Tutorials

This page is dedicated to the tutorials that we have offered on the LMAJ blog.  Some may be more extensive than others, but I'm sure you will find all of them helpful and inspirational.

Metals

 

Balled Head Pins by Staci Louise Smith
http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2013/01/art-jewelry-challenge-balled-headpins.html

Cutting copper tubing into beads by MaryAnn Carroll

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2012/07/copper-tube-cutting-tutorial.html

Sea Shell Lentils by  Staci Louise Smith

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/08/inspiration-dimension-tutorial-of-sorts.html

Enameling Beads by Barbara Lewis

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-do-you-torch-fire-anyhow.html

Enameled Earrings by MaryAnn Carroll

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/08/beginner-teachers-beginner.html


Patinas by Izzy Winterhart

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/08/witches-brew-patina.html


creating movement with wire by mary jane dodd

*this tutorial was also part of our Art Spark challenge for October 2011*

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-art-spark.html


Ceramic bead earrings with soldered copper wire by MaryAnn Carroll
http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/10/ceramic-and-copper-earrings-tutorial.html


Fun with Foldforming by Staci Louise Smith (video by Rio Grande)
http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2012/05/fun-with-foldforming.html

Bezels

Sea Glass Bezels by Staci Louise Smith

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/10/picture-journey-sea-glass-bezels.html

Closures

Making Your Own Clasps by Barbara Lewis

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/01/clasp-how-to.html



Toggle Clasps by Kelli Pope

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-endings.html

Making Hinges by Patty Lakinsmith

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/01/entering-discomfort-zone.html

Ceramics

Making Ceramic Beads by MaryAnn Carroll

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-do-you-do-it.html

Making Earrings with Ceramic Beads (including your own ear wire) by MaryAnn Carroll

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/01/tutotialceramiccopper-earrings.html

Resin

Flower Pendants by Staci Louise Smith

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-happy-is-to-me.html


Working with Resin by mary jand dodd
http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-love-of-resin.html

Tools

Great tools for the metalsmith by mary jane dodd

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2010/10/tool-time.html


Pop rivets by Barbara Lewis
http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2010/11/pop-rivets.html

Miscellaneous

Gift boxes (links to tutorials included in post) by LeAnn Weih

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-wrap.html 


Being part of an online community by Staci Louise Smith
http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2012/03/online-communities-and-what-i-have.html

How to follow a blog with addresses ending with blogspot.com by MaryAnn Carroll 
http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-follow-blog-101.html

Gift Boxes by D'Arsie Manzella

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2011/06/its-all-about-presentation-how-to-make.html