First Metal E-Course Complete
October 29, 2006 by Tammy Powley
Filed under Basics - Getting Started, Classes, Wire
Finally! I have finished creating my first, of what I hope will at least be a few, metal jewelry making e-course at my About.com site. This is a 14 week class, so you’ll get one lesson emailed to you every week. I will promo it in my Nov. 1st Jewelry Making newsletter, but I wanted my blog buddies over here to get first crack at it.
Here’s the scoop – like I said 14 classes, 14 weeks – and I cover all kinds of metal information in relation to metal fabrication. You’d be amazed at the jewelry you can make with …read more
Filing Jewelry
October 1, 2006 by Tammy Powley
Filed under Basics - Getting Started, Wire
A critical element to making metal and wire jewelry that looks finished is filing. For fabricating metal, you might use a file to help shape a piece of metal or fit two pieces of metal together without any gaps.
For wire, filing is important to do so that you don’t have any rough areas when wire might stick out. Obviously, this can scratch the wearer. Filing is one of the tasks I hate the most. Whenever my husband and I take metal classes together, we always split up the chores. He’s great at filing, and I prefer to polish.
If you …read more
