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Embossed Leaf Necklace

Learn how to use paper to decorate your silver!

About the Class

The Embossed Leaf Pendant class is a wonderful beginner project for building confidence with sawing, soldering, texturing, and shaping silver, while also introducing you to the magic of creating texture with a rolling mill and, of all things, watercolour paper!  

In this class, you’ll learn how to emboss detailed textures into silver sheet before sawing out elegant leaf shapes to create a lightweight and beautifully textured pendant. The project is especially good for improving your sawing skills, as the shapes are simple enough for beginners while still giving you plenty of opportunity to practise accuracy and control.  

The leaf design begins with a simple craft paper punch, making it very easy to adapt the project into different shapes and styles of jewellery. Any craft punch with a shape you love will work beautifully, or you can create your own design using a craft knife if you’d like something more personal.  

The class also covers two different ways of attaching a chain to your pendant, helping you choose the finish and style that best suits your design.

The Embossed Leaf Necklace class is part of the Jeweller's Bench Membership - click here for more details

If you need any extra help as you work your way through the classes do join us over on The Jeweller's Bench Café group over on Facebook - the perfect place to ask for advice and to show off what you've been making.

You will need:

Materials:
0.8mm to 1mm thick sterling silver sheet large enough for your paper shape to fit, 0.8mm sterling silver wire and a chain suitable for finishing the necklace.

Equipment: (all the jewellery making kit listed here can be used for many different projects) *Soldering kit
*Paper craft hole punch
*Rolling mill
*Watercolour paper
*Jeweller’s saw
*Bench peg
*Sharpie
*Needle files
*Emery paper
*Wire cutters
*Pliers - round nose and flat nose
*For polishing - a tumble polisher or elbow grease and a silver polishing cloth.

An explanation of all the tools and materials that you need is included in the videos, and a downloadable equipment and materials list is available with the class.

1 hour 8 minutes long, 14 lessons


Course Curriculum

Reviews

"I couldn't believe that simple paper could texture silver so well - but it does! Great class, thanks."
Jane P.
"HI Joanne, I really love your classes. You have a very soothing way of explaning everything and it's fun to just watch you work. Thanks for your great classes and keep them coming!"
Clara F.
"Joanne is very detailed in her instruction."
Anne W.

Joanne Tinley

Tutor and Founder of The Jeweller's Bench

The Jeweller's Bench is run by Joanne Tinley. She has been making her own jewellery for as long as she can remember and left her first career as a school teacher to set up business as a  jewellery designer and tutor nearly 20 years ago. She is
self-taught and like many people started with wire and beads. Learning how to solder, however, opened up a whole new world of jewellery making,  one that she is keen to share!

Legal Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to show safe working practices and to discuss health and safety aspects of jewellery making, but in the end I cannot take responsibility for how the tutorial information is used and how safely you work. Take the effort to set up your work area safely right from the start!
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