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CREATIVE TEcHNIQUES & DESIGNS FOR MAKING cUSTOM JEWELRY

LISA NIVEN KELLY


CREATOR OF BEADUCATION

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in the edges of the strips because of the taper of the jaw. I chose 4mm bicone crystals because I like the way the tapered ends of the beads fit into the loops of the stamped strips, stabilizing them.

n this project, its essential to use stepped round-nose pliers. Standard round-nose pliers wont properly turn

TEcHNIQUES

STAMPING HAMMERING & TEXTURIZING OXIDIZING & PoLISHING

MATERIALS 27" (68.5 cm) of sterling silver 26-gauge bezel wire (to make up to 15 strips) Copper sheet metal for practice 38 star-shaped 4mm or 5mm Bali silver spacers 68 Swarovski crystal 4mm bicone beads 1 two-strand tube slider clasp 24" (61 cm) of beading wire 4 crimp beads 4 crimp bead covers 3640 size 15 seed beads to cover the beading wire where the bracelet is attached to the clasp

TOOLS Safety Glasses Bench block Stamping hammer Letter/number stamp set and/or design stamps Stepped roundnose pliers with a 2.53.5 mm step Chain-nose pliers Flush cutter Crimping pliers Oxidizing solution Pro Polish polishing pads or #0000 steel wool and a polish cloth

FINISHED SIZE As shown, 7" (18 cm). Note: A 7" (18 cm) bracelet requires 13 stamped metal strips. For a larger bracelet, each additional unit of stamped strip plus bicone, spacer, bicone will add about 7 16" (1.2 cm).

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STEP BY STEP

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Put on your safety glasses. Using ush cutters, cut the bezel wire into 1.75" (4.5 cm) strips.

Decide on designs for the strips. In the bracelet shown, I textured all the pieces using various hammers and design stamps. figure 1 Heres how I textured the strips seen in figure 2 from left to right: ball-peen end of a chasing hammer, tapped with medium force ball-peen end of a chasing hammer, hit very hard to get a more solid dot (that placement was a bit tricky) spiral design stamp period stamp or a center punch rectangle end of a riveting hammer, tapped with medium force
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Other options for texturing include texture hammers, specialty hammers, and homemade design stamps. Practice these texturing techniques on copper sheet metal rst before stamping on sterling silver.
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To stamp words on your strips, rst write out each word to ensure correct spelling, and count the number of letters. The initial length of each strip is 1.75" (4.5 cm). The rolled-in edges take up " (1.3 cm) on either end, leaving about " (2 cm) of stampable area.

With a marker, make a mark " (1.3 cm) in from each end. Center your word in the space between marks. Determine the middle letter of the word and the middle of the strip. Stamp that letter in the center
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STAMPED METAL JEWELRY

and then stamp the letters rst to one side and then the other. Keep in mind any design stamps that you want to incorporate. figure 3

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Once all the pieces are stamped, oxidize and polish the strip before rolling in the ends.

Using the 2.53.5 mm step of a stepped round nose pliers, grasp the end of the wire and turn a basic loop. figure 4 Let the wire come around and then slightly overlap. Dont push on it too hard when it overlaps or you will get a teardrop shape. Let it lightly come around and overlap on top of itself. figure 5
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tips & tricks


Remember, youre working with very thin metal. When stamping letters, dont stamp as hard as you usually would. Be very careful with letters that have a long vertical line (such as a lowercase i or l) because theyll thin out the metal further, and the metal will want to bend and possibly break at that spot.

Sometimes a metal strip will curve if letters are stamped too close to either the top or bottom (long edges) of the metal strip. To keep your strip straight and even, try to center the letters between the top and bottom of the strip as much as possible. If your design goes to the edge, balance the amount of stamping on the top and bottom. Its okay to stamp all the way to the short edges.

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CoNTENTS
INTRODUCTION MATERIALS & TOOLS Materials Tools BASIC METALSMITHING TECHNIQUES Hammering and Texturing Cutting and Sawing Hole Punching and Drilling Dapping Riveting Annealing Oxidizing and Polishing GETTING STARTED STAMPING Safety First Set Up Your Work Space Start Stamping! PROJECTS

Leather Cuff Double-Decker Pendant Silver Framed Gems Pendant


By Kriss Silva

The Crown Jewel


By Janice Berkebile

Simply Charming Bracelet


By Tracy Stanley

Bold Stamped and Riveted Beads


By Kate Richbourg

Crisscross Stamped and Riveted Earrings


By Lisa Claxton

PENDANT WITH SNAZZ-IT-UP BAIL

Pendant with Snazz-it-up Bail


By Kate Richbourg

Riveted Collage Pendant


By Tracey Stanley

Full Circle Bracelet


By Connie Fox

GALLERY RESOURCES Basic Wirework Techniques Contributors Sources for Supplies Index

Easy Stamped Pendants

ID-Style Bracelet Stamped Prefabricated Rings


Linked Shapes Bracelet

Say It On Your Wrist Wrapped Link Bracelet Stamped Ladder Bracelet Stamped and Stacked Ring Textured Metal Pendant

STAMPED AND STACKED RING

SIMPLY CHARMING BRACELET

WRAPPED LINK BRACELET

TEXTURED METAL PENDANT

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DONT SAY ITSTAMP IT!

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Create fabulous custom necklaces, beads, charms, bracelets, cuffs, and earrings.
Stamped Metal Jewelry opens with an extensive section on stamping and metalsmithing tools and techniques, all photographed step-by-step. With these skills, readers can begin making inspiring jewelry designs with condence. Nineteen projects cover a variety of techniques and designs such as creating charms, incorporating stamped links into beaded projects, making stamped links from at wire and wire-wrapping them together, stamping on blanks and layering them, riveting, texturing metal, oxidizing, and more.
And if youre still hungry for more, the DVD included with this book offers step-by-step stamping and jewelry-making demonstrations by the author. READERS WILL: Learn multiple metal stamping and texturing techniques with projects incorporating wirework and metalsmithing Explore customizing jewelry designs by stamping with unique words and designs
Lisa Niven Kelly is an
award-winning wire jewelry artist and a regular contributor to Bead

Discover tips and tricks from successful jewelry artists to get professional results In addition to Lisas projects, the book features projects by nationally known jewelry designers Tracy Stanley, Kriss Silva, Lisa Claxton, Kate Richbourg, Janice Berkebile, and Connie Fox. This book and DVD combination offers jewelry artists all the techniques and design inspiration needed to create clever stamped metal jewelry.

& Button, Art Jewelry, Beadwork, and Step-by-Step Wire Jewelry magazines.
She has been teaching beadwork and wirework nationally for more than 15 years. Lisa is the founder of Beaducation.com, a popular source for online step-by-step video jewelrymaking classes, plus wirework and metal stamping tools and supplies.

Paperback, 8 9 128 pages + DVD 160 photos ISBN 978-1-59668-177-4 $24.95 Available July 2010

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