In whatever kinds of things you make or materials you work in, there is always a huge assortment of tools to choose from. There are basic tools, specialized tools, cheap tools, expensive tools, tools you don’t need, and tools you can’t live…
Having an extra set of beading tools that you can easily bring with you is a great idea. There have been a few occasions when friends or family members had jewelry that I could have easily adjusted or repaired for them, if…
Continuing in our series on jewelry tools today I’m going to tell you about rawhide mallets. Although not the most glamorous of tools, a rawhide mallet is useful when you need to harden or change the shape of a piece without creating…
You can make a lot of jewelry without any hammers at all, but if you’ve decided you’d like to get into wire working then you’ll definitely want to get yourself a chasing hammer. In upcoming videos I’ll talk about other hammers that you may…
In this week’s Friday Findings video I tell you all about one of my favorite tools, flat nose pliers. Flat nose pliers aren’t strictly necessary in jewelry making but I’ve found them to be really useful. In the video I show you a couple…
The 1-Step Looper is a tool I spotted in a magazine a while back, went online and watched the demo video and immediately said, “WANT!” But then my practical (and frugal) nature kicked in and I reminded myself that I know very well how to…