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Metalsmithing 101 – Handmade Components – Brass Oval with Eye Loop

October 11, 2019
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by Detrina Kofroth

Making Matching Components for your Jewelry Design Hello and welcome to a new miniseries in Metalsmithing Jewelry. I have several new project tutorials coming your way this month and I needed a few wire components to use for some wire wrapping designs. I thought to myself, what a great time this would be to teach […]

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Metalsmithing at Home ~ Finishing Tools Part 2 – Power Tools

March 17, 2019
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by Detrina Kofroth

Hello and Welcome to the Final Post in the Metalsmithing at Home Basic Tools Series for the Home Studio Jeweler. Over the past several weeks, we have discussed a lot of information about the basic tools used to make Metal Jewelry in the Home Studio environment. To get a better understanding about the tools, we […]

A Jeweler's Life, Finishing and Polishing Basics, Jeweler's Tools, Jewelry Techniques, Metalsmithing Jewelry, Tools ~ Organizing and Setups

Metalsmithing at Home ~ Finishing Tools Part 1 – Hand Tools

March 13, 2019
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by Detrina Kofroth

Over the past several weeks, we have discussed a lot of information about the basic tools used to make Metal Jewelry in the Home Studio environment. To get a better understanding about the tools, we have been looking at them from a task based perspective. And we talked about the Gauge and Temper of metal […]

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Metalsmithing at Home – Cold Connections

March 10, 2019
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by Detrina Kofroth

Connections are one of the most important processes used in Jewelry making. No matter what technique you use, there will be a point when you have to connect your work to some other element or finding. When talking about metalsmithing, most of the time we automatically think that soldering or brazing is involved, but it […]

A Jeweler's Life, Jeweler's Tools, Jewelry Techniques, Metal Forming Basics, Metalsmithing Jewelry, Tools ~ Organizing and Setups

Metalsmithing At Home – Basic Forming Tools – Part 2

March 3, 2019
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by Detrina Kofroth

Welcome Back to the Metalsmithing at Home Basic Tools Series. Today we are going to discuss the second task on our list, Moving the Metal. In the the Intro, we defined Metalsmithing as it pertains to the Jeweler’s Life and the making of Metal Jewelry. We talked about the correlation between the tools we need and […]

A Jeweler's Life, Jeweler's Tools, Jewelry Techniques, Metal Forming Basics, Metalsmithing Jewelry, Tools ~ Organizing and Setups

Metalsmithing At Home – Basic Forming Tools – Part 1

February 25, 2019
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by Detrina Kofroth

Welcome Back to the Metalsmithing at Home Basic Tools Series. Today we are going to discuss the second task on our list, Moving the Metal. In the the Intro, we defined Metalsmithing as it pertains to the Jeweler’s Life and the making of Metal Jewelry. We talked about the correlation between the tools we need […]