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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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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How To Make Silver Sphere Embellishments for Silversmithing

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How To Make Silver Sphere Embellishments for Silversmithing

Embellishments can elevate the look of your jewelry designs! My favorite silver embellishment, though, is the silver sphere (can you tell I’m trying to not use the phrase “silver balls”?). This is probably the easiest thing you make. It literally takes less than a minute to make and only 4 steps!

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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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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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Basic Silversmithing: What You Need To Get Started

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Basic Silversmithing: What You Need To Get Started

In this guide I'm going to list the basic tools and materials you'll need to just get started with silversmithing. Since I started jewelry making using silver and joined the metalsmithing Facebook groups I've done my fair share of asking what tools others use and scouring the internet comparing tools and prices. I'm going to share only what I've found to be popular within the community or use myself.

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