Silver Jewelry Making by Janet Evans

Author:Janet Evans
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC

Chapter 4 – Some Projects To Try Out

Making silver jewelry isn’t all that difficult even if you’ve never attempted it before. Certainly, once you’ve learnt even the most basic of techniques you can soon start making some wonderful and unique pieces of jewelry you can wear or give as gifts to loved ones and friends. Plus once you gain more experience and learn more techniques, you could possibly look at starting your own jewelry design business.

Of course there are certain things you need to consider before you begin work on any projects.

Now you’ve chosen the material in which you’re going to make your jewelry, you now need to think about the design.

The best way to decide what type of jewelry you’re going to make is to look at the type of jewelry you like wearing yourself, or pieces you see others wearing that you admire. Also don’t forget to take a look through various magazines, online and in shops to see what sorts of designs are being favored at the moment. Then create your own based on these.

When it comes to choosing designs it’s a good idea to collect any images you like and keep them in a book or folder so you can then refer to them when you start work on any projects.

Most people that decide to take up a new hobby will often go out and purchase a full range of tools, materials and supplies needed. But this isn’t something you shouldn’t be doing from the outset, as the amount of money you’ll need to invest is quite substantial.

Instead it’s much better to start off using kits first and when you feel your skills are starting to improve then look at buying what you need. Don’t be afraid to gradually build up your inventory of materials, tools and supplies.

It’s important before you go out and buy anything; you set yourself a budget first. Certainly in the beginning you should view the first few projects you carry out as a practice run. Not only will this help to save you money but will help to ensure you don’t waste valuable and expensive materials creating pieces of jewelry that’ll only get thrown away.

So How Do You Go About Making Silver Jewelry?

To make great pieces of silver jewelry you need to make sure you have the right supplies and have learnt the right techniques. Yes this book can help you to learn how to make jewelry from silver but I’d highly recommend you see if there’s somewhere local that offers classes in jewelry making.

If you’re having problems finding what you need locally there are plenty of places online that can offer you the tutorials to learn the skills for making silver jewelry as well. If you do find classes locally then make sure the person providing the training is someone who has experience of working with silver previously, ideally look for classes being taught by professional metalworkers.

Of course attending classes is all well and good but you need to practice what you have been taught.

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