ZOOMSHOP – Egyptian Broadcollar

March 15, 2015Uncategorizedbroad, broadcollar, bronze, copper, design, drops, egyptian, ejgold, gem, gold, gorbagg, gorby, jewel, necklace, silver, tube beads, zoomshopgorebagg

Start with a 6″ length of .22 gauge wire and make a loop at the bottom.

Start with a straight 6″ length of .22 gauge wire, and make a loop at the bottom, as shown. Continue reading →

ZOOMSHOP – Ashanti Hoop & Drop Earrings

March 15, 2015Uncategorizedbronze, circle, copper, earrings, ejgold, gold, gorby, gorebagg, hoops, jal, jewel, silver, zoomshopgorebagg

Start with a piece of straight .14 gauge silver or .16 gauge copper wire. With your fingers only, bend the wire into a circle with a small gap between the ends, about 6mm apart, roughly 1/4″ of space between the ends of the wire. Continue reading →

ZOOMSHOP – Make a Celtic Spiral

March 15, 2015Uncategorizedbronze, celtic, copper, ejold, gold, gorby, gorebagg, jewel, silver, spiral, zoomshopgorebagg

Start winding your spirals at the BOTTOM of the wire, not the top. You will put a hanging loop at the top later on, but NOT NOW.

Take hold of the wire GENTLY with your needlenose pliers, and slowly and gently COAX the wire into a spiral shape by moving it SIDEWAYS to form the first spiral. Continue reading →

ZOOMSHOP – Sell Jewelry Online!

March 11, 2015Uncategorizedadornment, bracelet, copper, earring, ejgold, gemstones, gorby, gorebagg, jewel, jewelry, necklace, occult powers, ornament, personal, ring, silver, workshopping, zoomshopgorebagg

http://www.jewelsofancientlands.com/graphics/sm_cop_ring.jpg — Copper Earrings with Gold-Flashed French-Style Surgical Steel Ear Wires.

To begin with, an unorganized and messy studio will have a powerful impact on your ability to produce items for the marketplace. If you don’t care what you make or how it turns out or whether it ever gets actually worn, you have no problem working in a junkpile, but if you want to know what resources you have, and you want those resources to be findable, you’ll have to make some decisions about how your workbench will be arranged and what places on the workbench will do what jobs. Continue reading →