Making Silver Rings At Home

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Making silver rings at home.

This article describes the steps on how to make a three part silver ring made of sterling. Absolute beginners may benefit most from taking a beginning level class in silversmithing under the supervision of a professional metalworker. I prefer standard 8 gauge half round wire for ring making but you could use. How to make silver jewelry.

For a home delivered supply of inspiring silversmithing projects along with information about jewelry making tools gemstones and new gem discoveries faceting and other gem designs for the lapidary and trends in the jewelry industry all things of interest to both accomplished and aspiring jewelry makers subscribe to lapidary journal. Making sterling silver jewelry is a hobby for some and a business for others. Welcome to this free 3 part course in how to make professional silver jewellery from home with jessica rose at jewellers academy. It s nice to have the ones that have lots of compartments and the stacking shelves because if you re using a jewelry bench they aren t always that large so you don t what to take up a bunch of room on your table or bench.

Silver clay is a great way to get started if you can get hold of it but you can also cut attach or mold solid sterling silver with a jeweler s saw soldering kit or hammer and anvil. As an additional precaution make sure to only use household strength store bought peroxide and vinegar 3 and 5 strength respectively if you add peroxide in order to avoid accidentally. Learning how to make rings is easy and opens up endless possibilities for personalization. Using a relatively inexpensive metal and casting it in an ingot mold you can create a sophisticated design at the low price point many cash strapped consumers are looking for these days.

Start with simple ring bands or stacking rings you can make by simply combining silver wire with basic metalsmithing and texturing tools likes hammers and files. Don t worry if you make a mistake or have to clean nickel silver. Rings are my favorite piece of jewelry to collect wear and make.