The Best Jewellery Making Tools to Start Out With
Want to know the best tools to get started with on your jewellery making journey, and how much it will cost to get started metalsmithing?
Studio & Tools
Jewellery Making Tips and Tricks: How to Make Sandpaper Sticks
Learn how to make this useful little tool for jewellery making and metalsmithing. They’re simple, cheap and incredibly handy.
8 Easy Steps on How To Use Liver of Sulfur
If you’re new to jewellery making or even if you’re a long-time metalsmith, you might have heard some conflicting information on how to use liver of sulfur. So here we’ll break it down into our top 8 tips. For this post we are talking entirely and only about working with liver of sulfur. So please …
Stone Setting Tips and Tricks: GRS BenchMate or MicroBlock?
One question I get messaged without fail on a daily basis from jewellery making students around the world….. Which do I prefer, the GRS BenchMate or the GRS MicroBlock? Let’s take a look…. When it comes to stone setting, they are both simply exceptional tools. The benefit of both options is that you have two …
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Setting Up a Jewellery Studio
What do I need to get started making jewelry? That is not an easy question to answer. There are so many variables and it all depends on exactly what it is that you want to make. If you’re going to focus on carving wax and casting jewellery, or even utilising computer aided design, then setting …
Where to Buy Jewellery Tools
If you you are new to jewellery making, we seriously don’t recommend going nuts to begin with. Take it slowly and learn to use the metalsmithing tools you have before going out and buying more….. please and thank you. I know you’re going to ignore me! USA Tools and Metals Gesswein (all round …
How to Hold a Graver
Gravers are a girls best friend Gravers really are a godsend, but they can be a bit tricky to get used to, especially if you don’t even know how to hold them correctly. I hope this short video helps you get to grips with that. https://youtu.be/GyUslq14PcM GRS high speed steel – quick change flat graver – …
Battle of the Saw Blades
One question we’ve been getting a lot lately – which brand of saw blades are the best for making jewellery? Now first let me say – the best saw blades are not cheap – if you can get a gross (a gross is 144 blades by the way) for $5 – I can almost guarantee …