Ask the Experts Memory Wire Q&A
Q: What does one use memory wire for? I bought some thinking that it would stay the way I bent it, and found that it was impossible. Now what do I use it for?
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Ask the Experts Polishing Jewelry Q&A
Q: What are the pros and cons of using a jewelry tumbler for polishing jewelry as opposed to a hand held rotary tool?
Ask the Experts Selling Jewelry Q&A
Q: I'm a new jewelry designer and I was wondering about different ways to promote and sell my one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, do you have any suggestions?
Ask the Experts Measuring Q&A
Q: How do you measure beads?
Ask the Experts Jumprings Q&A
Q: How do I determine the OD of a jumpring when all I have is the ID and the gauge?
Ask the Experts Organizers Q&A
Q: What do you recommend for a work table surface for beading?
Ask the Experts Resin Q&A
Q: How can I preserve flowers to be used in resin pendants?
Ask the Experts Cleaning Pewter Beads Q&A
Q: How do you clean pewter beads?
Ask the Experts Earcuffs Q&A
Q: I am trying to imitate ear cuffs I have previously purchased. One end of the ear cuff is sealed by a bead glued to it. The other end of the ear cut is left raw. How do I soften the cut raw end of the ear cuff so that it doesn't scratch the ear cartilage?
Ask the Experts Selling Finished Jewelry Q&A
Q: I'd like to know if it would be practical to promote/sell pieces on more than one website--I suppose I'd also have to split the pieces between sites instead of showing them all on all sites--yes?
Ask the Experts Metal Finish Q&A
Q: What does oxidated and anodized mean?
Ask the Experts Fringe Q&A
Q: I want to make a seed bead fringe necklace, how does the seed bead stay on the bottom of the fringe, and how do I attach the seed bead onto the chain, and what type of wire or thread do I use to create the fringe. Fringe hangs 10" long by 7 1/2" wide. How is the bottom seed of the fringe secured? Thank you.
Ask the Experts Freeform Seed Beads Q&A
Q: What is free form beading?
Ask the Experts Right-Angle Weave Q&A
Q: I am new to the right-angle weave. I have watched the video several times. My thread is showing really bad and is loose in some spots. I am using round beads on FireLine thread. What am I doing wrong and also how do I finish it off? Thanks.
Ask the Experts Finishing Q&A
Q: When finishing a piece, I don't have a problem with crimping or threading the wire back through the finished beads but I have to pull on it a little too tight for comfort to make sure that the piece doesn't have too much slack in it...and be ruined. Some pieces cannot abide a crimp cover and the crimp will be hidden well but still, is there a secret to achieving the aforementioned task without using a winch?
Ask the Experts Right-Angle Weave Q&A
Q: What is the "correct" way of doing 2-needle right-angle weave? Do I keep changing from one needle to the other, or should I try to be a rightie and a leftie at the same time, i.e. keep one needle in each hand?
Ask the Experts Metal Patinas Q&A
Q: From what I have read, liver of sulfur turns copper dark or black. I want to take hardened copper and give it the blue-green look it might have developed after being out to sea. Is there a product you can recommend?
Ask the Experts Stringing Q&A
Q: What is the best way to thread soft materials like bugtail, cotton, etc. through snug holes? When I thread a woven cotton through a hole that is the exact size of my material I can't use a needle. I end up cutting off a lot of material to get to a new point that's stiff enough to pass through the bead. Is there a hollow needle or wire wrapping technique that will guide the cord end through beads with a similar hole size?
Ask the Experts Brads Q&A
Q: I purchased brads and want to use them to connect a piece of filigree to leather. The brad pulls through the leather. What can I do to fix this problem?
Ask the Experts Gemstone Drilling Q&A
Q: How do I drill a hole in a gemstone already polished.
Ask the Experts Mica Powder Q&A
Q: What is mica powder and what is it used for?
Ask the Experts Polymer Clay Embellishment Q&A
Q: How should I use Gilders Paste on polymer clay?
Ask the Experts Crimping a 4-Strand Necklace Q&A
Q: I am making a 4-strand necklace, using a triangular spacer at each end. The spacer has four holes at the bottom but only one hole at the top. How do I finish and crimp the wires after they go through the spacer? Will all wires be visible?
Ask the Experts Creating Earrings with Wire Q&A
Q: I want to create earrings by bending, shaping, bending back and so on. I design as I go but not sure what gauge and softness to use.
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