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Jewelry Making

Category: <span>Jewelry Making</span>

Make jewelry at home for special occasions or to wear every day. Explore the best tools and techniques for making jewelry with beads, resin, wire, chain, stones and more.

Browse through our jewelry projects and inspiration.

Handmade BraceletsHandmade Necklaces

Inspiring Jewelry Artists

Loving the improvisation of finding ways to make disparate elements work together to become a cohesive whole, Melinda Hutton has found her happy place with Closures-Remnants. She combines old buttons...

More Jewelry Making

Devi Chand sunflower upcycled paper necklace

Spotlight: Devi Chand, Upcycled Paper Artist

Transforming ordinary materials into extraordinary jewelry, upcycled paper artist Devi Chand takes scraps of paper and creates handmade beads which she then fashions into unique necklaces, earrings and bracelets. Things…
Wire Wrapped Loop Close the Circle

How to Make a Wire Wrapped Loop

When you know how to make a wire wrapped loop, it opens many jewelry design doors for you. Perfect wire wrapped loops enhance both the beauty and strength of handmade…
Simple Wire Loop Make Lollipop Shape

How to Make a Simple Wire Loop for Jewelry

Simple wire loops are basic components of handmade jewelry, so knowing how to make them is a skill you will call on often. Wire loops create headpins, make places to…
Looking Glass Bracelet Finished 1

Make the Looking Glass Bracelet

Always ready for a pretty beading project, but short on time to design and gather materials, the chance to make the Looking Glass Bracelet landed at just the right time!…
Make a Kumihimo Bracelet with Pearlized Beads Detail

Make a Kumihimo Bracelet

Accent your modern wardrobe with a new twist on an ancient craft when you make a beaded Kumihimo bracelet. With this tutorial, we will take you through the finishing steps…
Beaded Dragonfly

Spotlight: Nancy Cain, Bead Artist

Every piece of bead art that Nancy Cain designs is creatively engineered to achieve her vision for a sculptural piece with inherent structure. Math Brain and Art Brain have worked…
Beaded pendant by Maggie Meister

Spotlight: Maggie Meister, Bead Artist

Inspired by architecture, ancient mosaics and historical jewelry, Maggie Meister's museum quality beadwork includes structural components and gemstone accents that look impossible to recreate. But Maggie's unique approach to building…
Structural Beadwork

Spotlight: Beth Stone, Bead Jewelry Artist

A third-generation bead artist, Beth Stone thrives on challenges - on visualizing a new piece, then engineering how to make beads of various shapes and sizes work together to build…