Beginner's Guide To Chasing & Repoussé
Guest tutor, Kumiko shares with you a beginner friendly guide on the popular jewellery making techniques of chasing and repoussé. Sharing a breakdown of the essential tools needed, a step-by...
Town Talk Products For Cleaning & Caring For Jewellery
About Town Talk We have proudly stocked Town Talk's popular products for years and our customers always come back for more to keep their handmade jewellery pieces protected and sparkling. T...
How To Make Domed Metal Earrings With A Doming Block
In this tutorial, Jasmine from JAS Jewellery shares with you a great metalsmithing project on creating domed earrings. This includes a range of techniques including cutting, doming, dri...
How To Use Doming Block & Punches For Jewellery Making
Doming, also known as 'dapping' is a popular jewellery making technique used for creating curves and domes in soft metals. You will be amazed at the professional results you can achieve...
How To Use Renaissance Wax To Prevent Tarnished Jewellery
What is renaissance wax? Renaissance wax is an invisible wax that protects metals from oxidisation. It was first developed in the 1950s in the British Museum research laboratori...
2 Ways To Apply Liver Of Sulphur
Hi, my name is Marena and I am the creator and crafter of Fabled Silver. I first learned about patina and liver of sulphur (further referred to as ‘LOS’) on Silver Diploma Course at London ...
A Guide To Texturing Metals For Jewellery Making
It's Time To Get Creative With Metals! There are so many different effects that can be achieved with metals, whether that's adding a patina, texturing or shaping... the sky is the limit...
How To Clean & Prevent Tarnished Jewellery
Tarnishing is an unfortunate process that everyone will encounter when working with metals. It affects copper, brass, silver, aluminium, and magnesium to name a few. As part of a natura...
Tumbling Machine For Polishing Stones - Everything You Need To Know
The tumbling machine kit for polishing stones is available to buy on our website, complete with 2 grades of silicon carbide grits and pumice powder polish On this page we give ...
Why You Need Anti Tarnish Paper Strips
When you have metal items for a long time or they get used a lot, they start to lose their shine and begin to tarnish. This often makes the item look old, tired and less valuable - this is w...
How To Use Midas Finish Seal Lacquer
Midas Finish Seal Lacquer is a water based acrylic lacqier that forms a clear, hard, non-yellowing, abrasion-resistant finish to your jewellery. It's one of our go-to finishing products...
Hand Polishing Your Jewellery With Polishing Papers
Create A High Sheen With Polishing Papers Our polishing papers are excellent for gaining a high sheen on metals or precious metal clay if you do not have power tools (such as a Dremel Multi...