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Where Do You Get Steampunk Jewelry Supplies?  Hi, I love this Steampunk style but where can you buy supplies to make the jewellery if you don't have the old gadgets hanging around?

Thanks!

Bev ...

Designing Your Own Special Piece of Jewelry  Ideas and Suggestions to Guide You from Imagination to Reality
How often I have heard "I know in my imagination what I want, I can picture it, but ...

How to Make Steampunk Jewelry  Steampunk jewelry is a fun and fascinating style to work with. It combines vintage, hardware, imagination, gadgetry, and science fiction.

What is ...

Tutorial: Swarovski Crystal and Sterling Silver Butterfly Pendant Necklace - Part 2  . . . Continued from Part 1 .

Creating the Butterfly in Wire:

So, once I sketched out how I wanted my butterfly to look, I decided to use ...

Tutorial: Swarovski Crystal and Sterling Silver Butterfly Pendant Necklace  Today I am going to give a how-to on the process of making my butterfly necklace.

Methods and Materials
Preparing to Solder:

There are many ...

Making Patera Jewelry  I was introduced to Patera findings from a friend of mine who attended the huge jewelry and gem show in Arizona.

"Patera" means small shallow dish, and ...

Clay Stamps - How to Design Your Own  Designing Your Own Unique Stamps for Metal Clay or Polymer Clay Jewelry
Would you like to create clay stamps featuring your own original textures and ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 4b  Acid Etching Metal Jewelry Part 4b: Etching on Silver Using Ferric Nitrate . . . Continued from Part 4a
HERE IS WHERE I BLEW IT!

A 50/...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 4a  Acid Etching Metal Jewelry

Part 4a: Etching on Silver
Using Ferric Nitrate

Part 1 of this Acid Etching Metal Jewelry series covered how to ...

Metal Stamps - Tips and Techniques  Metal stamps are fun, creative jewelry making tools.

These tips and techniques show you how to get great results, from the very first time you try metal ...

Making a Jewelry Clasp Using a Mercury Dime  In designing jewelry using "found" objects, an interesting way of creating a clasp is with a rare Mercury dime, button-and-loop combination.

Mercury ...

Portable Petroglyph - Micro Pecking Technique, Part 2  In Micro Pecking Technique, Part 1 we discussed some background info on the origins and making of my Petroglyph Pendants.

Here in Part 2 we'll take ...

Portable Petroglyph - Micro Pecking Technique  As requested, here is some background info on the origins and making of my Petroglyph Pendants.

In 1990 I was looking for a new craft to explore that ...

Testing Bakelite  Testing Bakelite by heating it to check for a smell is no longer considered an adequate test alone.


What is Bakelite?

It's an early form of ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 3c  Acid Etching Brass and Copper Jewelry

Part 3c: Ferric Chloride Acid Bath

. . . Continued from Part 3b

How Do You Know When the Etching ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 3b  Acid Etching Brass and Copper Jewelry

Part 3b: Ferric Chloride Acid Bath

. . . Continued from Part 3a

This messy looking picture is my ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 3a  Acid Etching Brass and Copper Jewelry

Part 3a: Ferric Chloride Acid Bath

So far in this 4-part series of articles, we've covered two different ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 2  Acid Etching Brass and Copper Jewelry

Part 2: Hand-Drawing Designs on Brass and Copper for Acid Etching
(My unscientific, but personally tested ...

Acid Etching Metal Jewelry, Part 1  Acid Etching Brass, Copper and Silver Jewelry

Part 1: Design Transfer

What is your favorite design? Wish you could transform it into a series ...

Jewelry Supplies Storage  I found that the best storage units for beads and findings are the nuts and bolts storage found at ACE Hardware.

The drawers come in different sizes,...

How to Create Multiple Valentine Jewelry Hearts Quickly - Using a Hydraulic Press  Would you like to create a line of jewelry that looks professional with a very limited amount of tools?

Investing in a hydraulic press can save you ...

Reclaiming Dry Art Clay Silver Before Firing  As I was new to Art Clay Silver, I had a few pieces which broke or I'd lost interest in once they were completely dry.

You can imagine my disappointment ...

You Don't Need Expensive Tools to Make Beautiful Jewelry 

Are you looking for a way to make some extra income?  Do you like to create beaded jewelry?  Perhaps you would rather work with precious metals,...

What Does the Mirror Image Show?  This is a very simple, yet often forgotten tip.

If you are working on a hand-drawn or computer generated design, it's a good idea to first copy it on ...

Liver of Sulphur and Silver Clay in Glorious Color  Silver clay has become my latest passion and as quickly as I can afford it, I get a new envelope of clay and a new lesson on what I can and cannot do with ...

Jewelry Supplies from Hardware Stores  Got to love hardware stores for jewelry supplies. Everything from PVC pipe for rollers to whatever.

Just keep your eyes open.

Fireline is cheaper ...