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Fine Jewelry Designing

Take the First Step

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Much like my previous advice about becoming a jewelry designer, the first step to becoming a “fine” jewelry designer is to learn the basics of the craft. You would need to know the basics of making it. For example, you'd want to learn casting, metal fabrication, and soldering.

You could take a few different route to do this, but I would first recommend taking a class or two and see what you think. If you can find a local school or local rock club that also teach classes in jewelry making, sign up for a beginner’s class. See how you like it. Even if you one day land a jewelry design job with Cartier, you still need to understand the basic construction of jewelry in order to make jewelry that is aesthetically pleasing as well as practical to wear.

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