How To Make Metal Sheet Jewelry

Draw your design on a piece of paper.

How to make metal sheet jewelry.

Forming metal involves turning flat metal sheet into three dimensional shapes for metal jewelry using methods like dapping doming raising fold forming chasing and repoussé swaging fluting etc. For the sake of ease i ll be making a pretty simple design that works. Measure enough wire to make the piece of jewelry plus 6 inches for finishing. Anyone who wants to get started making metal jewelry must first make an investment of a few basic tools.

Choose from 20 gauge thicker and 24 gauge thinner metal sheet for piercing and sawing into custom shapes dapping doming forming into bracelet. Copper sheet 22 or 24 gauge at least 65mm x 40mm 2 56 x 1 57 size. Each of my triangular copper sheet earrings measure 40mm x 35mm x 30mm 1 57 x 1 37 x 1 18. Metal ready for hammer texturing should be clean oxide free annealed and bone dry.

Watch more how to make jewelry videos. A jeweler s frame saw holds tiny blades to cut intricate shapes. While you hold your pattern in place trace the edges with. Choose from 16 gauge thick to 28 gauge thin silver sheet for piercing and sawing into custom shapes dapping doming soldering forming into bracelet cuffs and other fine craft applications.

Blades are held in. I used 22 gauge copper sheet from my metal scraps leftover from other jewelry projects. Welcome to creative sid. Although i ve included a printable template for the cutout chevron shown in this project i.

How to make a sheet metal pendant step 1. Piercing with a saw frame. Sterling silver sheet metal is excellent for making special handcrafted jewelry pieces. Place the sheet on a clean flat smooth steel block.

These base metals make beautiful and colorful artisan jewelry without the high cost of precious gold or silver. Attach a clasp to one end of the wire by running the wire up through a crimp through the hole in the clasp and back down through the crimp bead. Lay the beads out on a bead board in an appealing order. Trim the edges off your paper and grab a sharpie.

24 gauge and thinner sheet is very useful for metal stamping and embossing. Seal the crimp using the crimp tool s round hole. Sheet metal jewelry basics saw file sand polish step 1. Make custom metal jewelry with brass copper aluminum and nickel silver sheet.