Learn how to make a hinge in your jewelry designs. This essential mechanism will allow you to tackle lockets, boxes, poison rings and more!

How To Make A Hinge For Jewelry

Inspired by the 2018 Halstead Design Challenge, learn how to make a basic knuckle hinge in your jewelry designs using tubing, sheet and wire.

Casey Sheppard of Case of the Nomads shares bangle bracelet making tips to inspire your jewelry collection designs in this tutorial.

by Katie Hacker

Tips for Making Bangle Bracelets with Casey Sheppard

Learn tips for making riveted wire bangles with guest contributor Casey Sheppard.

Erica Stice explores ways to embellish finger ring bands in this inspirational article that explores techniques for ring making.

by Erica Stice

4 Ideas for Embellishing Ring Bands

Get creative in your jewelry studio! These four rings were made in a day using silver bands and stacking rings combined with pattern sheet, links, rivets and other fun findings!

Firescale naturally occurs while soldering silver. Learn about the pickling process to remove firescale from your silver jewelry pieces.

by Erica Stice

Jewelry Soldering 101: Firescale & Pickling

Firescale naturally occurs during the soldering process. Read on to learn what firescale is and how to pickle it off your jewelry.

Liver of sulfur is perfect for adding oxidized patinas to your brass, copper or silver jewelry designs. Learn our top tips for getting the best results.

by Hilary Halstead Scott

6 Tips for Using Liver of Sulfur

From set-up to helpful tips, read why Liver of Sulfer makes such a great jewelry patina and is an essential product to have in your jewelry studio!

Our guide to earring findings is a complete glossary of terms for earring component parts. Learn the different options available for making earrings.

by Hilary Halstead Scott

Guide to Different Types of Earring Findings

Learn about the different types of earring findings and how each can be used for unique jewelry making ideas.

Learn how to make cuff bracelets with our bending block tool and pre-cut metal cuff blanks. Quickly bend and form metal into a comfortable piece of jewelry.

by Hilary Halstead Scott

Tips to Make Cuff Bracelets

A step-by-step beginner's guide on how to make cuff bracelets.

Check out our top tips to add stone setting skills to your jewelry making arsenal. Get started with this step-by-step approach to understanding settings.

by Hilary Halstead Scott

5 Tips to Start Setting Stones

Have you been thinking about setting stones in your jewelry designs? Check out this starter guide to using gems in your jewelry making.

Learn riveting cold connection techniques for your jewelry designs. This guide covers how to rivet using jewelry making wire.

by Hilary Halstead Scott

Jewelry Making Technique: How to Create Rivets

Learn how to rivet your jewelry designs using wire cold connections. This guide will cover the essential findings you will need plus technique tips for success.

Learn to start silver soldering today! We've put together this step by step tutorial and list of jewelry soldering supplies & tools to get you started.

by Hilary Halstead Scott

5 Steps to Start Silver Soldering

Soldering sterling silver is one of the fundamental skills that every jeweler should have. However, starting up at home can be a little intimidating so we've put together this step by step tutorial with a list of jewelry soldering tools and supplies to get started.

Read our how-to guide to get started with metal stamping your own jewelry designs using metal blanks, stamps and hammer. We've included stamping tips, too!

by Hilary Halstead Scott

5 Tips for Making Hand Stamped Jewelry - lock

Stamping is a great way to personalize jewelry for customers. Check out our 5 tips and tricks on how to make the best of your metal and stamps!

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