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Beading & ThreadingHow To Make Polymer Clay Earrings

How To Make Polymer Clay Earrings

Polymer clay earrings are becoming hugely popular within the jewellery making world and we're so excited to team up with a talented jeweller to show you how to make your own! They are a...

Gemstone SettingHow To Drill Sea Glass For Jewellery Making

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 ho...

How to guidesHow To Use Safety Pickle & The Importance Of Using Plastic Tweezers

How To Use Safety Pickle & The Importance Of Using Plastic Tweezers

What is safety pickle? The safety pickle we stock at Kernowcraft has been formulated for the removal of oxides from the surface of precious metal components after casting, soldering, anne...

How to guidesHow To Use Silver Plating Solution

How To Use Silver Plating Solution

What is silver plating solution? Silver plating solution is for plating and re-plating silver and other base metals that contains copper content, allowing you to completely restore your dull ...

How to guidesMetal Clay Tutorials & Advice

Metal Clay Tutorials & Advice

Metal clay is such a fun and exciting way to create jewellery and offers endless possibilities! It's an extremely popular area of jewellery making and once you get started, you won't be able...

BeginnersA collection of essential jewelry repair tools and supplies including pliers, adhesives, and findings for fixing broken jewellery at home.

Jewellery Making Tutorials For Beginners

Getting Started with Jewellery Making: A Beginner’s Guide to Tools, Materials and Techniques If you're a complete beginner to jewellery making, this is the perfect place for you! Here you will find...

Gemstone SettingHow To Make A Prong/Claw Setting For Irregular Shapes Stones

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...

Gemstone SettingJewellery Making With Sea Glass: Drilling & Stone Setting Tutorials

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 costs a...

Beading & ThreadingHow To Make Your Bead Holes Bigger With A Bead Reamer

How To Make Your Bead Holes Bigger With A Bead Reamer

Gemstone beads are such a popular choice for so many designs, however due to the way they are drilled, the holes can sometimes be very tiny. It can be so frustrating when just a few of ...

Beading & ThreadingBeading & Threading Tutorials & Advice

Beading & Threading Tutorials & Advice

At Kernowcraft, we are obsessed with gemstone beads! It's such a popular style of jewellery making and a way you can create an array of lovely jewellery designs. Here you will find our essen...

Gemstone SettingHow To Set Earstuds For Half Drilled Beads

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 ...

BeginnersAdvice on knotting elastic stretch magic thread

Advice on knotting elastic stretch magic thread

Tips for knotting stretch magic thread Stretch magic is a fantastic, clear, strong and stretchy elastic thread. It won't crack or harden over time and is ideal for beaded bracelets and necklets ...