r/jewellerymaking

I made this cat ring.
My wife’s reaction: “You might want to talk to someone.”

Be honest—Does she have a point?

I work mostly on jewelry-scale metal forming and full-size English wheels always felt way too large for what I do. So I started experimenting with a compact alternative.
This setup uses:
a 3-way G clamp as the frame
an M10 mounted steel caster ball as the upper contact
a large rolling support wheel below
The idea is to create controlled compound curves and smooth tension-formed surfaces on small pieces of metal using repeated light passes — somewhere between an English wheel, planishing tool, and doming tool.
I have no idea yet whether this will work brilliantly or horribly, but mechanically it feels promising enough to experiment with.
I’ve jokingly named it the “English Balls”.
Curious what experienced metal shapers / jewelers think this setup might actually be capable of.

I have been sitting on this photo for a few days now but I really wanted to share this one here. It is a teardrop labradorite named Oracle’s Glance because of the way the blue and green flash catches the light.

It takes a lot of patience at the bench to get these intricate copper wraps right. It has a lovely weight to it at 49g and the way the beads and swirls frame the stone is just brilliant to see in person. I am really happy with how it turned out.

I do have a shop but I'm not prepared to share it unless anyone is interested.

My friend cut her finger while gardening with a sickle. Luckily, the injury is healing okay-ish now. She has a lovely macabre style in her art, so I made these earrings as a gift for her.

The sickles are cut from fine silver sheet, the “blood” is poppy-red vitreous enamel, and the handles are wrapped in sterling silver wire.

The labradorite is stunning and I caught the light just right in this picture in my garden. I just think it looks a bit messy but it kinda reminds me of Medusa. Actually, I might just call it Medusa Reflection. What do you think?

Hello all!

Purchased a bracelet today from 'Plaza 28' in Cancun.

Im concerned with whether its real or not as they said its White Sapphire and Elbaite. I hope its not just a cheap metal and glass.

I must have lost my mind as it was bartered from 35,000 mxn down to 13,000 mxn and I'm just concerned its a scam.

Any ideas and thoughts would be appreciated :)

Thanks

Love love love making beaded necklaces that are inspired by nature 🌸🌸🌸

Hello! I've collected a lot of sea glass with the intention of making jewellery, specifically drilling the glass and wire wrapping just isn't cutting it for me personally.

I have been researching what I need and I'm looking to buy a respiratory mask and eye protection. In all of my looking, I can't seem to find anything more specific than just 'dust mask'. I'm an anxious person so I feel safer with specifics!

What mask should I be using in particular? If anyone has names or links, that would be really helpful.

Please and thank you in advance!

Casted a Cuban link chain and the metal did not flow properly to all the links
Is this because my main sprue tree is too thin?

I like it a lot but I am afraid to buy it. Is it worth paying $446? I know diamonds and blue topaz have been used in it but I don't know their actual price. Will you guys help me?

I started making jewellery as a complete beginner in January. I keep being really hard on myself so I want to celebrate how far I have come. I am trying to focus on what I can do now that I couldn't before instead of what I still can't do.

Hi everyone! I’m early in my jewelry journey, but I’ve been really enjoying up cycling beads from thrift stores and making them into something new. All the needs here were taken from (albeit ugly…) thrift stores jewelry.

These are anti tarnish