Jewelry Making Silver Charms?

23 Feb 2010

23 Feb, 2010 silver jewelry making

I want to start making jewelry. I want to put a small (very small) charm on every item I make as my signature. I cannot find many small charms on websites. Any suggestions?

You could always use a "metal clay" and make your own charm anyway you want.
For more info on metal clays, look here:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/Characteristics.htm
…click on the category near bottom of list called METAL CLAYS

Or you could use a polymer clay (Premo, Fimo, Sculpey, etc), then do one of the things to it that makes it look like metal.
For a summary of those ways, check out this page on making fauxs with polymer clay:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/Faux–many.htm
…click on the category called METALS

If you also want info on creating lettering and/or stamping into polymer clay (or often metal clay too) charms, from the alphabetical navigation bar on the left click on the pages called:
LETTERS-INKS > Lettering
STAMPING
And if you want info on how to hang the charms from things, or thread them onto cording, etc., check out the pages called for various ways:
PENDANTS > Loops & Holes
BEAD HOLES

HTH,

Diane B.

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Titanide
2010 Feb 23 1

Check out etsy.com (that’s a home-made craft online store) and see if anyone’s making something that will work for your items. If not, etsy has a section called Alchemy, where you can post a request for a craft that you need, and the artists on the site will apply to be the person to make it.

Hope this helps!
References :
http://www.etsy.com/alchemy/
Diane B.
2010 Feb 23 2

You could always use a "metal clay" and make your own charm anyway you want.
For more info on metal clays, look here:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/Characteristics.htm
…click on the category near bottom of list called METAL CLAYS

Or you could use a polymer clay (Premo, Fimo, Sculpey, etc), then do one of the things to it that makes it look like metal.
For a summary of those ways, check out this page on making fauxs with polymer clay:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/Faux–many.htm
…click on the category called METALS

If you also want info on creating lettering and/or stamping into polymer clay (or often metal clay too) charms, from the alphabetical navigation bar on the left click on the pages called:
LETTERS-INKS > Lettering
STAMPING
And if you want info on how to hang the charms from things, or thread them onto cording, etc., check out the pages called for various ways:
PENDANTS > Loops & Holes
BEAD HOLES

HTH,

Diane B.
References :
http://glassattic.com/polymer/contents.htm

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