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How To Start With Jewelry Making
Author : Thomas KClark
Submitted : 2011-12-06 Word Count : 443 Popularity: Not Rated
Tags: jewelry making idea, making your own jewelry, jewelry making tutorials, jewelry making supplies, making jewelry,
Jewelry making is something that you could dive into as a hobby during your free time; especially if you love buying all kind of jewelries. If you find yourself with five pieces of jewelry after a simple visit to a bazaar, you might consider making your own jewelry. More so, if you always come up with a jewelry making idea while you are working. To actually make the jewelry is a good creative outlet for you.
So, how do you start? Having an actual jewelry making idea is always a good thing. Draw it on a piece of paper and then look into some jewelry making tutorials to learn how to make them. If the method is a bit complicated then you can change your design to a simpler one. For a start you should get yourself the basic tools first. This will help you to identify the steps easily.
Then acquire some jewelry making supplies like beads and maybe extra clasp if you need them. Remember that the thing that you buy must be the thing that you will used to make your first jewelry. It is not recommended that you buy extra materials like a bundle of beads that you would not use. At the same time too you should understand what those materials are for.
You can start with learning about beads. Apart from making jewelry, beads are used in many ways such as sewn into fabrics or over other apparels such as shoe or hats. There are many types too. There are those made from semi precious stone, gallstone, wood, glass, resin and many more. Different beads also symbolize different tings in many world cultures. Learning about beads could inspire you in your jewelry design.
Another thing you should know of is findings. It represents a myriad choice of clasps, earring settings, jump rings, links and many more. Beads are not the only one that has multi choices. Findings do to. They are made in many colors and materials. Some of the expensive one is made from silver and gold. But a simple stainless steel, nickel or those that are silver plated are good enough.
Good quality craft wire is also much needed when making jewelry. Even wires are diverse too. Though most wires are quite cheap if compare to a bundle of beads and findings, they are one of the important part of jewelry making. Apart from that, get to know your basic jewelry making tools.
Having all these knowledge will help you to be inspired. Your ideas would be a whole lot wider when you know basically what you are doing.
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