February 23, 2012

All that glitters MAY become Gold

Making your own jewellery has, for some, stopped being just an enjoyable hobby.  It can now be turned into a fun and sometimes very lucrative job.  With College courses available to study the making and marketing of jewellery, it can be within many more peoples’ reach to run a successful business.

 The best place to “test the water” for selling your jewellery online is eBay.  There are templates available for describing your products and you can post photographs.  Postage and packaging advice is there for you also and should you require large shipments there’s help in choosing shipping companies for deliveries. [Read more...]

Jewellery Using Textiles Techniques

Jewellery Using Textiles Techniques A large-format highly illustrated how-to-do-it book for beginners and practising jewellers looking for new ideas.There will be at least ten projects included showing how to design and make your very own finished pieces and every project will include a variety of finishing options.

Ceramic Jewellery

Ceramic Jewellery This book covers all the essential information needed to make ceramic jewellery - a popular new area. It looks at sourcing or making the fittings and findings combining your ceramic with other materials and various potential design problems as well as looking at the current international scene.

Ceramic Jewellery

Ceramic Jewellery This book covers all the essential information needed to make ceramic jewellery - a popular new area. It looks at sourcing or making the fittings and findings combining your ceramic with other materials and various potential design problems as well as looking at the current international scene.

The Jewellery Making Handbook

The Jewellery Making Handbook Divided into four sections, this book contains a section on materials and techniques, followed by projects that produce stylish and wearable pieces of jewellery for...

Tatting Jewellery

Tatting Jewellery A work on the intricate skill of tatting; one of the oldest forms of lace making. It showcases the use of this accessible and thriving craft ideal for creating fantastic necklaces bracelets pendants and earrings.

Beginner’s Guide to Bead Netting

Beginner's Guide to Bead Netting Shows you how to produce beautiful and imaginative designs using bead netting. This book explains the stitches and basic techniques using step-by-step photographs and includes eight easy-to-follow projects to help you put your skills into practice and make gorgeous purses jewellery and other items of your own.

Jewellery Materials Sourcebook

Jewellery Materials Sourcebook This is a visual directory to working with a wide range of materials while making jewellery.

Creative Wool

Creative Wool A lively craft book which shows how to make toys jewellery dolls and lots more from fleece and yarn. A range of projects for children of all ages.

Classical Kids

Classical Kids Features hands-on activities such as making a star gazer; chiselling a clay tablet; weaving Roman sandals; making a Greek mosaic; creating Roman jewellery; throwing Greek pottery; casting a vote in a Roman-style election; and more. This work includes facts and trivia. It offers helpful illustrations that explain project steps.