How to make brass jewelry

Patina is a natural tarnish that forms on the surface of brass and other metals. Adding a patina finish to brass pieces can give those pieces an aged look that many people find appealing. While natural patina usually occurs over an...

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A step by step free tutorial on making a jingle bell charm. Different combinations of metals make for different sounds.

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I’ve mentioned before that one of my goals here on Modern Metalsmithing is to not only talk about technique, but to talk about design. That’s because it’s important to me that you develop your own design sensibility right along with your metalsmithing skills. So today, I want to talk about the ins and out of...

Welcome to Modern Metalsmithing! I’m Megan Auman, designer, metalsmith, and educator. I spent nearly a decade teaching Metalsmithing at colleges and universities. And now I’ve created Modern Metalsmithing to blend design fundamentals with technical skills to help you learn to make jewelry and metalwork that expresses your unique creative vision. At Modern Metalsmithing, we believe…...

If you’re new to wirework, this is a fun and easy technique that you can use to create some beautiful pieces of jewelry and accessories. It really is amazing what you make with a little wire, a few…

Have you heard about the lemon and salt method for cleaning copper? Here is the full tutorial plus other copper and brass cleaning recipes by Pop Shop America.

For cleaning brass, I use an everyday technique and a second technique whenever my brass starts to get really dirty. The second one I use just once a twice a year.

by Staci Louise Smith It is spring in the studio and lots of things are going on. I am prepping for new shows this spring......which is ...

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How to Make Pierce Work Jewelry: This is how to make jewelry items out of sheet metal with decorative holes. I will show you how to make a pin with the piece I cut out. There is almost no limit to what you can make with enough thought behind this process.

I have done something similar but easier. I made a clay shaper and then hammered my metal and it worked well. poor womans hydralic press #Metal #Jewelry #Tutorials

How to Make Jump Rings: Today, I would like to bring you to a basic technique: How to make jump rings! Tought it's easy to buy perfect pre-made jumps rings, sometimes I might like to make my own jump rings using diffferent types of materials such as brass, copper, steel, a…