Hello and welcome!

Hello! I am so excited to share this workshop with you!

I have been teaching in-person workshops since 2018 and over that time I have helped THOUSANDS of beginner students complete similar projects to this one.

A little bit about me - I live in a little fishing town on the wild and beautiful Oregon coast. I love all things outdoors and am always ready for a new adventure. I enjoy hiking, mountain biking and surfing. I love to go camping with all the "glamping" luxuries, as well as going bare-bones backpacking out in the wilderness for a week or more.

The name of my jewelry line, Midnight Pacific Studio, comes from my love of surfing and camping on the Oregon coast! You can follow along on my jewelry journey and adventures here on my instagram page.

Beginner Jewelry Project: Statement Earrings and Necklaces

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Hello and welcome

  • Hello and welcome!
  • Preview of finished projects
  • Making this project approachable for beginners
  • Project kits available, sold separately
  • Absolutely NO experience necessary for this course
  • How to use this online course and summary of project
  • Preview of Bench Tools and Materials

Tools and materials

  • Review of tools that we will be using
  • Review of materials that we will be using
  • Full tools and materials list with item numbers and links
  • My complete amazon tool list
  • My teacher code for discounted pricing with popular supplier, Rio Grande
  • Material sizing guide: gauge to millimeters to inches

Before we start

  • Safety precautions

Cutting out your shapes

  • Brainstorming designs and shape considerations
  • Illustration of different styles for some inspiration
  • Cutting with the shears
  • Cutting with the jewelers saw

Smoothing out the edges of your shapes

  • Flattening your material first
  • Filing and smoothing your edges

Adding hammered textures

  • Different hammered textures and pattern layout
  • How to hammer and texture your metal
  • Curved pieces
  • Bonus: stamped textures

Wire components

  • Bending and hammering wire
  • More fringe pieces

Adding holes for jump rings and ear wires

  • Planning your spacing and using the hole punch

Applying patina, and polishing

  • Applying patina
  • Hand polishing options

Putting it all together! jump rings, ear wires, and chain

  • Attaching ear wires and jump rings
  • Attaching "non-jump ring" pieces
  • Necklace options and adding chain

Polishing and sealing

  • Final shine and sealing the surface

You did it!!...whats next?

  • You did it!!! Moving forward and purchasing additional components