Jewelry Making

The craft of jewelry making is ever-expansive, a blend of age-old techniques, modern materials, and exciting new ways of merging ancient and new elements to create works of wearable art. People are taking more of an interest in wearing jewelry that is handcrafted, either by themselves or another artist, because then the piece is tailored to your color and style preferences, and is one-of-a-kind. Check the resources below for suggestions.

Cameos-
Cameo and Wire Jewelry sells beautiful cameos and even offers a mail order package to get you carving cameos and making wire jewelry. Cameos were popular in Victorian Europe among the military and Victorian women. Today, cameos are still in production, largely produced in Italy.

Bead Jewelry-
Beads were one of the first jewelry items used by ancient humans. In the past, bead jewelry came in the form of bone, teeth, hair, coral, and seashell necklaces. Today you can find many bead outlets on the interent and create your own bead jewelry.

Hemp Jewelry-
In the craft of Macrame, which is a technique of knotting twine or rope to create objects, hemp is often used because it is many times stronger than either cotton or silk, and synthetic materials as well. There is a tremendous craft movement that uses hemp wire and twin to create chokers, anklets, bracelets, and more.

Polymer Clay Jewelry-
Polymer clay is not a natural material, but is manmade, giving a plastic like appearance. You'd be surprised at the variety of different styles polymer clay artists come up with. Before making polymer jewelry, browse these artists work to get a feel for the flexibility of the medium. About Clay Jewelry Making