r/jewellerymaking

It’s been a little while since my last post. Life has been busy, but I’ve also been spending most of my free time experimenting with new designs instead of posting.

After making quite a few flower-inspired pieces, I wanted to challenge myself with something different.

This little bow is made from a single strip of sterling silver. I shaped and twisted it by hand, trying to make the silver feel soft, almost like ribbon instead of metal. I’m planning to wear it as a pendant on a simple silver chain, although I’m still deciding whether to keep it that way or explore other versions.

I’ll be sharing more of these new pieces over the next little while as I finish them.

I’d love to hear what you think. Would you wear something like this?

Been meaning to write this for a while. I run a small manufacturing setup in Jaipur that makes 925 sterling silver jewelry for export (mostly EU/US), and people are always surprised how many hands and steps a single piece goes through before it ships.

Rough breakdown for a stone-set piece:

**•	CAD/wax stage** — every design starts as a 3D file, then gets printed in wax or resin for casting  
**•	Casting** — wax trees go into investment plaster, get burned out, then molten silver is poured in (lost-wax casting, basically unchanged for centuries)  
**•	Filing & fitting** — casted pieces come out rough and oxidized; filing removes sprues and cleans up joints by hand  
**•	Stone setting** — this is where moonstone/gemstone pieces get their bezels or prongs set, almost always manual for anything semi-precious  
**•	Polishing** — multiple stages, from tripoli to rouge, before it even looks “finished”  

Plating — rhodium or gold vermeil goes on last, and this step alone has a whole compliance world behind it (nickel-release limits, micron thickness rules) that most buyers never think about
• QC + packing — checked for stone security, plating uniformity, and finish before it’s boxed for export

The part that surprises people most: a “simple” silver ring can pass through 8-10 different pairs of hands before it’s done. Nothing about it is automated end to end — even factories with CNC and casting machines still rely heavily on manual finishing and setting.

Happy to answer questions if anyone’s curious about any specific step (casting, setting, plating compliance, whatever).

Any feedback would be appreciated:)

So I make clay jewellery and I’ve been wanting to start a small business. However I realised I don't even know how much I should sell them for I was thinking 10-20$ for a pair/set but idk if that's too much or to little so if yall could help me out on this I'd appreciate it greatly.

Notes:

- they take me roughly 2-5 days to make, bake, drill and resin them

- they're made from polymer clay

- I use uv resin

- I do have new shapes I could make but these ones are old makes

- I think the more complex/ complicated designs and shapes I would charge more for

- lastly I would probably start off selling them on depop and IF they sell well I'II HOPEFULLY start an Etsy shop

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Does everyone think this butterfly is beautiful? Feel free to leave a review. Thanks

This is a question most likely for the UK / rest of Europe based jewellers - does anyone know where I might be able to watch the BBC show All That Glitters online?

I watched it at the time when it released, but I’d love to rewatch it now!

It’s no longer on BBC iplayer and can’t find any clips of it on YouTube or anything like that either. It is advertised as being on HBO max, but it doesn’t appear to be working, even when I connect to a VPN.

I’m looking to make one of these chainmail necklaces for my girlfriend, but she usually wears gold jewellery. I’m trying to figure out a way to source 10k gold chainmail ring or similar. I thought about using brass, but I think it might irritate her skin since, she sometimes react to some types of jewellery. I know gold and silver is safe for her, so I’m trying to find the best option.