Watch the video to see how you can easily create meaningful gifts with Almost Instant Jewelry ® settings.
6 Essential Jewelry Making Techniques You Need to Know
Follow along as Patti shares her list of top tools and materials every jewelry maker needs for various techniques.
Make Your Own Inlay Jewelry Easy as 1-2-3
Inlay jewelry is a beautiful way to display stones without the use of traditional setting techniques. Learn more about this exciting trend.
Charms
Small ornaments worn as pendants or on bracelets.
Setting up a Safe Kiln-Firing Area and Firing Enamels with a Kiln
Firing enamel in a kiln might appear challenging, but fear not—these step-by-step instructions empower you to confidently and safely craft brilliant, gleaming jewelry projects.
Setting Up a Safe Torch Firing Area
Ensure your success and prioritize safety when firing enamel with a torch by following these comprehensive instructions. Craft stunning enamel jewelry with confidence and precision.
How to Use 2-Part Pendant Settings with Crystal Passions® Flat Backs
Learn how to easily use two-part pendant settings to mount Crystal Passion® flat backs.
How to Use Sure-Set Mountings
Sure-sets are precision cast mountings with seats that fit most stone girdles. Use standard pliers or simplify the job with our notched setting pliers.
Stone Setting
Bezelite settings take all the mystery and headache out of stone setting. Get great results in seconds! They are made for faceted stones and most cabochons.
How to Use Freeform Mountings
With these simple instructions, you can master the art of freeform mountings and create stunning necklaces and earrings that are sure to impress. Learn how to securely set gems and craft beautiful jewelry pieces with ease!
Mounting
A jewelry setting designed for the placement of faceted gemstones or cabochons.
Bezel Setting Stones the Easy Way
Learn how to easily set stones into pre-made bezel cup settings for your jewelry designs.
Pavé-Style Setting Using the Tweezer Vac™
The compact, vacuum tool allows for precision placement. It works great for placing chatons, flat backs and small stones and when creating pavé-style jewelry.
Setting
A frame, container or cage designed for the placement of faceted gemstones or cabochons.
Lost Wax Casting
Discover lost wax casting: a jewelry-making technique where a wax model is encased in plaster, melted away to form a mold and filled with metal.
Half-Drilled Bead
A bead with a drill hole that only goes halfway through. Half-drilled beads are attached to various settings using a glue or other adhesive.
Pavé Setting
The method of setting stones very close together so that very little metal shows between them.
Gem Setting Pliers
A pair of pliers used to set or tighten the prongs on gemstone settings. The structure of these pliers gives them and parallel jaws and exceptional leverage.
Almost Instant Jewelry®
Almost Instant Jewelry® is a line of settings made specifically for Swarovski® crystal fancy stones. In this jewelry-making product show-and-tell, see how fast and easy it is to use these earring, pendant and other mounts.
How to Set Stones in Cupchain with the Prong Pusher Set
Silent animation shows how to assemble the prong pusher tool with the appropriately sized prong head, and then how to use the prong pusher tool to set a stone. Includes written instructions below the video.
How to Use Fancy Bezel Settings with Cabochons
Set cabochons quickly and elegantly within fancy bezel settings using a bezel pusher or bezel roller. Watch the silent animation to learn this professional technique, or use the full step-by-step instructions below the video.
How to Use Two-Sided Bezel Settings
Easily set Crystal Passions® fancy stones or flat-backed cabochons using these these two-sided calibrated bezel mounts. Rose shows you how it’s done—all it takes is pliers and a prong pusher to create stunning pendants for jewelry.
How to Use the Miracle Mount™ System
The Miracle Mount™ system was designed to hold sparkling Crystal Passions® fancy stones and gemstone cabochons. Rose explains how jewelry designers can add loop and peg inserts to create customized links, centerpieces and stations.
How to Use the Eyelet and Rivet Setting Tool
Silent animation displays how to use the eyelet and rivet setting tool to connect multiple layers of metal, leather or other materials for cold connection or mixed media designs. Below the video are full written step-by-step instructions.