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Learn professional jewelry making secrets from a jewelry artist and metal worker in this how to video clip series.
There are 14 videos in this series:
Learn how to put together an extensive jewelry making kit for a friend or loved one.
Learn about the many tools needed to get started in professional metal jewelry making.
Learn what a ring sizing tool looks like and how to use it.
Learn how to create your own jewelry making patterns and see some jewelry pattern examples.
Wire wrapping is an easy way to make your own jewelry at home. Learn how to make your own wire wrapped necklace.
Learn about using wax to make jewelry molds.
Learn how to carve a ring from jeweler's wax before making it into a mold.
Learn about lost wax casting and how it's used in professional jewelry making.
Watch as a professional jewelry artist casts molten silver into jewelry.
Watch the second step of turning molten metal into jewelry by casting.
Watch the third step in casting jewelry from molten silver.
Learn how to make your own jewelry molds so you can make the same design again and again.
Learn how to create wax molds to mass produce a piece of your jewelry.
Learn how to work with molten gold and make your own gold jewelry.
These videos will teach you how to make professional jewelry in several different manners. You will see demonstrations of the process of “lost wax casting.” This is the same process that professional jewelry companies use to produce rings, pendants, and bracelets. You will learn how professional jewelry makers carve a mold out of wax, put that mold into a centrifugal caster, and then cast molten metal into the mold. After you have created a jewelry mold out of wax, you most likely will want to reuse it. In these videos you will learn how to take your finished piece of jewelry and create a reusable mold using a Vulcanizer, a heated press, and pieces of rubber. Our expert will also show you some basic techniques for creating wire wrap jewelry; a type of jewelry that can be made using supplies found at any craft store.
Courtney Gray Courtney Gray is an artist and professional jewelry maker who creates jewelry from the design stage all the way through to the final product. Her design and jewelry making services are available at www.courtneygrayarts.comdkdk
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