JewelCraftPro: Begin Your Craft

Master the fundamentals of jewelry fabrication through step-by-step instructions. Understand the necessary tools, processes, and mindset to consistently create professional-looking jewelry pieces.

Master Core Techniques

Saw, solder, file, and polish with confidence through step-by-step demonstrations. Gain understanding of each step to repeat the process.

Refine Artistic Vision

Understand principles of balance, proportion, and texture as well as the techniques used to create jewelry in a professional studio. Learn how to make small changes that take your designs from ordinary to extraordinary.

Accessible Materials

Begin working with metal without investing in expensive equipment. Instead, learn which basic tools to use and how to make beautiful jewelry with low cost metals. Understand how to avoid costly mistakes and maintain quality.

Precision Finishing

Properly finish a handmade jewelry piece to achieve a professional shine. Learn how to prepare your piece for finishing, how to polish and buff for a smooth finish, and more.

Craft Focus Areas

Explore specialized skills that shape distinctive jewelry styles

Ring Creation

Design and fabricate rings that balance comfort with visual impact, mastering sizing, shaping, and stone placement for pieces meant to be worn every day.

Stone Setting

Secure gemstones using precise techniques that protect delicate materials while maximizing brilliance, ensuring each stone sits perfectly aligned and firmly held.

Metal Forming

Shape sheet and wire into elegant structures through bending, hammering, and forging methods that preserve strength while creating fluid, organic forms.

Surface Texturing

Add character with finishes ranging from subtle satin to bold hammered patterns, learning how texture influences light, depth, and overall visual expression.

Chain Assembly

Construct durable and graceful chains link by link, focusing on consistency, symmetry, and strength so the final piece moves naturally and resists wear.

Final Polishing

Achieve a professional shine using multi-stage polishing methods that remove micro-scratches and reveal the true luster of precious metals without distortion.

From Raw To Refined

Follow along as unshaped metal is shaped into beautiful jewelry. Work step-by-step through each phase of fabrication. Patience and attention to detail will help you master the processes.

Step-By-Step Guidance

Practical Methods

Professional Skills

Craft Stories

“This project took the mystery out of every step in the fabrication process. I found the skills I thought were difficult to be methodical and easy to repeat, and my results looked the way they were supposed to.”

Arisa Aoyagi

Build Lasting Skills

Stop feeling held back by fear of complicated techniques. By learning not just what to do, but why to do it, you’ll be able to push yourself to the next level and tackle more intricate designs.