Fingerprint Jewellery
Learn how to make personalised jewellery
Did you know that one of my first ever successful businesses was a fingerprint jewellery business? Personalisation in jewellery is very popular so I'm really pleased to share some of my own hints, tips and tricks in this online course.
What Techniques are covered?
- Getting good quality fingerprints for making jewellery
- Transferring the fingerprint to silver clay
- Personalising your jewellery designs with names, dates etc
- Adding a birthstone (fireable stones)
- Torch firing your silver clay pieces (a kiln is not required for this course)
- Using liver of sulphur to showcase your prints
- Polishing and finishing
& lots of tips and tricks
This course is perfect for beginners - you don't need to have any experience of jewellery making or of working with silver clay in order to get started with these projects.
Your Instructor
Jessica Rose is a jewellery designer-maker and the Founder of Jewellers Academy and Jewellers Academy Brighton. She also founded the award-winning London Jewellery School, which was Europe's largest independent jewellery training company.
Jess is extremely passionate about jewellery making and loves supporting jewellers to run their own successful jewellery businesses.
Course Curriculum
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StartCourse Notes: including tools and materials list PDF DOWNLOAD
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StartLesson 1: Capturing the Fingerprint (13:07)
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StartLesson 2: Making Your Fingerprint Charm & Letter Stamping (14:13)
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StartLesson 3: Adding a Birthstone (9:48)
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StartLesson 4: Finishing Your Piece Ready for Firing (10:35)
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StartLesson 5: Torch Firing Silver Clay (9:32)
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StartLesson 6: Adding a Patina (5:02)
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StartLesson 7: Torch Firing with a Fireable Stone (5:32)
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StartLesson 8: Hand Finishing Your Piece (11:26)
Fingerprint Jewellery Tools & Materials
Tools
- Playing cards
- 2 part moulding compound (www.metalclay.co.uk)
- Olive oil
- Teflon sheet
- Clay rolling pin
- Cutters (for your charms)
- Art Clay alphabet stamps
- Pair of tweezers
- Cling film
- Art clay engraving pen
- Hot plate (optional)
- Pin vice
- Drill bit 1mm
- Sanding sponge
- Paint brush
- Torch
- Soldering brick
- Bowl of water
- Brass brush
- Barrel polisher
- Steel block
- Raw hide mallet
- Baby wipes
- Liver of sulpher XL gel
- Brush & bowl for liver of sulphur
- Silver clay polishing papers
- Glanol & cloth
Materials
- Pack of Art Clay Silver or PMC - 7g
- Fireable Cubic Zirconia stones (4mm or 5mm)
Suppliers
To source your tools and materials, take a look at our list of worldwide jewellery suppliers here
This course includes:
- 8 Bite-sized video Lessons
- A complete set of downloadable course notes
- Tools and materials list
- Support in the Facebook group
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