Jewelry Making
A Guide to Finishes
This is by no means an exhaustive list of finishes, but it’s a good start and can be helpful when you talk to a jewel...
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What is Pickle?
Pickling is something that metal smiths are doing all the time. We forget that there’s a lot we do in the jewelry-mak...
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What is Rhodium?
Rhodium (ROH-dee-um) is a chemical element. It’s “Rh” on the periodic table. It’s a silver-white metal that is very r...
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Firescale Explained
I think it’s important to educate consumers about jewelry. The techniques, the materials and so much more! Without fu...
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Mohs Scale
The Mohs hardness scale was developed in the 1800s by Friederich Mohs. He was a German geologist and mineralogist.
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What is a cabochon?
Basically, a cabochon is a gemstone that has been shaped and polished. It is a very old method of cutting gems. As in...
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What is Gold-filled wire?
The name “gold-filled” is confusing because it is not wire filled with gold, it’s gold wire that is filled with a bas...
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Posts, Ear Wires, Leverbacks
When I first started making earrings I always used ear wires and learned how to make them. Then there were times that...
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