SPINNER RINGS Spinner rings, fidget rings, meditation rings. The Spinner Ring continues to be popular and fun to wear! A modern take on the Tibetan Prayer Wheel, these rings are designed so that the inner ring sits comfortably on [ … ] Read More
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What Do I Need to Make That? Domed Earrings
DOMED EARRINGS Most fabricated pieces of jewellery start with a basic flat sheet of metal and/or some straight wire. Chasing or dapping the metal creates form and dimensional interest to these flat surfaces. A Dapping Set is a useful [ … ] Read More
What Do I Need to Make That – Marrakesh and O Designs
It’s amazing how many wonderful jewellery designs one can create just using Wire Jump Rings!! Kathy’s Marrakesh, O Pendants, and O Rings are just some examples. Kathy’s designs using Jump [ … ] Read More
Setting Stones in Handmade Bezels
There many ways to set stones including; bezels (hand-fabricated or pre-made), claws, flush set, tension set, channel, etc. but knowing how to set your stones in hand-fabricated bezels is an essential technique in metalsmithing. This technique is not difficult, [ … ] Read More
These Are A Few Of Our Favourite Things!!
“Pliers and files and hammers and bench blocks, Flush cutters, torches and wood doming blocks, Tumbling ear wires and the joy that it brings, These are a few of my favourite things” ( With apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein! [ … ] Read More
What Is Fold Forming?
Fold forming is one of the most beautiful ways to sculpt metal into graceful shapes. This technique gives you the ability to transform flat metal into flowing, three dimensional shapes that have a natural, organic quality to them. The [ … ] Read More
Safety In The Metalsmithing Studio
Ever hear the phrase, ” it’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye”? It comes from ancient Rome, where anything was allowed in wrestling except for eye-gouging. Nowadays, parents often say it to their children to discourage [ … ] Read More
Which Pliers Should I Use?
Pliers are one of the most used tools on any jeweller’s bench. I have several different pair that I use constantly for a wide variety of techniques. For those of you that find the variety of pliers a little [ … ] Read More
PMC3-Precious Metal Clay (Pretty Magical Clay)
First of all, PMC3 is not the android from Star Wars. Although they are both shiny, that is where the similarity ends. C3PO could be obnoxious and stubborn,(although he had a good heart) whereas PMC3 can be shaped and [ … ] Read More
Lapidary-(almost) everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
Say you’re making a piece of jewelry for that special someone, (could be you!), but you can’t find exactly the right stone for it. You’ve been to rock and gem shops, shows and even looked on-line, but you are [ … ] Read More
Garnet – January Birthstone
Beautiful, juicy, deep red garnet. The name comes from the Latin “granatum”, which means pomegranate. One is deliciously wearable and one is deliciously edible. Garnets have been used in jewellery for thousands of years, going all the way back [ … ] Read More
Soldering in the Round
Feeling uninspired? Not much to do in the studio? Or just plain “I don’t wanna!” but still feel like doing something? No worries, I have a great project for you which will become your new favorite soldering buddy. Make [ … ] Read More