Wedding jewellery is a great addition to any jewellery business. It can help transition your business into working with more precious metals and gemstones as well as give you the opportunity to work one to one with clients to design and make commissions.
One of the great things about making jewellery from metal clay is that you don’t need a lot of tools and equipment to get started. However, there are some great tools and innovations that can really help you create more professional jewellery. Our metal clay tutor Anna Campbell gives you her current favourites.
Creating silver jewellery is a magical process. From a few pieces of metal, some wire or tubing you can hand forge some beautiful and creative pieces of jewellery. However, with traditional silversmithing where you cut and form the metal, you can hit on some limitations in terms of realising your designs. Particularly when you want to create something that is more sculpture-like and organic in style. This is where wax carving comes into its own.
Silver clay is a very versatile method of working with silver and the good news is that you don’t need many tools to get started. Take a look at this video which covers the tools and materials you’ll need.
Being able to design and make your own silver jewellery is so fun but it can feel overwhelming to know how to get started. Fear not! This video will take you through the main tools and materials you’ll need.
Making jewellery is a fun hobby, side hustle or full time business but when you’re starting it can be difficult to know the tools and materials you need to buy. So here is our run down of the main tools and materials for silver jewellery, beading and metal clay. You’re welcome!
We’re excited to welcome a guest blog post from Kernowcraft featuring 12 underrated gemstones for your jewellery designs. Have you heard of these beautiful stones?
Mini-guide to help you with getting started in your own space so that whether you want to make bead and wire work, silver and gold jewellery or other materials such as metal clay, you can set up a home jewellery workstation with ease.
A great tutorial for beginner jewellery makers. In this video learn a simple technique that will allow you to make earrings, necklaces and even bracelets in minutes. We also look at how to make nice professional handmade earwires to elevate your designs.
Learn how to make these lovely stacking bracelets - great to sell as part of a jewellery business or you may love them so much you keep them for yourself! Perfect project for gemstone lovers.
Hello jewellers! We have a great new project for you to try and this one is beautiful simple and fun to do at home. Follow the video below to make your own silver stud rose earrings and rings.
When getting started with silversmithing and making your silver jewellery from home you will need something called ‘pickle’ which is a mild acid solution (don't worry - it is VERY mild) that will clean up your piece after you have heated or soldered it.
