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Videos & CDs for Jewelry Makers

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Whether you are making a list for yourself or looking for that perfect present for a fellow jewelry maker, instructional videos and CDs are great for gift giving. Below are a few ideas to help get your list started:

Bead Addict Becomes Author: This is the story of a bead addict who turned her passion into a book for other bead addicts and perspective beaders. Ruby’s book is also available on CD and would make an excellent gift for anyone interested in beading, especially seed beading.

Step-by-Step Stringing Video: Learn how to finish your jewelry pieces using crimps and bead tips and pick up some helpful information about how to design the perfect piece of jewelry from this Beadshop.com how-to video. Beadshop.com also carries a number of other jewelry related videos including one on pearl stringing.

Jig Video Review On the urging of her wire students, Corrine Gurry, creator of the Wire Wizard and developed her first video class called The Wire Wizard Video Notebook. She offers number tools along with her video to encourage anyone interested in learning to work with wire.

Ornamental Jewelry CD ReviewEni Oken shows how to make her unique wire and bead jewelry on her tutorial CD using methods she developed. Her work is very unusual and many of the techniques she developed on her own.

The Basic Bead Work Series: Basic Knotting Necklace & Illusion Necklace In this video, Barbara Robinson creates three jewelry projects, which are also designed to teach you a number of important jewelry making techniques: knotting between beads and the illusion design. This is just one of a series of videos available at Argems Inc.

The Basic Bead Work Series: Basic Netting Barbara Robinson has teamed up with Artgems Inc. to create a series of bead videos. In their Basic Netting video, Barbara teaches you how to make this basic stitch as well as complete a number of jewelry pieces from beginning to end.

Squaw Creek Silversmithing Video Terry’s video is a wonderful alternative if you do not have access to silversmithing classes in your area. This video is packed full of information, and each time you watch it you will learn something new. If you know someone who’s wanted to learn to solder, then this might be the perfect gift.

Been There, Done That Preston Reuther has a video seminar now available for wire artists explaining how to sell your wire jewelry at shows. Find out if this seminar might help you sell your wire jewelry, or give it as a gift to someone you know you wants to be in the wire jewelry business.

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