Jewelry Making Class

Posted by Maire Loughran Jul 17, 2008

As I stated in my last article about the Bead Museum of Washinton DC, many jewelry artists start out their careers by stringing beads. It's easy and the tools are relatively inexpensive.

You don't have to go any further than to your local magazine stand to have access to many beading magazines that have great illustrated instruction sections. I've also posted quite a few articles on this site on the topic of connecting clasps, which is the hardest part of the fabrication process.

If you've progressed past that point or have no interest in stringing beads - you want to learn how to solder and forge, then the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) has a fantastic guide to universities and colleges with jewelry and metals-related programs.

It's an excel file and is ordered alphabetically by the name of the school. If you want to check out a particular state just do a data > sort to rearrange the info by state.