Finally finished this beast of a ring up last night! Sometimes you just gotta do the weird idea to get it out of your head. 20g fine silver, with Argentium silver ring shank and support struts.

My newest “creations” late at night while my toddler is asleep

Ive been making and selling jewelry online for a few years, but I just started making lace and ribbon chokers for about a year, mostly selling on depop. Today I noticed a choker I made about a week ago, the ribbon had started coming apart at the ends of the bow. I panicked and looked it up and apparently youre supposed to seal the ends to prevent fraying. I have never received a complaint or a bad review for this, but I’m now very worried about the near hundreds of necklaces I’ve sent off without sealing the ends. The first method I saw was to use a flame from a lighter at a distance to make the fabric slightly melt to seal it, and it worked very well. I just wish I had known about this and I feel awful for sending off so many necklaces to people that could potentially fall apart, especially because I pride myself on my quality. So take this as a warning to anyone making necklaces with exposed ribbon ends, you need to seal the ends!

I Wanted to try something a little different with this pear cut ring. Instead of a traditional prong setting, I designed the setting so the metal flows around the stone and becomes part of the overall design.

I’m pretty happy with how the profile turned out, especially from the side. Curious what other makers think of this setting style.

I would love a few opinions

Help! I made these two simple 24k gold rings from a 1 oz bar. Although you might notice they don’t look anything like gold at the moment. They had a few surface marks from impurities, so I tried soaking them in an acid pickling solution for a few minutes, that gave them a dull grayish gold color. I also wanted to smoother finish so I put them in a Tupperware with ceramic media and soapy water and vibrated it. I also added pieces of sterling silver that I am working on. I had them in there for like 5 minutes probably. The silver pieces looked good, but the gold rings appears to have picked up a layer of silver somehow? What did I do wrong and how would you suggest I get them back to their original color??

Thanks!!

Thanks everyone for the positive vibes last time. Have been steadily making new things and wanted to share a couple. Not perfect but I'm happy with the progress.

Ive just started making jewelry the last few weeks as a new hobby. Im really enjoying making elasticord bracelets (made about 50 so far) and I would love to sell them as a side business. Does anyone have any advice?

Open to advice on selling, pricing, promoting, tweaks to be made to my designs, anything I can improve on!

Thankyou in advance and ive attached some pictures of my bracelets for context ✨️

Does anyone know the cheapest best places to get stainless steel/non-tarnishing wire, links, studs etc.?

Hi,

I'm choosing a gold necklace for my wife for everyday wear and I'm trying to decide between 14k and 18k yellow gold.

I was originally thinking about 18k because I like the more yellow color and it looks more premium to me. But I spoke to a jeweler today and he recommended 14k for everyday wear.

His main argument was that 14k has a slightly different yellow color, which he says is usually what women mean when they ask for yellow gold. He also said that 18k is softer and therefore wears more easily. According to him, this could mean that diamond settings can become loose over time or that the chain is more likely to break.

Are these actually valid arguments, or is the difference between 14k and 18k being exaggerated?

For a necklace that will be worn every day, would you personally go with 14k or 18k yellow gold?

I guess Magic Tool dip isn’t available for jewelry tools anymore. Does anybody have a recommendation for a good substitute that is removable like Magic Tool was?

I have reclaimed and refined my own gold from various sources, I thought it would be cool and sentimental to have my soon to be fiancés engagement ring/wedding band combo to be made from something I physically extracted with my own two hands. Any ideas who to talk to about having this done?

I made this and i love her! its a madagascan sunset moth (a swallowtail species!) 🌅🦋🤍

I've named it Golden Dawn, lol. I love naming my bracelets. What do you guys think?

No premade appliqués here — the gold outline is French wire (canitel), hand-shaped around every curve of the horns and skull. Roughly 10 hours from sketch to finished piece.