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             The very first teacher I took a metalsmithing class from, offered me, what I can now say after a decade of bashing metals, ...

For Fret Sakes!!!-A not so subtle rant about the Great Patience Crisis and denying yourself a basic skillset. Or, everything you wanted to know about your fret saw but were too afraid to ask…It’s ...

StuckIt happens to me quite often. In fact, it happened when I was asked to write this post. I was ….. stuck. Not because I have run out of ideas. No, that’s rarely the issue here.I knew full well ...

So, you’ve laboured lovingly on a piece for hours on end. Your fingers are the claws of death. You feel like you are about to go blind. You’re just about ready to go to final polish and…Ugh! That ...

              Arrange beads around the bead board until you have a desired length, this may include a focal bead and a combination of ...

Smooth shiny nuggets in agates and jaspersThere's just so many you'll have to buy fasterGemstones so sparkly you'll always want moreThese are a few of our treasures in storeHammers and tweezers and P ...

              Welcome to the first instalment of You’ve Got Maille. In this article the basics of chainmaille will be discussed. Chain ...

             I am often asked by customers which tools and wire are best for wire wrapping. The answer is not very simple as it all depends ...

Welcome back to Weave Got Maille. The first installment gave us a little bit of information on where to start, and this article will elaborate on some of those things. Tools are very importan ...

”A lapidary is an artist or artisan who forms stone, minerals, or gem stones into decorative items such as cabochons, engraved gems, including cameos, and faceted designs. The primary techniqu ...

              Silver doesn't like short cuts. If you follow the right steps, you will see results....and don't forget to flux! &n ...

Bead It (to the tune of "Beat It" by Michael Jackson) Lyrics by: Elana PromislowThe first time that you walk in the storeYou wanna see some beads, you wanna see some moreThe fire's in your eyes, ...

Welcome back to Weave Got Maille! This article is going to be slightly different and not focus so much on chainmaille as on jewelry and art creation in general. At the store we get a lot of people ...

Stone-cutting is a multistage process where a block of stone is cut to a manageable size, shaped to the approximate size and ground and polished to its final shape. There are as many different size ...

ROCKS IN MY HEAD # 3 - THINGS I CAN DO WITH MY TUMBLER“Rock Tumblers” are a great method of quickly polishing stones and also for polishing metal jewellery. They can be used for polishing either bu ...