Recently when I visited the craftsy website, I realised that I have been living under a rock for a while. Though I am a craftsy affiliate*, I hadnt noticed that they have now added so many new and exciting jewelry making classes. I felt like a kid in a candy store when I came across the Wire jewelry classes on craftsy and immediately wanted to share them with you. Plus, Craftsy is having a major sale now – almost 50% off on most classes, making it an excellent time to try out new techniques..Yipee!!
Once class that I fell completely in love with is Big & Bold Wire Jewelry taught by Sharilyn Miller. I love wearing and making large bold statement jewelry but I cant always seem to anneal or work with heavy gauge wire. It either becomes too soft or there is hardly any texture showing.
In this 7 part (lesson) video, Sharilyn shows us the technique behind annealing to make the wire strips more pliable before twisting and how to add texture. We can also learn how to make a rosette necklace from heavy-gauge jump rings, make a spiral wire clasp and Bold necklace pendants. For those wanting to take up their skills a notch, she teaches how to fuse fine silver wire to make finger rings, pendants and earrings. For an advanced technique, she also demonstrates fusing shapes inside other shapes and making fused chains. This seems like one of those classes I definitely want to try out. After discount this class is priced at $29.99
When people think of wire jewelry, they somehow think of simple, minimalist pieces or very ornate coiled and woven designs. But what a lot of people are unaware of is that wire can be used to create very pretty, delicate, feminine jewelry
Filigree Jewelry with a twist is one such class by Melody MacDuffee where you can learn how to make filigree frames, floral branching out designs. After teaching how to bezel a cabochon, Melody, demonstrates a gorgeous beaded bezel pendant with a filigree overlay towards the end of the class that is drool worthy. Over 1000+ students have registered for this class so far, showing how popular this class is. You can take a look at some students work here. After discount this class is priced at $14.99
If you have never tried Wire jewelry before and feel intimidated by these intermediate to advance level classes, don’t worry, help is available in the form of a free resource from Craftsy
This PDF handbook on beautiful wire jewelry offers not just a helpful overview of tools and wire types, but also 27 pages of wirework tutorials and tips from experts to help you in getting started with the Wire jewelry classes on craftsy. Not yet on Craftsy? Join in pronto as you are missing out on a lot. Click on any of the images in this post to sign up
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I hope you found it interesting
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