HIDI #1: My Pickling Process (and some mishaps along the way!) Thought I would have my first tutorial be on my pickling process. I am currently having issues with my pickle and I thought I could write it all down and hopefully help someone else in the process. What is pickle? Pickle is an acid compound used during jewelry making to remove oxidized surfaces and flux from metal after soldering. After a piece is soldered, you quench it (in a bowl of water) and then place your dirty piece of…

This jewelry lesson on making a marquise crown collet for a marquise gemstone where 6 prongs are filed out of a basic bezel shape to form the crown collet.

Guest tutor Hannah shows you how to create a small claw pendant setting for a cabochon stone.

​Watch how to make a gemstone ring with a balled claw setting with Kim Thomson.

BioLatest Posts David CruickshankI went to Sydney Australia in 1982 from London, previously from Aberdeen Scotland. Grays School of Art, Silversmithing and Graphic Design 1963 Since 1982 I have run a business in Terrigal supplying shops and galleries in the […]

Four claw double-gallery setting - work in progress.

This four claw setting technique can be used to mass produce small settings. You can the solder them onto your jewelry creation and stone set them to add bling and enhance its beauty. This lesson includes two videos: Part 1 – Three claw settings – 29 min 38 sec Part 2 – How to make […]

This jewelry lesson shows you how to make a square collet with square wire prongs. A challenging collet that is well worth the effort to learn how to make.

Quick Collet Making - Free Tutorial Some instances and designs require a quick and easy wire prong collet for setting round gemstones in. This free tutorial on making this type of wire prong collet is helpful when you under time constraints. #metalsmith #freetutorial #jewelrymaking metalsmith, workbench, collet making, prong setting, claw setting

Ok, deep breath...it CAN be done. You CAN make your own claw setting. There are lots of tutorials for bezel settings, and those settings ca...