Secrets of jewelry making

If you wear artisan handmade jewelry, you probably don't think of all the work that went into it. Of the designer's inspiration for the design process; the actual crafting of the jewelry. But when you stop to think, that you wear piece is special and unique.

Have you ever seen cake decorating shows and noticed how many different tools and even household items they use for their creations? Jewelry designers employ similar techniques in terms of the use of both traditional instruments and some very unconventional. For example, helps the trade sterling silver in a bag with hard-boiled eggs oxidize, or antique, the metal within a few hours. Pushing a wooden skewer by both ends of clay beads makes a nicer hole than just sticking it all the way through. And if you're new on jewelry making and want your Antique with something cheap practice, copper or craft wire try, then wasting expensive sterling silver wire. And speaking of wire, if something happens to your pliers, nail clippers can replace a cutout in a pinch.

Where to find craftsmen inspiration for handmade jewelry?

Finding inspiration is so important for jewelry designers. It is the first step in creating craft handmade jewelry. But where does that inspiration come from? Everywhere and anywhere. Part of what makes handcrafted artisan jewelry so special and unique is that every designer is different and their influence and inspiration from various people, places, things and experiences. Eras are a huge influence in design-particularly anything to do with fashion. Moods, colors and shapes are the brands of particular periods of time. Nature is full of color combinations, animals and insects, forces of the weather, all of which can be drawn from for designs. Concrete jungle cities have beauty that initially in the clean lines of buildings or a dirty puddle can forget. The library go and watch a variety of books on any number of topics can encourage ideas. Museums, art galleries, the mall, a vintage record store-they can all be sources of inspiration.

One thing a good designer has is to keep learning. There are always new techniques and tricks that are being developed and stumbled upon and the best designers will always try to be up-to-date on what is being done these days. And it's not just about what is new. Doing research on techniques of hundreds of years ago and those who are still learning with contemporary tools give designers can apply a unique twist to their artisanal handmade jewelry.