How To Drill Sea Glass For Jewellery Making
How to drill sea glass is one question we get asked a lot! So we thought we'd show you how it's done. You'll find a video tutorial of how to drill a piece of sea glass using a drill bit and...
How To Set Gemstones In Gallery Wire Settings
Gallery wire settings are a popular choice for making jewellery as they are so simple and so many possibilities for beautiful designs. Find below our most popular questions about galler...
How To Bezel Set A Free Form Cabochon Onto A Textured Silver Pendant
This beautiful free form bezel setting features one of our stunning Australian doublets. This design however can be used with various gemstones, such a calibrated ovals, opal triplets o...
How to Adjust Bezel Settings to Fit Cabochons
Ready made bezel settings are a blessing, particularly in smaller sizes where they are super fiddly to create yourself. They are a great time saver and if you are just starting o...
Types Of Settings & How To Use Them
With so many settings to choose from, it can be difficult to know what to do with your favourite stone! So we've put together a list of all the different setting types you can use in yo...
How To Make A Prong/Claw Setting For Irregular Shapes Stones
This step by step tutorial teaches you how to make a prong or claw setting for irregular shaped stones such as sea glass or a freeform stone, the process can also be replicated for cali...
Jewellery Making With Sea Glass: Drilling & Stone Setting Tutorials
Make incredible jewellery using sea glass Sea glass jewellery is a style that has become really popular in the jewellery making world! One of the benefits of using sea glass is that it cos...
How Much Bezel Strip/Gallery Wire Do I Need?
We frequently get asked what is the best length to cut your bezel strip, bearer wire or gallery wire when making settings for cabochon gemstones. We've worked out the following lengths ...
Ready Made Settings vs Making Your Own Settings
Stone setting can be a daunting task for those who are beginners at jewellery making, however it is something that we all need to learn in order to develop our skills and collections. T...
How to Set Flat Plates and Milled Edge Jewellery Settings
Flat plates are one of our easiest options for setting gemstones as all you need is glue. The same applies to milled edge settings that use the same technique. On this page, we will show you...
How to Set In Pre-Notched Settings
Pre-notched settings are a great and easy way to set faceted gemstones. A pre-notched setting has claws with little grooves (notches) already cut into them to save you time in having to...
How To Set Earstuds For Half Drilled Beads
Ear stud settings for half drilled beads are a great way to make half-drilled beads into classically styled earrings. The studs have a shallow cup with a little peg in the centre which fits ...