Definition

Silver jewellery making is the process of making jewellery out of Silver. It is closely related to making jewellery out of other precious metals such as Gold, although the metals do need to be treated and worked with differently.

5 simple processes in Silver jewellery making

There are five basic simple processes in which you will almost always use when making jewellery:

1. Saw the metal, using bees wax, into the shape you desire

2. File the metal edge till smooth

3. Work the metal, through forging, hammering, texturing, dapping and/or doming it to further shape it

4. Solder the metal, join the precious and semi-precious metals such as Silver, Gold, brass, and copper- use silver solder when working in base metal.

5. Finish the metal through texturing, burnishing, buffing, polishing and oxidising.