Learn why jewelry can cause your skin to turn green or black and what to do about it.

Why Jewelry Turns Your Skin Green

Always wonder why jewelry sometimes turns your skin green? Or black? This article covers why that might happen and what it means. We’ll also talk about how to prevent it!

Learn all you need to about lobster clasps. We break down their constructions, benefits, and tips for soldering near a clasp.

by Sylvie Alusitz

Lobster Clasps: All You Need to Know

Learn all you need to about lobster clasps. We break down their constructions, benefits, and tips for soldering near a clasp.

Add a fun experience to your jewelry collection! Permanent bracelets are a fun and easy way to connect with your customers.

by Ashley Maldonado

Add Permanent Bracelets to Your Jewelry Collection

Permanent bracelets have taken off! Easily add this fun experience to your jewelry business offerings with these tips.

Keeping track of all the weights, measurements, sizes, etc. that are needed to work in the jewelry industry can be a hassle, so we compiled

by Janelle Hinesley

Jeweler’s Resources – Conversion Charts & Reference -

Keeping track of all the weights, measurements, sizes, etc. that are needed to work in the jewelry industry can be a hassle, so we compiled this list for you so you have one less thing to worry about! Jeweler's Conversion Chart

All you need to know about spring ring clasps – we cover the construction, benefits, and tips for the proper care and usage.

by Sylvie Alusitz

Spring Rings: All you Need to Know

Learn everything you need to about spring ring clasps to help you make an informed decision. This post covers the construction, the benefits, and tips for the proper care and usage.

Understand the difference between beading findings in this jewelry beading guide. Our educational article covers clasps, headpins, stringing wire, and more!

by Erica Stice

A Jeweler's Guide to Essential Beading Findings

Learn about beading findings in our educational jewelry guide! When you are beginning beading, the lingo can be overwhelming. Learn the essential vocabulary and common components you will need. Choose the right beading wire, clasps, headpins, and more for your next beading design.

Which gauge and temper should you choose? Our helpful guide can help you choose the right sheet and wire gauge and temper for your next jewelry-making project!

by Erica Stice

Jewelry Materials: Guide to Gauges, Tempers, and Annealing -

This blog outlines a few basics in jewelry making – tempers, gauges and annealing. Knowing about tempers and gauges will help you purchase the best sheet and wire for your jewelry.

Why jewelry chains break & how can you prevent it from happening? Read for helpful tips & tricks on preventing jewelry chain from breaking.

by Erica Stice

Why Jewelry Chains Break & How You Can Prevent It

Let's look at why jewelry chains break and ways to prevent it. From common causes to less known culprits, I'll share some helpful tips to extend the life of your favorite jewelry chain.

Having the time and resources to focus on your creativity and master your skills is what jewelry residencies are for.

by Kelli Vanyek Greene

Discover Jewelry Residencies

Being immersed in your craft, with access to a fully equipped studio while being surrounded by other artists sounds like a dreamy experience. This is what Jewelry Residencies offer.

Are you considering entering your first jewelry design competition? Having entered my first contest here's my experience.

by Erica Stice

Jewelry Design Competitions - Entering, Submitting & Helpful Tips -

Are you considering entering your first jewelry design competition? Having entered my first contest here's my experience on the matter. From process steps and submitting your work to helpful tips I learned during my experience, read all about the process here.

Lessen the impact your jewelry business has on the environment with these tips for creating recycled and sustainable jewelry.

by Erica Stice

Practicing Responsible & Sustainable Jewelry Making

Lessen your impact on the environment by learning about recycled & sustainable jewelry! Learn how to become more eco-friendly by making small, but important changes around your studio.

Pearls are the underdog of the sustainability movement in jewelry. Learn about how pearls can add to your jewelry collection sustainability.

by Jennifer Heebner

5 Reasons Why Pearls Are the Champion of Gemstone Sustainability

Pearls and cultured pearls are champions of the sustainability movement in jewelry. Learn more about these beautiful jewelry options from guest author Jennifer Heebner of the Cultured Pearl Association of America and sign up for a free online pearls course.

Jewelry plating explained! Learn about the process and why jewelers and manufacturers use plating.

by Sylvie Alusitz

Jewelry Plating: Why and How it’s Used -

This blog explains the process of metal plating, why jewelers and manufacturers use it, and some general information to help you make informed decisions on purchasing and production.

What makes handmade jewelry so different from mass-produced? Learn about the different types and some of the techniques for each one.

by Ashley Maldonado

Handmade Jewelry: Types and Techniques

Curious what makes handmade jewelry so different from mass-produced? Learn about the different categories of handmade jewelry and some of the techniques for each one.

How do you set-up a wire wrapping studio? From setting up your work area to basic supplies, we cover a lot of information in this article.

by Erica Stice

Setting Up Your Wire Wrapping Jewelry Studio

Ready to wire wrap? Get prepared with this article! We've covered the studio area, gauges of wire, beginner tools and some materials that you can use when wire wrapping.

Have you ever had your solder just ball up and refuse to flow or not even ball up at all? Possibly your metal turned bright red, but that li

by Erica Stice

Top 5 Reasons Silver Solder Doesn't Flow

Solder not flowing? Find out the reasons why. Jewelry soldering can be frustrating at times, but with the right knowledge, you can quickly troubleshoot the problems.

Learn about solder here. We cover the types of solder, soldering techniques, metal alloys in silver solder and more. This is a great reference guide!

by Erica Stice

Types of Silver Solder Used in Jewelry

Many jewelers remember falling in love with metalsmithing at their first torch soldering experience. That mercurial silver flash when solder starts to flow is magical. But, what is actually happening at that moment? What is the science behind soldering?

Using a rolling mill in jewelry. From imprinting designs and rolling your own gauges to the main problems that occur if your not careful.

by Erica Stice

5 Ways to Use a Rolling Mill in your Jewelry Studio and Maintenance Primer -

Rolling mills and jewelry studios go hand in hand. Some jewelers use their rolling mills to imprint patterns on an annealed metal sheet. Others use a rolling mill as the raw material workhorse of their studios. See these and more uses in action.

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