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Making Your Own Jewelry Series Part 3

I am excited about getting started today.  When I think about jewelry, I think about the end product.  I rarely think about the process of creating and designing it.  I just see it as a finished product in our warehouse and wonder which outfit I can wear it with or if that design and color is right for me.  It has been fun to take a step back and look at the process one must go through to get a positive end result.  It takes patience and skill to make jewelry and there are several ways to go about doing just that.

 

One of the first types of Jewelry Making we are going to discuss today is wire jewelry.  This type of jewelry making uses any type of metal you choose.  You can use something as inexpensive as copper wire or go with pure gold.  This type of jewelry making is great for beginners to get started as the techniques you learn for this will be the basis of other types of jewelry making such as beading or metalsmithing.  You need about 15 items to get started in this kind of work.

 

You will need 3 different types of pliers.  The first is large bent nosed pliers which is a lot like basic flat nosed pliers.  There is no texture or pattern inside of the pliers, like many have to help with grip.  That way your wire does not get marked up or have impressions from the grip.  These pliers are like an extension of your hand as the nose is bent and is great at helping to straighten, bend and pull the wire just the way you need it.  Small bent nosed pliers are just a smaller version of the pliers we just talked about.  These are great for working with tight spots and holding wire while it is being wrapped around a dowel or another piece of wire.  Round nosed pliers are used for making perfect loops in the wire.

 

Other supplies you would need are clamps, a polishing cloth, wire cutters, 18 gage copper wire, a hand driller, wire twisters, a raw hide hammer, a ring mandrel and a ruler.  Here is a link that shows a few different wire projects to help get you started, http://jewelrymaking.about.com/library/blwpro.htm 

 

Join me tomorrow as we continue our series on jewelry making.  We will learn about bead work and what is needed to get started with that type of work.

 

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