Jewelry making tutorials
Educate. Equip. Encourage.Work Hardening and Annealing Defined.
If you have ever worked metal before, you know that as you work the metal, the characteristics of the metal change. This is a post from a while...
Soldering (sizing) Back to Teaching
Ok, The JewelryMonk Studio and Training Center is FINALLY Up and Running! Get your Jewelry Training here, Get your Jewelry Tools Here,...
FREE Broken Wax Repair Video Today
What would you do if you had 3 hands? Other than joining the circus or being a better juggler, there are many benefits to having an extra hand. One...
FREE Tool Making Video Today
I like to think of myself as "very resourceful", or pretty cheap..... depends on who you ask. I would sometimes rather MAKE tools that I use, rather...
Jewelry Making and Casting Overview
Have you ever been stuck in a place from where you are, and where you want to be? As a jeweler, there are so many aspects of the jewelry making...
File Prep for My Barrette Files
Today I am talking about File-Prep, and have a Tutorial and a Video on how I prepare my Barrette Needle File for Making Jewelry. This is my favorite...
Burnisher Making for Gypsy or Flush Settings
In my last post, I showed how to Gypsy or Flush set a stone in a earring project I built. Today I will show, step by step, how I make the burnisher...
Gypsy Setting or Flush Setting Tutorial
Part 2 of the Tapered Rectangle Earring Tutorial Let's finish this earring project we started yesterday. When I left off, we created the design and...
Tapered Rectangle Earring Tutorial
Tapered Rectangle Earring Tutorial It has been a while since I actually sat down and did a project tutorial from start to finish. Well you are in...
Soldering a Thin Piece to a Thick Piece
Over the years I have heard many jewelers express their concerns and struggles of trying to solder a thin loop or earring post to a thicker piece....
Wax Carving to Finished Jewelry Video Series
A to Z Design to Finished Jewelry Video Course The A to Z Design to Finished Jewelry Course is a video series that takes you through creation a...
4 Prong Setting Tutorial
How to Set a Round Stone in a 4 Prong Setting I wanted to demonstrate how to set the 2mm stone in a 4 prong setting. In past blog entries I have set...
How to Bezel Set a Square Stone
Quick Story..... then a tip. I have always had goals..... In my head. I work towards them, I get new goals, I change my goals, I accomplish some...
Tool Prep and Maintenance Today
How to Modify Your Tweezers I have heard it said, and attributed to Abe Lincoln, "If I had 4 hours to cut down a tree, I would use the first 2 hours...
Pendant Project Part 4, The Finale
Pendant Project Part 4, The Finale! This little “Bezel Pendant” project started a few days ago when I got the bright idea to show how to make a...
Pendant Project Part 3
Pendant Project Part 3 Part 3 of the V-Bezel pendant. Today we will finish soldering the pendant I started a couple of days ago, and I have a couple...
Pendant Project Part 2
Pendant Project Part 2 Ok, ok, After the V-Bezel illustration from a few days ago, I had quite a few comments about how I would use the bezels and a...
Pendant Project Part 1
Pendant Project OK, if you have a little time, stick with me, over the next week or so I am going to take you on a journey, and at the end, we will...