This video will show you how to prepare sterling silver to co-fire with precious metal clay. Fire prong settings, pin findings, earring posts and more directly with metal clay with this simple technique.
Question by Katie: About how old is this jewelry?
It was my grandmother’s, but I have no idea when or where she got it. I’m just curious. The chains are 14k gold and the cross pin is sterling silver, but some of it may be fake since there was another necklace (it’s very broken so I didn’t take a pic) that was definitely fake.
I don’t see jewelry like those pins anymore, so I was wondering about when it’s from.
Oh I definitely won’t be giving it away or selling it lol. I love it, especially the balloon pin.
Mopery- Thank you SO much! I never would have thought of marksmanship pins. I tried a little research on it, and I found out that the pin is a WWII army sharahooter badge!
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Answer by myopiniononly1948 It’s really very pretty and old. Don’t give it up. It may be worth some money. I don’t know where she may have gotten it from but it’s pretty.
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TRI-COLOR EARRINGS Items Used: Antique Gold Filigree Beads 23x19mm beads Gold Head Pins Antique Silver Filigree Beads 18mm beads Silver Eye Pins Antique Copper Filigree Beads 16mm beads Copper Eye Pins Silver (or your choice) of earring wires **Have fun with these earrings** Also if you would like to purchase these earrings please let me know. These are so fun and feel fun on your ears. They are light weight but really look pretty on. I love them!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Make sure and subscribe to see other great videos.
Question by mias_mummy: What glue do you use to glue resin to silver?
I have a hot glue gun. Is hot glue enough to hold resin embellishments (cabochons) to jewellery findings (earring posts and bobby pins)? Or do I need a special glue?
Thanks!
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Answer by Irish There is jeweler’s glue for afixing embellisments to findings but duco cement or gorilla glue should also work. duco is clear. gorilla might not dry clear.
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Question by Nunya Biznuzz: Stick Pins and Clutch??Help?
Where can I find 5″ or more stick pins and clutches in Silver? I’ve checked ebay, walmart, Joanns, and Michaels. I just want the pins with no jewelry on it, so I can make my own designs, but cant seem to find them in bulk.
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Answer by joseph try this company: www.manyhorses.com/store_hatpins.htm I don’t know the company, but they have the findings you want. Hat pins and stick pins use the same findings
thesilverart.com Video featuring best selling medical caduceus symbols jewelry by silversmith artist Blue Crockatt. Great gifts for nurses & anyone in the medical field since she customizes the pieces.
Question by Your Anything: What type of make up will match a prom dress? (Description inside)?
The dress is red, 2 shades darker than cherry red. . . Possibly blood red would be a good description. And the shoes are the same. The dress has a silver pin on it with rhinestones in it, so my jewelry can be silver and nails can be red. But my hair is auburn/mouse brown and my eyes change from blue to green, what color make up can I wear with a red dress that will make my eyes pop (more than they already do with the red dress)?
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Answer by Indigo Sky Well since your dress and shoes are red, and I may assume your hair has a tint of red, you want to avoid brightness by adding mystery to your eyes. Try smokey eyes with varying shades of black and gray as you approach your eyebrows, with a little silver under the eyebrows. Your blush should be peachy, and tone down your lips by putting a natural skin color lipstick so that you don’t look over-done, or take focus off your smokey eyes especially that you have blue eyes, it’ll look beautiful.
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Here is a video lesson with Cassie Donlen on how to make fine silver headpins using a butane torch. Produced for Beading Daily
Follow these simple steps to wire wrap your jewelry designs. More info at www.ninadesigns.com
Question by thejanith: How do I get a more uniform twist on my jewelry wire with a pin vise or wire-twisting pliers?
I’ve tried both. The wire-twisting pliers seem to give me a better twist to the wire. Still it;s really not uniform. The ends are more tightly twisted than is the middle, regardless of the length of the wire or how tightly I twist it. Any ideas on how to fix that? I’m using 20ga square wire, sterling silver, if that makes any difference to your answer.
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Answer by Forever Hello friend,
I asked our designer Alice who designed this dangle beads:
I feel that twist on the dangle beads sounds the same as what you mentioned. So I asked Alice how did she crafted the twist. Alice is very professional. She told me”she use two pliers, one is round nose pliers and the other is curved nose pliers”
1) use the round nose plier to make a loop
2) and then use the curved nose plier to clip the loop and use round one to twist
Oh, how i wish i could send an introduction video to you.
By the way, my friend, I also have a question wait your help. I noticed you wrote “20ga square wire”. What’s the meaning of “gauge”? could i use it to describe the head pins diameter or thickness? Or does it only can be used on wire?
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Question by muchluv4pets: How can I tell if my old silver jewelry is real Sterling Silver, or just silver color or plate?
I have several antique pins and brooches. The obvious ones are marked 925 but there are many that are not marked. None of them stick to magnets and all are heavy for their size. And, as far as I can see, none of the metal has been chipped away to expose a possible secondary metal underneath.
I do have one piece, however, that seems to be tarnished in a small area, but will not come off with my polishing cloth. It doesn’t stick to a magnet either. How can I tell if they are the real thing?
Also, will testing it damage the jewelry – especially if it’s not real silver? If they’re not silver, what metal could they possibly have used that won’t stick to a magnet?
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Answer by Sketcher Hi!
Only iron and iron alloys stick to a magnet. The base metal in plated jewelry is usually a copper alloy that contains various other metals such as tin and nickel.
You could look up a silversmith (or goldsmith) and ask them to test your pieces. One way to do this is to scrape a tiny amount of metal from an unobtrusive place in the piece. That way s/he can tell if the piece is plated. Then s/he’ll put a drop of nitric acid on the scrapings to tell the purity of the silver.
The piece that’s tarnished might have been further plated with rhodium, a metal that increases the luster of silver and provides a durable coating. The coating might have worn off and left a spot that stands out. Also, it could be that the piece is base metal, and the silver plating has worn off. Copper alloys oxidize (blacken) easily, that’s why copper and bronze jewelry have to be protected by a special lacquer.
I hope this helps. Good luck!
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The Edward Gorey exhibit at the Brandywine River Museum was wonderful. In addition to original artwork from Gorey’s books, the exhibit included a handful of amazing illustrated envelopes from letters to his mother, sent home from school at Harvard. The artwork on these was unmistakably Gorey, but felt at the same time completely novel in their use of (in places) finely-executed watercolor rather than stark pen-and-ink, and vivid fields of color rather than spidery black line drawing. These were the highlight of the exhibit for me, a close second being the enormous sheared-beaver greatcoat belonging to the late artist, featured over and over again in his work. I didn’t realize before today just in how many places that coat shows up, but it was cleverly placed at the very entrance to the Gorey gallery space, making for a bit of a spot-the-coat game as one progressed through the exhibit.
The exhibit goes only through next weekend, and I’d imagined that most people who wanted to see this had, but I suppose I was wrong. There was a good crowd there, all shuffling along from tiny drawing to tiny drawing, leaning in close to examine the fine pen-work of each piece in turn. I spotted only two dissatisfied customers: a crying baby (disturbed perhaps by all the terrible things that happen to small children in Gorey’s world), and a stocky, squashed-nosed, red-faced middle-aged man who all but dragged his wife out by her ear, loudly hissing at her, or the art, or the rest of us: "Sick!"
The trompe l’oeil fruit paintings, sir, are across the hall.
I had a hard time choosing just one souvenir, but ended up with a Doubtful Guest in sterling silver. I don’t wear a lot of jewelry but I will wear this guy. I had really hoped there would be Figbash dolls (mass-produced to augment the limited number that the artist himself sewed by hand for some years), but alas.
www.hint.etsy.com In this tutorial, Beth Hemmila of Hint Jewelry Design demonstrates how to use 26 gauge fine silver wire and a creme brulee micro torch to create handmade headpins for gems and beads. This is a fun and economical way to personalize your jewelry designs with delightful dangles. Please remember to follow safety precautions while using a flame torch. For more jewelry tips and information visit my blog hintjewelry.blogspot.com
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Question by Really How Not: Can you plate a silver piece of jewelry to make it gold?
I have an emotionally valuable pin that is silver. I want to have it turned into a charm on a bracelet, but I don’t wear silver jewelry, so I was hoping it was possible to plate it with gold and then put in on a gold chain. Is that possible?
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Answer by M S Silver plated with gold is called “vermeil” (ver-MAY). You’d probably want to talk to a local jeweler about having your pin plated.
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