Jewelry Making Techniques
Jewelry Making Techniques
New jewelry designers will accelerate their progress by learning the terminology of different jewelry-making components. Impress potential customers, converse easily with potential suppliers and enhance your credibility in the jewelry marketplace by using correct terminology.
What is a Cone?
A cone is a jewelry finding that provides a taper from the larger size of a jewelry piece to a smaller size near the ends of the same piece.
Basic Cones
The classic cone has a large round hole at the bottom and a small round hole at the top; it is hollow inside and the outside walls are usually smooth.
Fancy Cones
Fancier cones may have textured surfaces or filigree surfaces. The basic principle of tapering from large to small still holds.
Cone Materials
Most beading projects will use cones in:
- gold-filled
- sterling silver
- silver-plated
- antique brass
- bright copper
- antique copper
- gunmetal
- imitation rhodium
- nickel
When are Cones Used?
Cones are used many times to hide a transition from multiple strands of chain, bead wire, knotted silk or other jewelry making fiber to a single connection near a jewelry closure. An eyepin or wire-wrap gathers multiple strands, then the cone covers the connection point between the strands and the wire wrap. The wire outside of the cone connects to a clasp or an intermediate finding.
One popular cord weaving and bead weaving based on Japanese Kumihimo techniques use larger cones, especially fancy cones, to gather braided cords and braided strands of seed beads on fiber or stranded bead wire. Fancy cones in antiqued copper, antiqued brass plates look like tulips and roses have “petals” that can move independently of each other without cracking the plate, and lend themselves to being custom molded to the ends of a variety of Kumihimo projects.
Alternate Use for Cones
Another use for cones is to simulate angels’ robes in angel Earrings at holiday times. If you know what a cone is and when one is used, you will be able to present yourself more easily as a jewelry pro.
Paul Brandon knows the best in DIY jewelry chain and jewelry findings (including Cone and Cap findings) online at OhioBeads.com.
Should I solicit my Jewelry Business?
My fiance and i have started a Jewelry business and we were selling at flea markets well we decided that we could probally make more money if we went into businesses and asked the people working there if they would be interisted in buying any jewelry, we heard of people doing it and making millions. Now I looked online to try and find techniques and stuff but cant find anything anywhere about anyone selling stuff like that to employees of businesses. I also thought about going door to door but i dont have a group to go with and dont want to do that alone. I want some opionions and some techniques, PLEASE HELP ME OUT. I heard that this is how Donald Trump started out
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Yes solicit your jewelry business but NOT door to door.
Jewelry parties would be an excellent way to sell your jewelry. This would be similar to a tupperware party where you have someone host the party in their house and they invite their family and friends. The hostess in return would receive a free piece of jewelry or a percentage of the party’s total sales.
You could do the same thing with businesses, set up a lunch time jewelry party in the lunch room or foyer. Just ask the owner or manager if they will allow it, if yes then set up a date and time then pass out flyers (or emails) to all employees.
For more detailed information on Jewelry parties check out:
http://www.beading-design-jewelry.com go to the section on “Selling Jewelry” and you will find a bunch of articles on selling jewelry through a home party plan.
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