| Â | | | | fine grade file , a flexible shaft grinder |
| | | | and a ceramic base to heat your silver on |
| Jewelry making has long been an art form | | | | ,here is a handy tip a house brick and |
| passed on from father to son, all the way | | | | unglazed roof tile work just great. That |
| back to ancient times; people have adorned | | | | should be enough for you to get started. |
| themselves in Silver, Gold, and Gemstone | | | | |
| Jewelry, | | | | Step1 is to cut a strip of silver slightly |
| | | | wider then the thickness of the turquoise and |
| African tribes, the Native American Indian | | | | long enough to wrap around the diameter of |
| tribes and numerous ethnic tribes have used | | | | the gemstone, and carefully cut it so as the |
| Bone carved pendants, Animal Ivory, Bird | | | | 2 ends meet tightly around the gemstone. |
| feathers and Seashells, to fashion | | | | |
| accessories to use as jewelry. | | | | Step2, take your solder and place a small |
| | | | amount of flux on the two joins, heat the |
| Today we give our Jewelry titles ,such as | | | | silver strip till red, apply the solder |
| Ethnic Jewelry ,Tribal Jewelry ,Antique | | | | carefully, and it's joined. If you haven't |
| Jewelry, Fashion Jewelry and so on .In this | | | | done any soldering before try a few practice |
| article we are going to Talk about Designer | | | | runs first, you will be able to use that |
| Hand made jewelry ,How to make it either for | | | | silver later on. |
| fun or for those really keen students how to | | | | |
| do it and make money from your hobby . | | | | Step3, take your sterling silver band and |
| | | | place it on a flat piece of silver plate, |
| Right lets get going .You have two options to | | | | check that the turquoise still fits, then as |
| start with, you can either buy raw silver | | | | in step 2 apply flux and solder the band to |
| from your local distributor, or find a | | | | the plate. |
| Jewelry Manufacture that will supply you with | | | | |
| the materials, there is a choice between 925 | | | | Step4, remove the excess silver with your tin |
| or 985 in the grade of silver you buy, I | | | | snips and sand off any rough edges. |
| prefer to work in Fine silver 985, but you | | | | |
| may find this a little difficult to buy. For | | | | Step5,decide on a shape for your bail and cut |
| the purpose of this article we are going to | | | | it out of silver accordingly, bend into shape |
| choose the second option and buy our material | | | | .now solder that to the pendant ,and while |
| from a reputable Jewelry Manufacture and we | | | | hot dip the whole pendant into a small jar of |
| are going to start with making a simple | | | | acid ,rinse in a jar of clear water and dry. |
| Sterling silver 925 pendant with a Turquoise | | | | |
| cabochon Gemstone. | | | | Step6, Place your turquoise into you silver |
| | | | and carefully trim away any surplus silver. |
| The majority of tools needed can be purchased | | | | Once your happy with the fit you can sand the |
| form a good hardware store and some of the | | | | silver again with fine grade emery paper, |
| more hard to find items you will be able to | | | | give a small amount of epoxy to the inside of |
| get from either a Silver Jewelry Manufacture | | | | the pendant and insert the turquoise stone |
| or Supplier. | | | | .Now take a spoon and using the back work it |
| | | | around the pendant to give a snug fit with |
| Your heat source can be either a gas bottle | | | | the silver and allow to dry. |
| with extension hose and flame adjusting | | | | |
| nozzle or as we use in our workshop a petrol | | | | Step7, Using your flexi grinder insert a |
| bellows and hose set with adjustable nozzle, | | | | polishing cloth disc, add some silver polish |
| its important witch ever set you buy that you | | | | and buff the silver to the required finish. |
| can regulate the flame and heat .Next comes | | | | |
| the hand tools you will need a small brass | | | | The principles above are applied to all |
| hammer, tweezers about 7inches long, small | | | | silver work; no it's up to the imagination of |
| tin snips, brass block 4inches by 4inches and | | | | the jewelry designer and skillfulness of the |
| 1inch thick ,rags,2part epoxy, battery acid, | | | | jeweler. |