Viewing videos requires the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Get the latest Flash player.
Get the latest Flash player.
Summary: How to thread the wire for making jewelry from recycled parts; get expert tips and advice on tools and techniques for hand made jewelry in this free instructional video.
Views: 230 | Tags: tools, jewelry, silver, gold, costume, diamonds, gems, boxes, stores, sterling, rubies, emeralds
About the Expert
Joe Maughan Joe Maughan is a second-generation jeweler with over 15 years experience in the jewelry industry. Joe is the owner of "The Vug" jewelry store in Salt Lake Ci... read more
Comments
Questions & AnswersHi. I'm Jason. I'm shooting of behalf of expertvillage.com today. We're making a necklace out of recyclable materials. Things that I found in the garage or people give to me. Whatever. We've got the 1st bead and the 1st knot on. The next step we're going to do is we're going to put the, we're not going to tie any more knots yet. We're going to put the wire through the top of the charm. Now there's something that can happen with a charm like this. It sometimes won't lie flat against the skin so we may have to make a hoop to put through this and attach onto the necklace. But before we do any of that we're going to make sure that it will actually fit the way we want it to. We'll add the skull charm. We'll add the 2nd bead. Can be a bit tricky to get back through. Pull him back up and we'll make sure that our center mark lines up on the center of the skull. And it does. So as we do this now what we want to make sure, that the skull will set with the skin, flush on the skin. We don't want the skull to be kinked or turned on backwards or sideways. If that was to happen we would have to make a hoop for the top but it's not. So now we know that it's going to fit. Look at it. We like the way it's going to stay so now we can measure for the knot. We don't even need to measure. All we really need to do is mark. You know this is the outside mark. It can't go beyond this line. So mark your line and then disassemble the necklace again.
Email this video to a friend
Ask A Question
