Jewelry & Beading

May 15th, 2008

Soda can tag pendants

Art Attack Thursday!

Altered Angel shared these wonderfully fun little tag pendants that she made from various soda cans! She graciously added a tutorial that you’ll have to go to page 3 of the comments to find :-)
Can’t you just think of a million uses for these beyond simple tags? Go leave her a nice comment […]

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May 12th, 2008

Do you want to design for yourself? Theme

Theme: Your guiding concept
Suppose that you have an idea or a concept that won’t leave you alone…you just must design something with that theme in mind, but you can’t find the notion of theme on your list of design elements and principles? Never fear, theme is a wonderful potential pathway into designing. Many many of […]

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May 6th, 2008

The versatile spiral stitch

Technique Tuesday!

There are so many wonderful things that you can do with a basic spiral stitch. If you’ve never tried it before, start with the basic steps that I’ve illustrated below. After you have gotten the rhythm, let your imagination go wild!
Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5
Repeat from Step 2
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May 5th, 2008

Do you want to design for yourself? Focal Point

Focal Point…show me where to look!

Just as it does in a painting, the focal point in a wonderful piece of jewelry captures your gaze and directs your eye where to settle. Additional focal points can create a sense of movement by guiding your eye around a piece. Having a strong focal point can create a […]

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May 5th, 2008

Do you want to design for yourself?

Make Art Monday: A new series on design!

Learning the basics of beading and jewelry making by following how-to instructions is a good way to develop a repertoire of techniques. But sooner or later, the day comes when you find yourself wondering if it would be ok to modify that pattern just a bit. As you […]

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April 30th, 2008

WigJig’s jewelry-making videos

What’s Up Wednesday!

As a part of their commitment to helping people learn how to make wearable art pieces easily, WigJig site has added videos and still photos with instructions for some of the most popular jewelry project techniques.
For our videos below, we will reference a link to that video on our web site and a […]

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April 29th, 2008

How to make time…

Technique Tuesday!
Well, how to make the “Time to Run” necklace at any rate! Wish that I knew how to make more time in each day :-)
Materials
3 copper discs, 26 mm
4 hammered oval links, 20 mm
Copper curb link bracelet, cut in half
5 ” piece of heavy brass chain, cut in half
12 ” piece of […]

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April 29th, 2008

The Basics: the best of the basics online

In the ocean of information that is the world wide web, there are a few websites that rise to the top when it comes to covering the basics of beadwork. Not surprisingly, one of them is the Beadwork Site at About.com. Paula Morgan has compiled the very best tutorials on just about every aspect of […]

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April 1st, 2008

Guest tutorial by Wendy Van Camp: Loom Bead Weaving Basics

Technique Tuesday!

Wendy Van Camp, of Indigoskye Bead Fashions has shared her tips with us on getting started with loom bead weaving! Many people mentioned how much they enjoyed the artist profile with Wendy a few weeks ago, so now we’re fortunate to have a tutorial that Wendy wrote.
BEAD WEAVING BASICS by Wendy Van Camp
So, […]

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March 14th, 2008

The Basics: Information & tutorials to get you started

I spent some time looking back over the Jewelry & Beading blog, and I decided that it was way past time to make a list of all the posts that will give you the basic info you need to get started in beading and jewelry-making. Tammy Powley, who was the original editor of this blog, […]

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