Wire Gauges: How to Find the Right Size

As illustrated above, these sizes aren’t written in stone—just suggestions for both fit and strength. Keep in mind that the higher the gauge number, the thinner the wire.

info about artistic wire ,indonesian version

this info i got it from wire jewelry indonesian group;

> > Saya mau bagi info dikit tentang Artistic Wire soalnya banyak
> > yang sering menanyakan tentang kualitas kawat ini.
> >
> > Semua jenis warna dengan pengecualian Non Tarnish Brass dibuat
dari
> > tembaga. Ada 2 jenis kawat yang dikeluarkan oleh Artistic Wire
> > 1. Silver plating (seperti rose, orchid, non tarnish silver,
plum,
> > gold, peacock blue).
> > Karakteristik silver plating ini lebih kilap
> > 2. Non Silver plating (seperti black, gun metal, kelly green,
> > lavender) warna cenderung lebih matte dan karena tidak ada
lapisan
> > silvernya jadi cenderung lebih murah.
> >
> > Warna warna artistic wire itu permanent, dalam arti yang hitam
tidak
> > akan berubah menjadi pink atau putih menjadi orange.
> >
> > Bukan berarti lapisan warna warna ini tidak akan mengelupas.
Untuk
> > mencegah pengelupasan disarankan menggunakan nylon jaw plier.
Kalau
> > perlu nylon jaw pliernya yang bentuk round nose juga. Selain itu
> > nylon jaw juga berguna supaya kawat yang lebih tebal seperti 16
dan
> > 18 ga tidak memar dan meninggalkan bekas seperti kalau
menggunakan
> > tang pipih biasa.
> >
> > Apa sih yang membedakan Non Tarnish Silver dengan warna warna
> > lainnya yang juga di silver plating (example : gold, peacock
blue,
> > rose, etc)
> >
> > 1. Dalam proses pembuatan Non Tarnish Silver, setelah kawat
> > tembaganya terlapisi oleh perak, diberikan lapisan pelindung
> > polyurethane yang bening. Karena lapisan polyurethanenya bening,
> > memberikan hasil akhir yang kilau (seperti perak Jogja yang belum
> > disangring)
> > 2. Untuk kawat warna lainnya yang juga di silver plated.
> > Setelah kawat tembaga dilapisi perak, kemudian dilapisi dengan
> > polyurethan yang bewarna warni.
> >
> > Jadi sebenernya maksudnya apa sih Non Tarnish SIlver itu ?
> > Sebenernya Non Tarnish itu hanya cara Artistic Wire memasarkan
> > produk mereka yang akhirnya sering membingunkan pembeli karena
kawat
> > warna lainnya tidak dilabelkan dengan Non Tarnish.
> >
> > Kalau Non Tarnish Brass maksudnya apa donk ?
> > Non Tarnish Brass itu terbuat dari kuningan bukan tembaga
(makanya
> > kawatnya tidak selembek dan seflexible kawat kawat lainnya).
KArena
> > terbuat dari kuningan warnanya tidak akan menjadi pink.
> >
> > Yang perlu diketahui kawat Artistic Wire menggunakan bahan dasar
> > tembaga. Tembaga merupakan salah satu jenis metal yang bisa
berkarat
> > dikemudian hari dan bisa oksidasi.
> > Alternatif untuk tidak berkarat adalah menggunakan kawat dari
> > stainless steel, aluminium, argentium, emas, perak, platinum dan
> > palladium. Akan tetapi jauh lebih mahal( jauh banget deh)
> >
> > Gimana caranya memperlambat oksidasi dan karat?
> > 1. Jangan dibawa mandi
> > 2. Kawat yang masih digulungan masukan ke dalam kantong kedap
udara
> > kalau perlu dikasih silica gel 1 kantong.
> > 3. Gunakan selalu nylon jaw pliers.
> >
> > Karena sudah cukup panjang lebar saya nulisnya, nanti reviewnya
aku
> > posting di halaman terpish
> >
> > Salam
> >
> > Laura

yatisalem:what i like about artistic wire is, it really suit for alergic skin.

Oxidizing Metals with Eggs

Oxidizing Metals with Eggs

If you want to oxidize a piece of jewelry you've just made, but do not have Liver of Sulphur on hand, you can do it with an egg. Just hard boil the egg, and when it's still steaming hot, peel it, cut it in half and seal it in a tupperware container along with the piece of jewelry you wish to oxidize. It takes considerably longer to oxidize using this method, so I recommend that you use a see through container if possible so that you can gauge the progress and remove it when it's blackened to your liking. It will begin to change the silver in about 10 minutes time, but if you want a darker effect, then you might wish to leave it in the container for several hours.


So how does this trick work? Believe it or not, the boiled egg releases a sulphur gas as it steams (which is why it's important to seal it when it's hot) which is then contained around your piece of jewelry in the container and it blackens the metal just as LOS does. The process takes longer, but the end result is just as good. This is also a more friendly method to use when you are dealing with softer, more porous stones ... though I don't recommend prolonged exposure even still.


Of course, when you're done, you will polish the piece using your preferred method, be it tumbling, a polishing cloth, steel wool, etc.


If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a line. And if you're new to the concept of oxidization all together, you can view two photos which show a bracelet before it's been oxidized, and after it's was oxidized and polished. You will see how it brings out the detail of the wire work in a most fabulous way! It's the perfect finishing touch for the right piece.


To view the difference that oxidization can make, click on the following link to go to my webshots: http://community.webshots.com/album/501620014ZheigX

Now, for an article on more advanced techniques working with Liver of Sulphur, check out the following link: http://www.holly-gage-eclectic-jewelry.com/liver-of-sulfur.html . You will find recipes for specific color effects, including rainbow patinas. They also discuss using a resist with LOS as well as how to remove the effects of LOS when it hasn't quite turned out the way you planned. It's a very valuable article!

I hope this tip proves useful to some of my fellow designers out there. ;)

sourse;http://www.freewebs.com/deliasstones/tutorials.htm#113513154


Delia Stone

Size of bead

Toturial-How to measure your finger size..

1-firstly measure your ring size at my finger point(show in the picture where you should to measure),that point our bone is bigger.you can use any kind of rope.Then cut the rope at the ending of your finger size




2-after that put the rope beside the CENTIMETRE ruler ..please make sure it was street enough..



3-I will measure back use my own rope follow the picture that you send to me by email ;yati_salem@yahoo.com



*if u not so sure u can send me your sample ring and i will return back to u when your order ready.

*if you alredy knew your ring size you also can tell me

*if you got another way to measure your ring size please let me know
*please refer to the term and condition click here

before your place your order

Gemstone Properties

A:

Agates: Balancing physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual energies; perceptiveness, strength, inspiration, awakening talents.

Amazonite: Success, joy, self-expression, awakening heart, soothing, harmony, balancing.

Amber: Soothing, calming, cleansing.

Amethyst: Contentment, spirituality, dreams, healing, peace, happiness, love, intuition.

Ametrine: Intellectual stimulation, attunement, releasing, dispelling tension, connecting.

Apatite: Intellect, achieving results, healing, insight, humanitarianism, meditation, balance, creativity.

Aquamarine: Courage, purification, peace, intuition, self-expression, balance, preparedness.

Aventurine: Healing, money, mental agility, visual acuity, peace, opening heart, motivation, leadership.

Azurite: Intuitive energy, dreams, healing, insight, stilling the mind, concentration, self transformation.

B:

Bloodstone: Courage, intense healing, renewal, strength, victory, intuitive decision making.

C:

Calcite: Purification, peace, calming, memory, awareness, appreciation of nature.

Carnelian: Precision, analytical capabilities, physical energy, verbal skill, peace, spirituality.

Celestite: Verbal skill, healing, compassion, calming, growth, intuition, hope.

Chrysocolla: Easing heartache, stamina, wisdom, peace, love, communication, vitality, inner strength.

Chrysoprase: Balancing male-female energy, love, grace, compassion, clemency, personal growth.

Citrine: Intuition, comfort, protection, creativity, physical energy, wealth, mental awakening.

Coral: Diplomacy, quieting emotions, visualization.

Crystal Quartz: Intensifying energy, spiritual development, healing, raising consciousness.

D:

Diamond: Courage, strength, healing, protection, spirituality, mental abilities.

Dumortierite: Self-reliance, stamina, patience, recognition of potential, understanding, communication of ideas.

E:

Emerald: Love, domestic bliss, sensitivity, loyalty, memory, mental capacity, harmony, focus, eliminating negativity.

F:

Fluorite: Stability, impartial reasoning, responsibility, concentration, health.

Fossil Stone: Accomplishments, improvement of one’s environment, communication, innovation.

G:

Garnet: Health, removing negativity, awareness, commitment, regeneration, order, insight.

H:

Hematite: Mental attunement, memory, calming, balance, focusing energy and emotions, peace, inner happiness, transforming negativity.

Howlite: Awareness, calm, emotional expression, observation, patience, eliminating negativity.

I:

Iolite: Intuition, spiritual growth, healing, balance, releasing discord, awakening to inner knowledge.

J:

Jade: Fidelity, dreams, realization of potential, peace, accord, resourcefulness, accomplishment.

Jaspers: Protection, nurturing, joy, awareness; balancing of physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual energies.

K:

L:

Labradorite: Alignment, spiritual connection, transformation, clarity, peace, progression, discernment.

Lapis Lazuli: Wisdom, intuition, awareness, objectivity, clarity, creativity, expanded consciousness, dreams, purity, courage, serenity.

Lepidolite: Hope, stress reduction, birth, peace, spirituality, physical strength, luck, protection, emotional balance.

M:

Malachite: Transformation, insight, clarifying emotions, fidelity, loyalty, practicality.

Marble: Charitable actions, original thinking, alleviation of sorrow.

Moonstone: Introspection, reflection, beginnings, insight, tenderness, harmony, peace, travel.

Mother of Pearl: Mental clarity, intuition, sensitivity, imagination, adaptability, cooperation.

N:

O:

Obsidians: Clarity, deflecting negativity, protection, healing.

Onyx: Self-control, decision making, intuition, recognition of personal strengths.

Opal: Creativity, spontaneity, relationships, memory, happy dreams and changes.

P:

Pearl: Purity, faith, charity, innocence, integrity, focus, wisdom, spirituality, sincerity, fertility.

Peridot: Warmth, friendliness, understanding, openness in love and relationships, regulation of cycles.

Pyrite: Defense, prevention, protection from negativity, physical wholeness, memory.

Q:

R:

Rhodocrosite: Love, emotional balance, cleansing, renewal, relaxation, expansion of consciousness.

Rhodonite: Peace, generosity, attention to details.

Rhyolite: Change, variety, progress, creativity, transcending barriers.

Rose Quartz: Love, peace, happiness, gentleness, healing emotional wounds.

Ruby: Nurturing, spiritual wisdom, attainment of values, economic stability, protection from distress.

S:

Sapphire: Joy, peace, beauty, intuition, prosperity, fulfillment of dreams.

Smoky Quartz: Dissolving emotional blockage, clearing the mind, cooperation, personal pride, joy in living, attentiveness to the moment, protection.

Sodalite: Wisdom, logic, calmness, healing, stress reduction, companionship, self-esteem.

Sunstone: Alleviating fears, energizing, cleansing.

T:

Tanzanite: Communication, intuition, protection, symmetry, decision-making, spirituality.

Tiger Eye: Practicality, peacefulness, clarity, intelligence, intuition, new experiences, financial stability, calmness, releasing inhibitions.

Tiger Iron: Artistic endeavors, beauty, vitality.

Topaz: True love, success in endeavors, understanding of interrelationships, expression of ideas, trust, health, personal expansion and growth.

Tourmaline: Energizing, soul-searching, releasing.

Turquoise: Spiritual attunement, cleansing, healing, protection, valor, soothing, peace of mind, guidance through the unknown, romantic spontaneity.

U:

Unakite: Balance, re-birth, foresight, emotional balance.

V:

W:

X:

Y:

Z:

Zoisite: Dispelling laziness, facilitating advancement.

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Chain Length Guide

HEre i would like to give all of u some info about chain lenght guide

How to make a photo box

HOW TO MAKE A PHOTO BOX

I wanted to share my knowledge on how to take good photos of jewelry
and other small objects. I created a "Photo Box" which is easy to
construct and use! I've noticed that a lot of people (in general)
could use this method I use.

ITEMS YOU NEED


12x12x12 box
14 x 10 piece of plexy glass or glass
a knife
background paper (scrapbooking paper is great from craft store)
wax paper
60-100 watt light

How to put it all together:

1) Take your 12x12x12 box and cut out one side. Keep the bottom of
your box intact.

2) (open side you just cut out) Measure 9 inches from the bottom and
make a slit all the way to the back of the box on both sides. Do not
cut the back of the box.

3) Slide your glass into the slits of the box

4) Take the wax paper and tape it over the light source. The
wax paper is used to defuse the light.

5) Aim the light towards the opening of your box.

6) Lay your background on the bottom of your box as your background.



7) Shine your light into to open area of the box. Take your photos from the

back of the box... with the light facing you.

Your camera should focus on the jewelry or small object. The
background will be fuzzy due to the distance of the background from
the object.

Lesson 3(Hammer for metal jewelry making)-Ballpein hammer

Unlike the rawhide hammer, a ballpein hammer (aka ball peen) can mark your metal; however, you may actually want it to do that on purpose. That’s exactly what I used it for when I made my Easy Cuff Bracelet. You’ll notice these hammers are made of steel and have a flat side and a rounded side to the hammer’s head. You can find these available at metal jewelry suppliers as well as some hardware stores. They range in price and size any where from about $4 and up.
Along with texturing metal, you can use a hammer like this to shape metal as well. If you are concerned about marking metal with a steel hammer, you can always wrap your metal with a piece of leather to protect it.

Lesson 2(Hammer for metal jewelry making)-Rawhide hammer

A rawhide hammer is, as the name implies, partially made of rawhide. The handle is usual wood and the head is rawhide. (Dog owners beware to keep this out of site and smell of your four-legged friends!) These range in price from $15 to $20. The hammer pictured is available at wire-sculpture.com/ and most suppliers who sell wire or metal related tools will have rawhide and other types of hammers available.
These hammers are used for a number of reasons. One use of this hammer is to work harden it, which means you will harden the metal. Any time you hammer, bend, or stretch metal, you are making it harder. So a rawhide hammer is helpful for his because it won’t mark your metal.

Another use for a rawhide hammer is to just flatten a piece of metal. For example, maybe you cut out a shape, like a metal star, using tin snips, and your star is no longer flat. You can use this hammer to flatten it out again.

Lesson 1(Hammer for metal jewelry making)-Introduction

Introduction
It’s hammer time! I had to say that, sorry. Seriously, though, of all the tools you’ll have in your tool box or at your work bench, hammers can be a metal worker’s best friend, and they are really essential to the processes of fabricating metal. Both jewelry makers who work with wire and metalsmiths who work with materials such as metal plating use hammers to harden metals, straighten them, or even texture them sometimes. So they are really tools that are considered multi-taskers.
While there are a surprising variety of hammers available to jewelers, ranging from size and materials they are made of, I’m going to cover two of the “must have” hammers in this article. Most jewelry makers will find over time and practice that they may gravitate to other types of hammers, but this is an individual decision based on preference and the type of jewelry you make.

Therefore, while I suggest you have a the two hammers I plan to cover here in your tool box – a rawhide hammer and a ballpein hammer – I also suggest you experiment with other hammers to see how they fit your metal jewelry making needs.

Lesson 6(bead board)-finishing the jewelry piece

Once you have determined that your beaded jewelry item (necklace, bracelet, anklet, whatever it is) you can remove the piece from the bead board and finish it off using your choice of finishing technique, such as a crimp bead or a bead tip. The bracelet pictured was finished off using crimp beads.

Lesson 5(bead board)-start stringing bead

Now you’re ready to go ahead and string up your beads onto your chosen stringing medium. The string pictured here is actually beading wire. On either side of the strung beads are bead stoppers, fabulous little gauges that help make sure you don’t lose your beads before you’re ready to finish.
You’ll notice that I have the strung beads back on the bead board. This is because it’s a good idea after stringing to double check that you have the desired length. You’ll also notice that my strand is a little longer than 6 inches. This is because I am allowing about 1 inch or so for the clasp. This is something to always consider before finishing a piece of beaded jewelry.

Lesson 4(bead board)-Arranging the bead

the next step is to start determining where you want to place your beads in the design. If you already have a pattern to follow, great, just go ahead and put them in the correct order on your board. However, if you are not sure what pattern you plan to string yet, this is when a board becomes super handy. Just play with the arrangement of your beads, moving them into different configurations until you find a design that you like.

Lesson 3(bead board)-First step when you using the bead board

Once you have your bead board ready, it’s time to select your beads and start to add them to the groove in the board. At this point, don’t worry about length or what goes where, just get your beads together and start adding them to the board.

Lesson 2(bead board)-How to Use a Bead Board

First, there are a few different types of bead boards, but most will at the very least have one long groove around the board where you set your beads as you prepare to string. On either side of this groove are markings and numbers. Each long mark represents an inch, and each of the shorter marks represent a half inch. These markings help you determine the final length of a piece of beaded jewelry. In the center of the board, are small extra compartments where you can store beads as you work.

Lesson 1(BEAD BOARD))-bead board description

First, there are a few different types of bead boards, but most will at the very least have one long groove around the board where you set your beads as you prepare to string. On either side of this groove are markings and numbers. Each long mark represents an inch, and each of the shorter marks represent a half inch. These markings help you determine the final length of a piece of beaded jewelry. In the center of the board, are small extra compartments where you can store beads as you work.