Jewelry Making Basics

The best way to get started with making jewelry with wire bead. Buy a simple basic kit and buy a bracelet jewelry making instruction books that relate to and understand easily.

jewelry making can be time consuming and can be frustrating when first learning, but I think it's very therapeutic as anything, it's so worth it when you can produce stunning necklace or bracelet out of a pile of beads and string and tell people 'I made to'.

the first things you'll need to start making jewelry some beads and wire. Beads come in all shapes and sizes, but the most useful ones will be called a crimp bead. These very small balls safely within your wires in a loop, so you can connect the buckle.

Now the wire is loose concept in jewelry making, because it includes items such as metal wires, and the 'floppy' as the Beadalon wire (metal-coated wire) or fireline (TM) (I liken to the fishing line). You'll also need some tools if you plan on advancing skills of jewelry making in the future or you will get some mighty sore fingers and ruin your kitchen scissors! (* Note:. Some people will tell you that you will need a dedicated space to be able to make your jewelry creations, but it just is not so I started off on the wing with bead board then moved up on my dining room table when my bead stash got a little too .)

You'll also need a special jewelry making pliers, curved nose, I discovered (chain nose) pliers the best thing I can find them more versatile, pair flat nose pliers that look like a smaller version of the regular pair of pliers and a pair of round nose pliers, also you will need a dedicated pair of sharp scissors (did I mention that you are not using your kitchen one?) and a pair of wire cutters. Do not be tempted to clamp the teeth as this will mark the silver wire, you can wrap masking tape around them if you need some grip, and you will need a glossary of basic things such as nodes, wires scales and types of beads as there are some balls you can use the metal wires that are not suitable for use with the Beadalon for example, and that is because sometimes the beads have sharp edges, within which it will eventually wear down the wire.

For me, when I started making jewelry seven years ago, I knew nothing about it. I started with a tiara from the Hobby Craft kit that a friend had bought for himself to do. She could not be bothered with it so I asked if I could go. Presto! I made a tiara. You can, of course, books on jewelry making course in your area that can be a lot of fun and you get to meet like minded people are fantastic, they give you jewelry making supplies you will need and you'll come away with a beautiful piece of handmade jewelry by you made all by yourself.

I will soon be producing papers on the basic techniques of jewelry making and what they mean.