How To Make Metal Sheet Jewelry

Sterling silver sheet metal is excellent for making special handcrafted jewelry pieces.

How to make metal sheet jewelry. 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. When i enrolled in my first metals class i was given a list by my instructor of tools and equipment i would need to purchase. Tape the four corners down with painter s tape or masking tape. Sheet metal jewelry basics saw file sand polish step 1.

Copper sheet 22 or 24 gauge at least 65mm x 40mm 2 56 x 1 57 size. Metal ready for hammer texturing should be clean oxide free annealed and bone dry. Blades are held in. Piercing with a saw frame.

Choose from 20 gauge thicker and 24 gauge thinner metal sheet for piercing and sawing into custom shapes dapping doming forming into bracelet. Trim the edges off your paper and grab a sharpie. Watch more how to make jewelry videos. Seal the crimp using the crimp tool s round hole.

For the sake of ease i ll be making a pretty simple design that works. Lay the beads out on a bead board in an appealing order. While you hold your pattern in place trace the edges with. Anyone who wants to get started making metal jewelry must first make an investment of a few basic tools.

A jeweler s frame saw holds tiny blades to cut intricate shapes. Welcome to creative sid. Measure enough wire to make the piece of jewelry plus 6 inches for finishing. Wet metal causes tool rust and oxides on the metal will become embedded into the sheet during hammer texturing.

Make custom metal jewelry with brass copper aluminum and nickel silver sheet. Draw your design on a piece of paper. These base metals make beautiful and colorful artisan jewelry without the high cost of precious gold or silver. 24 gauge and thinner sheet is very useful for metal stamping and embossing.

Each of my triangular copper sheet earrings measure 40mm x 35mm x 30mm 1 57 x 1 37 x 1 18. I used 22 gauge copper sheet from my metal scraps leftover from other jewelry projects. Although i ve included a printable template for the cutout chevron shown in this project i. 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.