Soldering is great fun and opens up a whole new world in jewellery making, but sometimes it's just as great to use materials that don't stand the heat! That's where rivets come in - a cold connection technique that holds layers of a jewellery design together without the need for a blowtorch.
This third class in my series moves on again through the riveting techniques, encouraging you to add more detail to your jewellery designs by using rivets that are more interesting than a simple hammered piece of wire. This time we're going to learn how to make and use decorative rivets. I'm just going to use one rivet in my design, but once you've mastered the technique you can add more than one rivet to your jewellery.
I do recommend that you watch the first two riveting classes in the series as this class builds on the techniques covered there, and all the riveting classes can be found in the Riveting course bundle.
43 mins long, 10 lessons
Materials needed: class example used 0.7mm and 0.5mm silver sheet, 0.8mm sterling silver wire and a flat wooden bead.