I found this great torso jewelry display at a local salvage store. “She” is modeling a braided/woven necklace I made a while ago with citrine, carnelian, peridot, and labradorite beads on fine silver wire.

I’ve been working on a new pendant style, which is based on knots. I start by making a knot with wire, then permanently fuse the ends of the wire together, creating a knot that can’t be untied. This is the first finished knot pendant, and I’m really happy with how it turned out.
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Considering how much time I spend working with silver, on an almost daily basis, you’d think I might have spent some time learning about where silver comes from, and what it looks like naturally.
For whatever reason, it never occurred to me. I grew up in California, and spent time as a child touring the gold [...]

Here’s an easy way to clean sterling silver jewelry that has gotten a little tarnished:
Put a piece of aluminum foil in the bottom of a bowl. Place the jewelry on top of the foil.
Cover the jewelry and aluminum foil with not quite boiling hot water, and add baking soda. I’ve heard it works even better [...]

Contrary to what many people believe, sterling silver is not pure silver. Pure silver is very soft and not appropriate for some jewelry applications because of its softness. Sterling silver is 92.5% pure silver alloyed with 7.5% other metals. In the United States, an alloy that is 92.5% silver can be called sterling silver, regardless [...]