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Handmade Components without Soldering

November 12, 2019
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by Detrina Kofroth

I have published several posts in the mini-series Handmade Components over the last few weeks. The focus was on using soldering techniques to create the base components. Today, I want to share a technique for creating a base component using basic wire wrapping techniques. I will present the tutorials in two video tutorials. In the […]

A Jeweler's Life, Handmade Components and Wire Wrapping, Jewelry Projects, Jewelry Techniques, Metal Forming Basics, Metalsmithing Jewelry, Soldering Basics, Wire Components, Wire Jewelry

Metalsmithing 101 – Handmade Components – Bronze Diamond

October 18, 2019
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by Detrina Kofroth

Making Matching Components for your Jewelry Design Welcome to the third installment of the Handmade Components series. So far, we have made two versions of the ever popular oval component, each with an eye loop. Today, I am going to walk you through the process I used for creating these gorgeous diamond shape Bronze components. […]

A Jeweler's Life, Handmade Components and Wire Wrapping, Jewelry Projects, Jewelry Techniques, Metal Forming Basics, Metalsmithing Jewelry, Soldering Basics, Wire Components, Wire Jewelry

Metalsmithing 101 – Handmade Components – Copper Oval with Eye Loop

October 15, 2019
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by Detrina Kofroth

Making Matching Components for your Jewelry Design Hello and welcome back to my miniseries in Metalsmithing Jewelry. In the last post, we reviewed the step by step tutorial for a Brass Oval With Eye Loop. I showed you one technique for making near perfect matching components. Today we are going to take a look at […]

A Jeweler's Life, Handmade Components and Wire Wrapping, Jewelry Projects, Jewelry Techniques, Metal Forming Basics, Metalsmithing Jewelry, Soldering Basics, Wire Components, Wire Jewelry

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 […]