Jewelry Making Metal

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Jewelry making metal use is beginning to focus less on the traditional (expensive) components of gold, platinum, and sterling silver.

Copper has been used in jewelry for thousands of years.

Artists and jewelry lovers have a growing appreciation for the beauty and unique properties of alternative metals like copper, steel, and brass.

Here's what you should know about the various types of jewelry making metals:

Jewelry Making Silver
What you should know about sterling silver, Argentium, fine silver, silver plating and more.

How Much Sterling Silver Wire Per Ounce?
This chart shows how many feet and cm of sterling silver wire are in one ounce, for various wire gauges and shapes. Very useful when deciding how much wire to buy.

Silver Price Today
See the up-to-the-minute silver price, per ounce and per kilo, on these convenient charts.

Facts About Gold
Interesting, useful info about gold-filled, gold plating, the meaning of "karat", colored gold, and more.

How Much 14k Goldfill Wire Per Ounce?
Chart showing how many feet and cm of 14k goldfill wire are in one ounce, for various gauges and shapes of wire. Helpful for planning your wire purchases.

Price of Gold Today
See the current price of gold, per ounce and per kilo, on these handy charts that update every minute.

Copper in Jewelry
Although copper has been used in jewelry for thousands of years, it's experiencing a major boom in popularity. Here are some useful copper facts.

Brass Jewelry
Brass jewelry components and supplies are among the most popular trends in jewelry making. Here's some helpful information for jewelry artists regarding brass.

Bronze in Jewelry
Like brass, bronze is also getting more attention from jewelry artists. Here's some basic info on bronze as a jewelry metal.

Steel in Jewelry
What you should know about stainless steel, surgical steel, galvanized steel, low carbon steel, and more.

What is Vermeil?
Discover what vermeil is, how to pronounce it, how it's made, and the forms this jewelry metal comes in.

Pewter Jewelry
Learn more about this jewelry metal that's used in everything from beads to clasps.

Precious Metal Clay Jewelry
Learn what metal clay is and how it makes almost unlimited jewelry design ideas possible.

Nickel Silver in Jewelry
Find out whether this metal actually contains silver, what it's made from, and what forms it comes in.

Niobium Jewelry
Niobium is important in jewelry making mainly because it's hypoallergenic. Find out some other fascinating things about this unusual metal.

Palladium Jewelry
Palladium is another hypoallergenic jewelry making metal. Although it's sometimes used on its own, it's more often used in white gold.

Platinum in Jewelry
Learn about this extremely rare precious metal, and the forms you can find it in for making jewelry.

Rhodium Jewelry
Find out how the highest-priced metal is used in jewelry.

Titanium Jewelry Metal
As strong as steel but weighing only half as much, titanium is an attractive jewelry making metal - but there's a reason why you may decide not to work with it.