Jewelry Making Tutorials

Creation of jewelry – be it in precious metals like gold, silver, platinum or titanium and encrusted with precious or semi precious gemstones such as diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, cat’s eye, pearl, moonstones, garnets – or simple tribal jewelry made of sea shells, corals, wood and such or contemporary fashion jewelry or hand crafted jewelry- is an ancient art that dates back to the inception of civilization.

Women and men have loved adorning themselves and decking themselves up in various kinds of jewelry in all ages and in all countries and in all the chapters of history.

It is only a few centuries ago that some people – notably goldsmiths and silversmiths – started taking up jewelry making as a serious profession and the whole family got involved in the jewelry making industry and business.

Selling jewelry in plush showrooms and from jewelry stores started around 250 years back, roughly in the pre-Romantic period. Now the jewelry industry all over the world is a huge and flourishing one and is one of the most lucrative professions around.

One can go for jewelry making both as a hobby, to fruitfully utilize one’s spare time and leisure and indulge one’s creative side or take it up as a full time serious occupation.

Whatever might be the reason behind your taking up jewelry making, the essential qualities you need to have are creative flair, style, a sense of aesthetics and design, an eye for meticulous details and oodles of diligence.

If you are aspiring to be a professional jewelry designer, you should enroll yourself in a jewelry designing institute or college or school after cracking their entrance examination where your aptitude and passion for the profession will be put to test.

The courses usually last for 2 to 3 years after which you are awarded a diploma or degree. By attending their tutorials you can learn all the techniques and methods of jewelry making and fine tune your skills.

Your other option is to go for online jewelry making tutorials, available in plenty with the click of a mouse, where you may attend virtual jewelry making sessions from the comfort of your home.

A few good and reputed tutorials are offered by WIG JIG UNIVERSITY, WHITE SWAN, PRESTON J. REUTHER, GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, ENI OKEN’S JEWELRY, COLORADO ACADEMY OF SILVERSMITHING AND ART METAL, TOPICAL PROJECT LIST etc.

Or you can opt for free tutorials and training videos over the internet where they will teach you the basic and fundamental techniques and steps involved in the craft of jewelry making.