Wirework and Beading Video Tutorials and Guides

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Art Jewellery Magazine

This page has lots of video tutorials on jewellery making. You have to create an account to see them but it's free. Worth a visit.

Hugely useful website with lots of beads to buy but also lots of tutorials and information about beading. You'll find some fantastic video tutorials here with techniques as well as wonderful projects. If you're into beading it's well worth a visit.

Beadalon

Huge range of free videos about beading including knotting, wire wrapping, how to use the tools and how to choose the right wire. The videos go from basic beginners information through to advanced projects. All the videos are short - three minutes - so you can quickly learn a new skill and start creating.

Beaducation

Fantastic free videos on a variety of topics as well as some to buy. Very high quality video and detailed handouts with the purchased videos. You need to sign up for the site and you can then access any of these video tutorials...Stamped Jewelry Design Ideas, Sawing Metal, Annealing Metal, Introduction to Riveting, Torch Safety Talk, Felted Beads, Viking Knit, Byzantine Chain, Introduction to Chain Maille, Making your own Earwires, Making your own Balled Headpins, Introduction to PMC, Introduction to Fine Silver Fusing, Wire Jewelry Fundamentals, Perfecting the Wire Spiral, Making your own Jumprings, various project tutorials at beginner and advanced level.

Bead TV

This UK based site features video tutorials on a large variety of jewellery related topics including metal clay, beading, chain maille, lampwork, mixed media, stringing, knotting and wirework. Subscription is £24 or $45 for a year.

Crown Trout Jewelers - Lanesboro, MN

Video tutorials for download from this website. There is a small fee to pay for each of these videos. Viking knit tutorials, end caps and toggle making tutorials.

Dremel - Drilling Holes in Sea Shells

Sea shells make great jewelry, especially combined with metal clay. This short but informative video shows you how to drill shells successfully using a dremel mounted in the workstation. It would also be the same technique if you were using a drill press or pillar drill.

Hadar Jacobson - Balling up Wire at Both Ends

Another great video from Hadar Jacobson. Shows you how to use an oxygen/propane torch to ball up both ends of wire.

Jewellery Maker

UK supplier of gemstone beads, findings, threading materials, chains, jewellery making kits, tools and accessories. They also have a number of video tutorials showing basic wire working and beading techniques.

Rio Grande YouTube Channel

Have a browse through the video tutorials from Rio Grande. They cover metal clay, bronze clay, copper clay, jewelry making, how to use tools videos, resin, forging metal, stone setting, patination and lots of other things. Well worth a browse.

Silversmith's Metal Clay Powder

A different way to buy silver clay, this powder has a longer shelf life than PMC or Art Clay. It does require mixing and there are some issues with it. The supplier website gives plenty of information about how to use it and they have a YouTube video how to mix and use it.