5 Unisex Designs to Expand Your Jewelry Collection

Trying to find a way to bring in new clientele? Incorporate these 5 unisex designs into your existing jewelry line to expand your collection.

by Ashley Maldonado

What to Expect in Your First Jewelry Making Class

So you’ve made the decision to take your first jewelry class? Congrats! We reached out to some of our preferred teachers to help give you an idea of what to expect.

KP Studio located in Phoenix, AZ is a thriving metalsmithing studio school offering classes for beginning to intermediate jewelry artists.

by Kelli Vanyek Greene

Jewelry School Profile: KP Studio

Located just two hours south of Halstead Headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona is a thriving metalsmithing studio school. We took a day trip to check out the space, chat with the instructors and hang out with all of the KP Studio cats!

Traditional Craft Schools are dotted around the country. The Craft School experience is designed to be a brief stay at a retreat campus wher

by Kelli Vanyek Greene

The Craft School Experience for Jewelers

The Craft School experience is designed to be a brief stay at a retreat campus where serious artists can explore a craft while enjoying a beautiful place and the company of like-minded peers.

Learn how to use a wire jig tool to make stunning wirework bracelet designs out of bulk jewelry wire. Brenda Schweder offers tips for success.

by Kelli Vanyek Greene

Wirework Bracelet Making by Brenda Schweder

Brenda Schweder shows how you can use her jewelry making jig tool, Now That's a Jig!, with jewelry wire to make gorgeous wire work bracelet designs.

Whether you're a beginner or experienced, these studio schools will help advance your jewelry making skills with a variety of class options.

by Ashley Maldonado

Halstead's Preferred Studio Schools

We have developed great relationships with jewelry making schools all over the country. They offer a range of 1 day workshops to multi-week classes with experienced instructors.

Use pre-made jewelry findings in new and creative ways with these inspiration and tips in this guest blog from Metalwerx Studio!

by Paulette Werger

Get Creative With Pre-Made Jewelry Components!

Get inspired to look at findings in a whole new way! Paulette Werger ran a workshop "Creative uses for Premade Components" and you'll love some of the ideas she and her students came up with.

Want to learn how to set raw crystals into sterling silver findings? We take you through three separate settings, ranked simple to hardest, in this blog.

by Erica Stice

3 Ways to Set Raw Crystal Points using Sterling Silver Findings

Use gallery end caps and bead cones to create simple, striking drop earrings or challenge yourself with a center banded technique. The star of each piece is the raw crystal adorning each one.

We are pleased to introduce 2018 Halstead Grant guest judge Michael David Sturlin, a renowned goldsmith, small business coach and jewelry studio educator.

by Ashley Maldonado

Meet Halstead Grant Guest Judge, Michael David Sturlin

Michael David Sturlin will bring his expertise in craftsmanship and jewelry entrepreneurship to this year's jury.

Halstead is proud to support jewelry events such as retreats and symposiums across the country. Our amazing jewelry community is doing great

by Ashley Maldonado

Jewelry Events: Conferences, Retreats & Symposiums

Jewelry making events, retreats and symposiums are all around the country! They offer great classes to help you expand your skill set and even better networking opportunities to connect with fellow jewelers. You may even see a happy Halstead face at some of these events!

Take a jewelry making class from one of Halstead's Preferred Teachers. Find classes at shows and retreats or in studios around the country.

by Hilary Halstead Scott

Best Jewelry Teachers in the USA: Halstead's Preferred Teacher Classes List

Looking for a great jewelry making class experience? Check out our list of the best jewelry teachers in the USA who regularly travel to different locations around the country to teach new makers.

Use metalsmithing stakes in your jewelry making for fold forming techniques. This tutorial shows how to make leaf earrings using these tools and skills.

by Erica Stice

Intro to Jewelry Stakes: Fold Forming Leaf Earrings

Learn how to make fold formed leaf earrings with jewelry stakes. Improve your metalsmithing skills with this tutorial on the tools, supplies and techniques you will need.

See why we highly recommend jewelry making classes at the Silvera Jewelry School in Berkeley, California in the bay area.

by Hilary Halstead Scott

School Profile: Silvera Jewelry School

Heading to San Francisco? You might want to take a metalsmithing class at the Silvera Jewelry School!

Meet Julie Sanford, the founder of the outstanding Michigan jewelry school Studio JSD. Learn about the school and the classes they offer each year.

by Erica Stice

Jewelry School Profile: Julie Sanford's Studio JSD

Read about Studio JSD, a jewelry school we highly recommend for locals in the Midwest and visitors! Get a lakeside cottage for the weekend and enjoy all that Julie Sanford's studio can offer.

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