud Earrings Tutorial

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Simple Hammered Silver Stud Earrings Tutorial

This tutorial came out of a personal need for some simple, everyday earrings that will spice up my casual outfits and add just a glimmer of sparkle. I was grabbing all my supplies to make them and decided to also grab my camera and document the process to share with you all!

This is an intermediate-level tutorial, we are going to be soldering so be sure to check out my complete guide to soldering silver jewelry if you’re not yet educated on this skill.

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Copper Electroformed Pendant Redesign

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Copper Electroformed Pendant Redesign

For those of us that are still hoarding our old copper electroformed jewelry projects that didn’t make the cut, there’s still hope for saving those gorgeous crystals we can’t seem to let go of. This simple copper electroformed pendant redesign tutorial will ensure you’re able to fix any of your electroformed mistakes.

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Gemstone Prong Ear Jackets Tutorial

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Gemstone Prong Ear Jackets Tutorial

I began this project months ago, I was initially just going to make some simple double circle ear jackets. So I made the silver circles and they just sat in my studio. The other day I found them and got re-inspired to step up the initial design. And, I just really wanted to play with some gemstones!

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How to Make Any Shape Out of Metal

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How to Make Any Shape Out of Metal

In this post, I teach you how to saw out any shape out of sheet metal. You’ll need to print out a template of the shape you want. Then glue it to your sheet metal so you can saw it out with a jewelers saw. I tell you the best glue to use and saw blades so you can get the best results!

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How To Make A Prong Setting Ring

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How To Make A Prong Setting Ring

I've been wanting to create this tutorial for a while and I've finally got around to it. If you're new to silversmithing then I highly suggest you check out my other tutorials; How to Make A Silver Ring Band and How To Make A Bezel Setting first because prong settings, although they look easier to make, are actually quite difficult.

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How to Create Texture on your Copper Electroformed Jewelry

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How to Create Texture on your Copper Electroformed Jewelry

Trying to repeat a fun texture you accidentally achieved through copper electroforming can be quite frustrating. We don't want to leave it up to our power supply to decide whether we get that cool texture or not. So I'm going to show you a way I've been able to achieve that texture.

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What Are These Blue Crystals At The Bottom Of My Bath?

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What Are These Blue Crystals At The Bottom Of My Bath?

Copper electroforming solution is made with a blue crystal called copper sulfate, among other ingredients such as sulfuric acid and brightener if you use the Midas Bright from Rio Grande. As you use your solution the other ingredients start to dry up when you don't replenish your solution with distilled water.

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3 Easy Patina Finishes For Your Copper Jewelry

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3 Easy Patina Finishes For Your Copper Jewelry

Giving your jewelry a nice end finish can make or break the look of a piece. Sometimes a nice patina can bring out the texture, especially in an electroformed piece. Other times all you need is a nice high polish to really let that copper color come out.

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Basic Silversmithing: How To Make A Silver Ring Band

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Basic Silversmithing: How To Make A Silver Ring Band

Last week I wrote a supplies guide leading up to this basic silversmithing tutorial ‘How To Make A Silver Ring Band.’ In my opinion, if you’re wanting to get into silversmithing then the easiest thing to learn is how to make a simple ring band. So if you haven’t yet seen that then go check that out first. But, if you already have your supplies then let’s get into the tutorial!

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Jewelry Tutorial: How To Make A Copper Electroformed Gemstone Open Ring

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Jewelry Tutorial: How To Make A Copper Electroformed Gemstone Open Ring

Hey Makers! Today's jewelry tutorial is going to show you how copper electroform my ring style; the gemstone open ring. It's not much different from a single gemstone stacking ring so I'm not going to go too in-depth but my skill and techniques have improved since I originally wrote that tutorial so I wanted to create a more updated version.

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