100 FREE Jewelry Tutorials

Want to expand your jewelry making prowess? Check out these 100 Free Jewelry Technique and Project Tutorials created by various artists and designers throughout the web. We have divided these into categories: Beading, Chains, Glass, Holiday, Tips & Projects, Kid’s Jewelry, Macrame & Hemp, Metalsmithing & Stone Setting, PMC & Polymer Clay, Resin, String/Thread Art and Wirewrapping/Wire Jewelry.

1. BEADING

1. Barefoot Summer Sandal Tutorial
   The Beading Emporium – Judy Markwell
2. Beginning Looming
   Fire Mountain Gems – Marlynn McNutt
3. Cluster Drop Earrings
   Auntie’s Beads – Karla Kam
4. Cubed herringbone beaded bracelet
   Auntie’s Beads
5. Daisy Chain Stitch
   Fire Mountain Gems – Marlynn McNutt
6. Knotted Silk Cord Necklace
   ringsnthings.com designed by Angela Womach
7. Knots Tutorial
   Fire Mountain Gems
8. Leather Crimp end Necklace
   Auntiesbeads.com – Karla Kam
9. Loopy Chain Bracelet
   Auntiesbeads.com – Karla Kam
10. Memory Wire Bracelet
    Fire Mountain Gems
11. Paua Shell Bracelet
    Fire Mountain Gems
12. Peyote Stitch
    Aunt Molly’s Bead Street
13. Traditional bead knotting
    jewelrymaking.about.com – Tammy Powley
14. Vintage silver beaded necklace
    Rio Grande – Mark Nelson
15. Wool Felt Beads
    woolcrafting.com
    • CHAINS
16. Byzantine Chain
    Beaducation.com – Colin Mahler
17. Chain Mail – Introduction
    Beaducation.com – Colin Mahler
18. Figure 8 Chain
    www.jewelrylessons.com – Abby Hook
19. Old Fashioned Chain
    www.jewelrylessons.com
20. Spanish Style Chain
    jewelrymaking.about.com
    • GLASS JEWELRY
21. Fusing Glass – Beginner
    jewelrymaking.about.com
22. Glass Pendant
    www.simplymodernmom.com (crafts)
23. Glass Tile Pendant & Ring
    John W Golden
    • HOLIDAY JEWELRY TUTORIALS
24. Beaded Christmas Earrings
    The Beading Emporium – Tracy Bretl
25. Beaded Spider Earrings
    jewelrymaking.about.com – Tammy Powley
26. Mother’s Day Bracelet
    www.how-to-make-jewelry.com
27. Paper Bead Christmas Tree Earrings
    infarrantlycreative.blogspot.com
    • JEWELRY TIPS & PROJECTS
28. Color Basics
    Fire Mountain Gems – Judy Hendrix
29. Kidney Hook Earwires
    www.jewelrylessons.com
30. Knotted Headpins
    www.jewelrylessons.com
31. Make Earring hoops from wire
    youtube.com – stonesfindings
32. Make Your Own Earwires
    Beaducation.com – Lisa Niven Kelly
33. Making loops on headpins and eyepins
    The Beadery
34. Tips for filing metal
    jewelrymaking.about.com – Tammy Powley
    • KIDS JEWELRY PROJECT TUTORIALS
35. Beaded Bracelet
    www.cloudclaytv.com
36. Funky Rubber Necklace
    Auntie’s Beads – Karla Kam
37. Water Bracelet
    family.go.com
    • MACRAME & HEMP JEWELRY
38. Beaded Hemp Anklet
    eclecticdesigns
39. Macrame Jewelry for Beginners
    www.how-to-make-jewelry.com
40. Spiral Knot Hemp Bracelet
    www.expertvillage.com
    • METALSMITHING & STONE SETTING TUTORIALS
41. Bezel Fabrication – Part 1 – Measuring bezel
    Art Jewelry Magazine – Addie Kid
42. Bezel Fabrication – Part 2 – Soldering bezel
    Art Jewelry Magazine – Addie Kid
43. Bezel Fabrication – Part 3 – Shape bezel to stone
    Art Jewelry Magazine – Addie Kid
44. Bezel Fabrication – Part 4 – Adjusting size of bezel
    Art Jewelry Magazine – Addie Kid
45. Bezel Fabrication – Part 5 – Soldering bezel to backplate
    Art Jewelry Magazine – Addie Kid
46. Creating a ball on wire ends
    Art Jewelry Magazine – Jill Erickson
47. Cutting metal discs with disc cutter
    Roma Buchanan – The Roma Zone
48. Dapping metal
    Rio Grande – Mark Nelson
49. Fused Seamless Silver Heart
    www.jewelrylessons.com
50. Intro to Metalsmithing
    jewelrymaking.about.com
51. Lost wax casting
    jewelrymaking.about.com – Tammy Powley
52. Making Silver Granules
    Ronda Coryell – Ganoskin Project
53. Riveting/Cold Connections Tutorial
    www.hathorrising.com
54. Riveting Jewelry
    www.eHowArtsandCrafts.com
55. Russian Filigree Pendant
    Victoria Lansford – Ganoskin Project
56. Sawing & Piercing metal sheet
    Rio Grande – Mark Nelson
57. Soldering Jumprings
    Rio Grande – Mark Nelson
58. Squiggle Ring
    Rio Grande – Mark Nelson
59. Stamping on Metal
    Beaducation.com – Lisa Niven Kelly
60. Setting a stone into a bezel – Part 1 – Adjusting height of bezel for stone
    Art Jewelry Magazine – Addie Kid
61. Setting a stone into a bezel – Part 2 – Use bezel pusher to set stone
    Art Jewelry Magazine – Addie Kid
62. Setting a stone into a bezel – Part 3 – Using burnisher
    Art Jewelry Magazine – Addie Kid
63. Wire bezel fabrication for pear shaped stone
    Luis Moreno – Ganoskin Project
    • PRECIOUS METAL CLAY (PMC) and POLYMER CLAY
64. Art Clay Pendant
    Fire Mountain Gems
65. Basic  Jelly Roll Cane
    Polymer Clay Central – Sunni Bergeron
66. Conditioning Polymer Clay
    Cindy Lietz – Beadsandbeading.com
67. Creating a photo transfer on polymer clay
    www.sculpey.com
68. Faux Opals
    Polymer Clay Central – Barbara Reider
69. Faux Rose Quartz
    Polymer Clay Central – C.A. Therien
70. Faux Snake Skin
    Desiree’s Desired Creations
71. Hook & Eye Clasp – from Silver Metal Clay
    Gelt Designs
72. Intro to PMC  -Part 1
    Cool Tools Videos
73. Intro to PMC – Part 2
    Cool Tools Videos
74. Layered Lentil Bead
    www.carolynsclaycreations.com
75. Mica Shift Technique
    www.sculpey.com
76. Mokume Gane Pendant – Polymer clay
    Sculpey.com – Patricia Kimle
77. Mold making for PMC
    Cool Tools Videos
78. Mosaic Cane
    Elissa Powell – Polyzine
79. Raku (faux) Techniques
    Linda Twohill – Polyzine
80. Skinner Blend
    Polymer Clay Central – Leigh Ross
81. Wet sanding polymer clay
    Cindy Lietz – beadandbeading.com
    • RESIN JEWELRY
82. Drilling into resin
    Resinobsession.com
83. Resin Jewelry – Part 1
    John W. Golden
84. Resin Jewelry – Part 2
    John W. Golden
85. Resin Jewelry – Part 3
    John W. Golden
86. Sanding Resin
    Resinobsession.com
    • STRING/THREAD ART JEWELRY
87. String Art Pendant Tutorials (also called Peruvian Thread)
    Camille Sharon
    • WIRE JEWELRY/WIRE WRAPPING
88. Beaded Wire Cross
    www.jewelrylessons.com
89. Crocheted Wire Necklace
    Auntie’s Beads – Karla Kam
90. Fancy Headpins
    www.jewelrylessons.com
91. Herringbone weave (wire)
    Eni Oken – Enioken.com
92. How to Wire Wrap a Cabochon
    jewelrymaking.about.com – Tammy Powley
93. Knit with Wire
    jewelrymaking.about.com
94. Rabbit Ear Pendant Bail
    www.jewelrylessons.com
95. Tree of Life Pendant
    Camille Sharon
96. Two Bead Ring
    www.jewelrylessons.com
97. Wire spiral
    Beaducation.com – Lisa Niven Kelly
98. Wire Wrap a Cabochon – for beginners
    Tumbleweed Glass Studio
99. Wire Wrapped Briolette
    www.jewelrylessons.com

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