Jewelry Making

Yes they did. Early Amerinds, just like everyone else on the planet, made their tools and weapons from less expensive and harder materials than gold and silver.

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Try ebay or amazon, they have a big evil eye selection there
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What are they?

Silver is harder than gold, but still soft enough that it can be easily shaped for jewelry. The silver used for making jewelry is alloyed with other metals. Here are the types of silver used for making jewelry:

•Argentium Sterling Silver
•Bali Silver
•Fine Silver
•Hill Tribe Silver
•Nickel Silver
•Oxidized Sterling Silver
•Silver Clay
•Silver Filled
•Silver Plated
•Sterling Silver
•Tibetan Silver

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I have been looking and looking all over the internet for a certain style of silver plated chain, that is about 20 mm circles linked together with jump rings. My local jewelry store had it, but then they lost the supplier. I am looking for A LOT of it. So I am also thinking trade shows? However, I am getting lost and am not sure which one to go to. Please HELP!

If you can’t find it online, start calling your "competition" in other states. Find folks who make jewelry like you do, but aren’t competing in your market, and ask them if they have a supplier they like for that type of chain.

Does that make sense?

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I have started learning to make jewelry out of silver wire. I’d like to give it that antiqued finish, or patina, & I’ve heard that the way to do that is to "oxidize" it. I don’t know how that’s done. How do I do it & where do I buy the materials?
Also wondering if it works on silver-coated wire. I usually don’t buy wire that is pure silver, just silver coated.
Thanks.

Hello there,

Oxidizing is simple and easy to do. You do not need a lot of chemicals. All that is needed is sulphur bath. You heat the piece and drop it in the bath. I always used liver of sulphur. Dissolved it in water and heated that. Heat the piece and drop it in the solution. It will turn black fast.

Fire Mountain Gems has a brief statement about that in the learning center.
http://www.firemountaingems.com/asktheexperts/previousquestions.asp?docid=AA5V

If you cannot find it at a drug store, you can get a pricey solution at Rio Grande Jewelry Supply
Company
http://www.riogrande.com/MemberArea/ProductPage.aspx?assetname=331031&page=GRID&free_text=liver+of+sulphur

I would guess Fire Mountain has it also, but I did not check

Later,

Hello again,
I forgot to mention that the process stinks. You get a rotten egg smell. Work where there is good ventilation.

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I want to make a ring, but can’t find some medium silver solder that’s cadmium free and lead free.
I’ve read somewhere about tinned silver solder, but is this safe to wear for an extended period of time? Will it be relatively easy to work with.
If I order this stuff online, it’ll have to be shipped to me before the 20th of December.

There is silver solder- check AC Moore, Michaels, JoAnn’s Fabrics
Check these or other craft store outlets for a new item: silver clay. It comes in very thin small sheets and does not need to be soldered. See CuttersTV.com (Sloan Rutter: Paint, Paper, Crafts - recent episode- December)

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I need this for sience homework!Please help me!

Malleability and ductility. Malleability is the property of metals to be shaped and formed without breaking. Ductility is the ability to be ’stretched’.

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I am looking to buy my mom and sister necklaces. I found a website that sells pure silver (.999) engravable necklaces. Does pure silver make good jewelery or is sterling silver better?

I have to agree with Sarit (above). Fine silver is 97-99% pure and as it has less alloys in it is resistant to tarnishing. Fine silver will be softer however.

Sterling silver is 92.5% pure silver, it is harder due to the added metals into the alloy however this does make it more susceptible to tarnish.

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I’m making flat necklace charms out of strips of sterling silver. After I cut and file the silver, I need to buff out all the little scratches and make it shiny.

What type of tools do I use to do this?

Thanks

If you are really getting into this craft, consider getting a buffing wheel. A Dremel will work b/c it has a buffing head. Otherwise you can try to use buffers intended for manicures or silver polish and a rag–but this is the drudgery way to go.

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I want to try my hand at making jewelry out of metal sheets but I’m not sure where I can purchase them (especially the sterling silver sheet) here in Singapore.. I’m guessing I can get them from metal suppliers in the industrial parks but as I won’t be getting much (only enough for a few pendants initially), I don’t know if it’s possible to buy small quantities from such companies.

Also, if anyone has any experience in this, please also recommend where I can buy the other tools needed for metal working such as the JEWELERS SAW and the blades, the chasing hammer, etc.

Thanks in advance! ** Thanks to all who answered so far! I’m really looking into buying locally but if all else fails, I will definitely check out the sites you guys mentioned But shipping will be a pain for sure! haha

I’ve already found a place which sells the chasing hammer and steel block, but the metal sheets and jewelers saw — NONE YET. So keep the suggestions coming!

Thanks!

http://www.riogrande.com/

They have it all. metals, tools, supplies. They ship internationally.

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