Every day, future spouses, couples in love and people who are preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary come to the Zelenin & Yolkin jewelry workshop. The idea of ​​how to make came to Russia not so long ago from Europe.

The desire to surprise a loved one, to please him and give something really worthwhile drives each of us, and to create a ring with your own hands is to give a big piece of yourself in a small piece of jewelry.

No wonder, because a master class on creating wedding rings is a symbolic and touching event, both for a couple in love and for spouses, and the opportunity to create your own individual design of rings attracts lovers of exclusive jewelry.

How to make wedding rings with your own hands - a master class

Let's start with the positive aspects of the master class on creating rings:

New opportunities

Many people think that they cannot create, for example, a gold ring with a diamond, because jewelry requires perseverance, a keen eye and titanic patience. However, the jewelry workshop "Zelenin & Yolkin" daily witnesses how even the most timid apprentices create real masterpieces with their own hands. Master the skills of jewelry craftsmanship in three to four hours? Easy!

This is a charm!

In fact, this is how guests rate the rings they have just made with their own hands. It is impossible not to appreciate such rings, and the very history of the creation of the ring remains in the memory for a lifetime.

New life for old jewelry

Often young people come to us already with their jewels, which have lost their original beauty under the yoke of "millennia". Family jewelry inherited from grandmothers and their grandmothers sometimes needs a new life. That is what their current owners think. Therefore, many come to make wedding rings from their own gold. Giving life to an old decoration that will shine with new colors is not a miracle?

A test of strength or an opportunity to prove yourself

This is exactly what lovers think when they undertake, as it seems at first, difficult work. Step by step, coping with each stage of creating the ring, the guests have inexpressible emotions: “I didn’t know that I could do that!”

Exclusive rings

This will surely please the female half more. Lovers of beautiful things that will belong to them alone - in stores you will have to pay a fortune for such an ornament, but here you can create to his sketch the most unique ring, which will definitely be executed in one single copy.

The perfect gift

Often, people who want to make a ring as a gift turn to the jewelry workshop: for their mother, loved one, best friend, their child, etc. The ring is especially expensive because it is created by hand, and the best gift is a handmade one. On the back of the ring, a commemorative inscription, date, etc. is usually made.

Time saving

It would seem that 3-4 hours, during which a master class on creating wedding rings takes place, is not so little. However, residents of Moscow know that the search for rings that both spouses will like will take much more time, and disputes over the texture and design of rings without a professional jeweler may not lead to anything at all.

Disadvantages of making DIY wedding rings

The downside of DIY ring making is that you really have to put in some effort to make the jewelry you want. Sometimes people just don't like to "bother", and it's easier for them to buy than to do it themselves. In this case, in our workshop, jewelers will make absolutely any wedding rings to order.

How is the master class

A master class on making wedding rings with your own hands in Moscow takes place in several stages:

• After the model of the ring and the main parameters are chosen, the guests can start creating the rings.

• The jeweler shows how to work with the precious metal and gives guests the opportunity to create a ring by themselves according to the best traditions of jewelry.

• The prepared precious metal is melted by a burner in a crucible and mixed with a ligature to obtain the required sample and color. The alloy is poured into a cast iron mold, which gives it the shape of an ingot.

• The finished ingot is rolled through a rolling press. This allows a rectangular bar to turn into a blank of the required product.

• A long plate is bent into the shape of a ring, and its ends are soldered.

• The output is an almost finished ring, which remains only to bring to perfection.

• The product is put on the crossbar, and with the help of a textolite hammer it is given the ideal shape of a ring.

• At the next stage, you can already deal with fixing precious stones, engraving and creating the necessary texture. After all, then the treasured ring remains only to be polished and tried on. Even seemingly simple wedding rings play with different colors and radiate the energy of the creator, warmth and atmosphere.

All girls love jewelry, and the more the better. But you must admit, sometimes the stores do not have what we want - everything is boring and monotonous. Do you want something unusual and original, for example, a ring? Then you turned to the address for help. In this article, we will show you how to make a ring at home. Such handmade jewelry is much more pleasant to wear, as the soul was invested in it. Every home has a lot of unnecessary things that can come in handy at work. We will consider each method in detail. Stay with us and you will learn how to make a ring with your own hands from long-forgotten materials. So, let's begin!

What are rings made from?

If you decide to do something extraordinary, then use the most unpredictable materials, it is from them that creative and unique decorations are obtained. Check out a few ideas:

• Review your box of long-forgotten buttons. With a little digging, you can find original buttons of interesting shape and design.
• Almost every house has wire. This is a great helper in creating the basis for the ring. Any wire is suitable for work, regardless of thickness and color.
• Every girl has beads and beads. Take a close look at the jewelry box. Every girl, for sure, has once torn favorite beads or a bracelet. Using them for their intended purpose, you will get a bright ring.
• Never throw away old broken rings. They will serve as an excellent basis for a new ring with your own hands.
• You can make a stylish ring out of old coins, and not only.
• A satin ribbon will help in creating a feminine and delicate look.

We have listed the main materials for making a ring with our own hands, and this, believe me, is not the whole list. To create a ring, you can use almost anything that you like, you just have to turn on your imagination to make something exclusive.

How to make a beautiful ring? — Getting ready for creative work

How to make a ring with your own hands at home, using only improvised materials? Yes Easy!

Before starting work with selected materials:

• First, decide which ring you want.
• Now we need to determine the size of the future ring. To do this, you need to take a strip of paper and wrap it around the finger on which you plan to wear the ring.

Important! If you already have a ring for this finger, then use its size in making a new ring - this is the easiest way.

• Now, using a pen or pencil, make a mark at the intersection of one edge with the other.
• Cut off the excess paper and get the desired size for the ring.

Important! You can simply measure the strip - this will be the size of the new ring. The same strip can be used as a template for measuring cooked materials.

wire ring

Next, we will tell you how to make a ring with your own hands using wire. Wire is the most common material for making rings with your own hands. Remember how in childhood we twisted wire roses and wore them as the most expensive decoration? Copper wire is quite affordable and durable and at the same time multifunctional. It can be used for any type of weaving: pigtail, heart and many other shapes.

Important! If you do not have experience in weaving wire rings, then first practice on simple elements, and then you can start creating a complex composition.

This is one of the easiest ways that any needlewoman can handle. To make a wire ring, you will need the following materials and tools:

• An interesting button or natural stone.
• Soft wire.
• Wire cutters.
• Round nose pliers.
• A piece of tube in the shape of a cone.

The procedure for making a wire ring:

• First you need to fix the stone on the wire. If using a bead, then just thread the wire through it.

Important! The stone can be painted using a spray can of paint. To do this, you need to put a pebble on a sheet of paper and direct the sprayer at it. After complete drying, turn the stone over and process it on the other side in the same way.

• After - using wire cutters, bend the wire back, attach it to the conical tube.
• We wrap the entire conical tube with wire several times.
• Next - firmly squeeze all the turns of the wire, and bend its ends up and down.
• We remove the finished workpiece with the tube and the ends of the wire, fix the turns on the sides from the central stone or bead.
• We wrap the entire ring with the ends of the wire, about 3-5 times.

Important! Make sure that the coils fit snugly against each other.

• At the end of the work, cut off the excess wire using round-nosed pliers, fasten all connected turns to give a flat shape.

Important! Remember that aluminum breaks quickly, so if you took just such a wire, you need to be extremely careful and attentive when creating turns of various shapes.

Pin ring

Do not believe that you can make a ring out of pins with your own hands? You are very wrong. This material can be advantageously used in such an interesting lesson. How? Then we will tell you everything.

For work we need:

• Pins.
• Beads.
• Elastic thin band.
• Chain with small links.

So, let's start creating an 80s style ring using pins:

1. First, take a pin and string beads on it. The number of beads is up to you.
2. Thread two thin elastic bands through both ends of the pin.
3. Now we take the next pin and use the same method to put it on an elastic band, only its head should look in the opposite direction.
4. Doing the same manipulations, we alternate the pins in turn until the desired circle is obtained.
5. At the end of the work, we tighten the elastic band and fix it, hiding all the knots.

Satin ribbon ring

Before starting work, it is necessary to prepare the following materials and tools:

• Satin ribbon of medium width.
• Thick wire for the base of the ring.
• Pliers.
• Scissors.
• Wire cutters.
• Needle with thread.
• Glue gun.
• Glue.

The following is a step-by-step process for making a ribbon ring:

• First of all, we measure the required length of wire, and cut off the excess with wire cutters.

Important! In order for the future ring to be strong enough, we recommend making several turns with a tape. You can multiply the girth of the finger by 3 and get the required piece of satin ribbon.

• Now just wrap the finger with wire using pliers. Thus, we get the basis of the future ring.

Important! In this case, you can take a dimensional cone, as it is much faster and more convenient.

• We take a satin ribbon and use a glue gun to discreetly fasten it to the edges of the wire. We begin to wrap the entire ring with tape.

Important! It is necessary to ensure that the tape, when wrapping around the circle, fits snugly enough to the wire.

• When the tape is wound around the ring, cut off the excess material, and then fix the end with glue.
• Next, cut off a piece from the tape, about 10-15 cm and burn the ends with fire.

Important! To prevent the edges of the tape from fraying, you can heat the scissors with fire before cutting.

• We form a bow from the ribbon, and fix the middle with stitches.
• Glue the bow to the base (where the end of the ribbon is glued).

coin ring

It is possible to make a ring from a coin, but this is a rather complicated and time-consuming process. For help, you can ask a person who has the skills to work on the processing of metal products.

In order to start making a ring with your own hands using a coin, you need to prepare the following materials:

• Drill.
• Fine grit sandpaper.
• Coin.
• A small piece of metal.
• Hammer.
• Soft fabric.
• Steel spoon.
• Emery roller.
• Polishing wheel.
• Clip for decoration.

Now let's get to work:

• At the first stage, we take a coin, put it on its edge and place it on a metal base.
• We press the base with a teaspoon.
• Then we do the hard work. We take a hammer and knock on a teaspoon until the coin becomes flat.

Important! Constantly monitor the process of flattening the teaspoon. Try to strike the coin with the same force for the most even edge.

• Then, with a drill, we make a hole in the very center of the coin. When you drill through, the coin will be securely fixed.
• Now we grind the edge of the coin with sandpaper until the surface shines.
• Next, using a drill, we increase the hole of the circle. We constantly change the drill to a larger one until the required circle for the future product is obtained.

Important! When you decide on the size of the jewelry, constantly try it on so that in the end the ring does not turn out to be too big.

• Use an emery roller to polish the inside of the ring.

Important! If desired, the ring can be engraved, but for this you need to contact a specialist.

Button ring

If you do not have a suitable ring base, then you can buy it at a jewelry store. Various materials can be attached to such a base: a button, a stone, plastic, a shell and other materials. In this case, we will tell you how to make an original ring from long-forgotten buttons and a piece of fabric.

For work, we need the following materials and tools:

• Round piece of black felt (diameter 5 cm).
• Bright buttons.
• Superglue or glue gun.
• Ring base.
• Jewelry pliers.
• Scissors.

Let's get to work:

• If there are loops on the button, then remove them with pliers.
• Next, glue the buttons on a piece of felt according to the scheme: from the center to the edge of the circle.

Important! The buttons must be darkly fastened to the felt in such a way that the result is a round shape.

• After the glue has completely dried, cut off the excess felt from the sides with a straight or zigzag line.
• We coat the base well with glue.
• We glue the previously made fabric with buttons onto the base.
• We are waiting for the complete drying of the finished ring and rejoice at the new thing.

The ring with your own hands at home is ready!

beaded ring

You probably made different beaded rings as a child? Its large assortment gives you the opportunity to express your imagination. It all depends on your desire and experience. Beads can be taken in various designs: glued, strung on a fishing line or sewn on. Of course, the jewelry will not look presentable, but with the help of beads and beads you can create a pretty beautiful ring.

To get started, we need:

• Thin wire.
• Beads (at your discretion).
• Beads.
• Glue.
• Wire cutters.
• Pliers.

Let's start making a ring of beads and beads:

• First you need to measure the size of the future ring. To do this, multiply the girth of the finger by 3 or 4 and add 2 cm.
• The resulting length is cut off from the copper wire.
• Next, we string beads onto the wire.

Important! Please note that 1 cm should remain at each end of the wire. The edges of the wire must be soldered with glue so that the beads do not crumble.

• We wrap the wire with beads around the finger or use a dimensional cone. We bend the remaining ends - we will need them later to secure the ring.
• Now let's start making the ring. We take the wire and cut three pieces 2-3 cm long.
• We string two beads on each piece. We bend the ends of the wire so that the beads do not roll.
• After that, we bend all three parts in half, that a depression has formed in the center, spread the beads along the ends of the wire.
• In the recess we place the previously prepared base by threading parts of the wire through it.

Important! Do not forget that the bent edges of the wire should be located only near the ring.

• Now we bend the pieces of wire so that the beads are located tightly to each other.
• We twist all the ends of the wire so that the beads are on top.
• With the ends that were previously bent, we finally fix the ring.

Important! When making a beaded ring, you can use various options: weaving in one or more rows, combining beads with other materials. Don't be afraid to experiment and you'll be fine!

leather ring

Agree, not every girl wears a leather ring, but this does not mean at all that you need to give up such an interesting idea. We will tell you the easiest and most affordable option.

The list of materials needed to create a leather ring:

• Leather lace in any color.
• Wire.
• Pliers.
• Ring base.

Important! The base can be of different thicknesses, since after the entire manufacturing process it will be possible to adjust the size by simply moving the wire spiral.

Let's take a closer look at all the steps:

1. First, we wind the wire on the base, make several turns, stretching the irregularities.
2. After - cut off the ends of the wire, and so that they do not prick, we bend into loops.
3. Now we take a leather lace and begin to weave in the form of a spiral along the entire base of the ring, passing the end of the skin from above above the wire, then from below, constantly alternating. We repeat this procedure in the opposite direction.
4. We continue to weave until the entire base of the ring is wrapped with a leather cord.
5. After all the procedures, we cut the lace and hide the tip under the loop.

chain ring

What can be used to make a finger ring? Have you thought about the chain? But in vain. From the chain you can make a beautiful and delicate ring. Almost everyone has a broken chain that can no longer be repaired, but it's a pity to throw it away.

In order to get started, you need to prepare the following materials:

• Pliers or tweezers.
• Chain.
• Small clip rings.

So, we begin work on making a ring from a chain:

1. Take a chain and wrap it around your finger. In this way we will determine the size of the ring and cut off the correct length of the chain.
2. Carefully cut off the excess.
3. Using a ring with a clip, we fix both ends with pliers.

Now you know how to make a ring with your own hands from improvised materials. Agree, it's not that difficult. Having familiarized yourself with the basic methods for creating a ring, you can easily make a stylish and original ring. Use your creativity in the right direction, and you will definitely succeed!

Helpful Hints

The most beautiful spring holiday is just around the corner, and I want to prepare for my beloved women something special. Why not make a gift by March 8 with your own hands? We offer you ideas for creating original jewelry that will delight your loved ones.

DIY bracelets

Graceful bracelet- a beautiful decoration that is loved by women all over the world. It turns out that making an original bracelet with your own hands is not so difficult. Materials for these fun things can be purchased at specialized stores, including online stores that offer DIY jewelry fittings.

What you may need for a double bracelet:

-- Leather lace 1.5 mm thick and 1-1.5 meters long

Yellow copper ball chain or rhinestone braid 30-40 cm long (approximately to wrap the wrist twice)

Waxed lace or any thick thread 1.5-1.8 meters long

Yellow copper hex nut with a diameter of 0.6 centimeters

-- Scissors

The lace with rhinestones looks something like this. You can find it at any jewelry supply store.

Let's get to work:

1) Fold the leather cord in half to form a loop. This loop will serve as a clasp and into it nut should fit. Tie the loop with colored waxed thread and wrap its base 5-6 times so that the thread does not subsequently loosen and untie.

2) Place a ball chain in the center of the leather lace and begin to tie with colored thread, grabbing each bead one at a time.

3) Continue tying the leather cord with the ball chain until you get product of the desired length to wrap your wrist twice.

4) When the desired length is reached and the ball chain is finished, tie the leather lace with colored thread several times, and tie the end of the leather lace in a knot.

5) Place a nut on top and make another knot to secure it.

6) Cut off the unnecessary lace at the end with scissors, wrap around the wrist and fasten the "lock". The bracelet is ready!

The length and materials are for a double bracelet, but you can make single or triple. Threads can be any color of your choice.

DIY pin bracelet

Pin and bead bracelets- a beautiful and very simple decoration that can be made in several ways, it all depends on your imagination and the materials available.

What you will need:

-- Pins

beads

-- Elastic drawstring

Let's get to work:

1) Do many blanks from beads and pins. Combine colors as your fantasy desires: you can make plain rows, you can multi-colored. Beads of different sizes and textures also look good next to each other.

2) Prepare 2 long pieces of elastic cord and string pins on them.

3) Pin the ends of the laces together when the bracelet reaches the desired length. In the process of work, put the bracelet on your wrist to check its length. Don't make it too tight and too tight so it doesn't clog blood flow, and too loose so it doesn't dangle.

DIY leather bracelet

Leather rope bracelet in the shape of a pigtail, wrapped several times around the arm, it looks quite cute, despite the rather rough material. It is very easy to make it with your own hands.

What you will need:

-- Leather or suede lace (1)

Scissors (2)

Pliers (3)

Clasp (4)

Two rings (5)

Two jewelry clips (6)

-- Wrench (7)

Let's get to work:

1) Cut a piece of leather cord long enough to wrap around your wrist 4 times without being too tight.

2) Cut 2 more pieces of cord of the same length.

3) Holding the ends of all three laces, secure them with a clip.

4) Using a wrench, fasten the laces to the edge of the table to make the product easier to work with. Next, weave the cords into a pigtail.

5) Cut off the excess edge and place the second clip on the second end of the cords, pressing it firmly.

6) Attach the clasp to the ends of the bracelet with the help of rings. The decoration is ready.

Very interesting bracelets are obtained when macrame technique is combined with beads. These bracelets are called Shambhala bracelets. Learning how to make these bracelets is not difficult. The main thing is to understand the principle.

DIY Shambhala bracelet (video)

How to make a ring with your own hands

Do you think that it is impossible to make an original ring at home? You're wrong! It turns out that in your house you can find a lot of unnecessary things which you may find useful in your work. Take, for example, old forks, spoons, knives that you have not used for a long time, but you feel sorry for throwing them away.

We offer an idea of ​​how in a couple of minutes you can make from old iron appliances with elegant handles original ring.

What you will need:

- Any old forks, knives, spoons with beautifully decorated handles. This is the basis of your product. Better if they are silver appliances

-- Metal cutter or hacksaw

Pliers

Sandpaper

Lightweight sheet of paper

-- Pen

Let's get to work:

1) First decide for yourself, what kind of rings do you want to get. You can choose one that kind of wraps around your finger - type 1 (fig. 1), or one of its ends will be hidden and it will not be visible - type 2 (fig. 2). The length of the workpiece depends on this.

2) At the second stage, you need to pick up a suitable cutlery, which will soon turn into a ring.

3) Take a strip of paper and wrap it around your finger on which you will wear the ring. Mark with a pen where the strip meets the other end. If you choose a type 2 ring, please add approx. 6 millimeters and put a bold mark. If you chose a type 1 ring, then you do not need to add extra millimeters.

4) Using the resulting paper measure, you can make a blank for the ring by cutting off the fork handle in the right place with metal cutter or hacksaw.

5) Sand the cut end of the fork with sandpaper so it's not sharp and you won't get hurt when the ring is done.

6) In the last step, you need to carefully use pliers bend the resulting tip of the fork into a ring. If the fork is made of silver, it will be possible to bend it without problems.

7) The result should be something like this:

DIY stone ring

Another very stylish and original ring can be made from a simple pebble that you find on the street, wire and paint. In the example, we will show how to make a ring with a "piece of gold" easily and quickly.

What you will need:

-- A pebble of the shape you like

Golden wire 15-20 centimeters long

Blank for a dimensionless ring

super glue for jewelry

-- Can of gold paint

Let's get to work:

1) First you need to paint the stone from spray paint. To do this, put a pebble on a sheet of paper and direct a jet of paint at it. After drying, turn the stone over and process it on the other side.

2) Using superglue, glue the ring to the stone. The ring should be made of hard wire or metal, and it is better if it is heavy enough. It is also important that you adjust ring size.

3) Wrap the stone with the wire several times along with the ring. It will help tightly attach the stone to the ring, and will also be part of the original design.

4) Wrap the remaining wire around the ring.

5) As a result, you will get a very stylish decoration. You can use any paint you like.

Homemade button ring

In the shop of materials for making jewelry, you can purchase base for the ring, on which you can attach any details: buttons, beads and other materials. An original ring can be made from old bright buttons and a piece of fabric.

What you will need:

-- A round piece of thin black felt about 5 centimeters in diameter (1)

Decorative buttons in desired colors (2)

Superglue, but electric glue gun is better (3)

Base ring (4)

-- Jewelry Pliers (5)

Let's get to work:

1) Remove the sew-on loops from the buttons with a pair of pliers.

2) Glue the buttons to a piece of felt from the center in a circle close to each other to get a round shape. Let the glue dry properly.

3) Cut off the excess felt from the sides. The edges can be left slightly uneven.

4) Lubricate the base of the ring well with glue.

5) Glue the ring to the previously obtained button part. Let dry.

DIY necklaces

Necklace- a beautiful decoration that always catches the eye. If you like large bright necklaces, we suggest you try to make it with the help of decorated pistachio shells.

What you will need:

-- Single pistachio shells (1)

Small piece of thick cardboard (2)

Glue gun or superglue (3)

Nail polish or acrylic paint (4)

Tassel (5)

Chain (6)

2 rings and clasp (7)

Pliers (8)

-- Scissors (9)

Let's get to work:

1) Cut out a semicircular pattern from cardboard, which will become the basis of your necklace. Its size is up to you.

2) Attach rings and a chain to the edges of the pattern using needle nose pliers.

3) Prepare shells for pistachios, pre-decorating them in the desired colors.

4) Using glue, glue the shells to the base, starting from the edge. Advice: before gluing, attach the shells to the cardboard and think about how you will lay them out.

DIY beaded necklace

To make this jewelry, you need to choose beads of the desired color. The size of the necklace largely depends on the size of the individual beads, so if you want a thicker piece of jewelry, choose larger beads. It is difficult to say how many beads you may need, but it is better to take a margin.

What you will need:

-- Beads of the same or different colors (1)

Chain (2)

Scissors (3)

Pliers (4)

Adjustable rings - 2 pieces (5)

Clasp (6)

Calottes - special clips for attaching beads to a chain and disguising knots (7)

-- Fishing line or thick thread (8)

Let's get to work:

1) Cut off 6 pieces thread or fishing line approx. 25 centimeters, on each of which string beads in a length of approximately 15 centimeters.

2) You should be able to 6 strands of beads, from which you need to make 3 pairs, connecting the ends of two threads and fastening along the edges with calottes. Make sure the knot is tied as close to the beads as possible so they don't dangle. Cut off the excess thread.

3) Connect 3 pairs of threads to the chain with a ring, and then do the same with the other ends.

Advice: before connecting the other ends of the beads to the chain, braid them into a pigtail to get the effect of interlacing.

4) The chain should be pre-divided into 2 parts depending on the desired length and connect both ends with a fastener.

5) As a result, you should get a necklace like this:

DIY neck decoration

The original decoration on the neck can be made from a simple champagne corks with a little imagination.

What you will need:

-- Cutting board

sharp knife

Champagne cork

Super glue

Leather or suede cord about 1 meter long

Beautiful button or earring with a pebble for a central detail

Nuts: 1 regular hex and 2 cap nuts

-- Pin

Let's get to work:

1) Cut with a knife about one third of the length of the cork. In the larger half, make two holes with a drill, and then, using a pin, pull the two ends of the lace into both holes.

2) Thread the ends of the laces through the nut and secure it to the bottom of the cork. To the ends of the laces glue cap nuts. Attach an earring or button to the center of the cork on the convex side.

As a result, you will get an original decoration, the length of which can be adjusted.

DIY hairpins

hair clip can be made with a piece of lace beads and feathers. Such an original vintage-style hairpin is suitable not only for brides' outfits, but also for other festive outfits.

What you will need:

-- Lace ribbon 2-2.5 cm thick and 45 cm long

Piece of white felt

Scissors

Gluing gun

Threads with a needle

Bead or decorative button

-- Basis for hair clips

Let's get to work:

1) Sew a white lace ribbon with a thread so that, by tightening the thread, you can roll flower. You can sew by hand or use a sewing machine.

2) Cut out a circle of felt with a diameter of about 5 centimeters. Glue the lace to the felt with a glue gun.

3) Glue a pair of feathers and a hairpin to the felt on the back side. Let the glue dry.

4) Glue or sew on a bead or decorative button in the central part.

DIY feather hairpin

Hair clips with feathers look very impressive. If these are bright and colorful feathers, then the decoration is suitable for festive dresses, if the feathers are of natural colors - such hairpins can be worn with everyday outfits.

What you will need:

-- Usual hairpin base

Piece of felt material

A glass or any round measure in order to cut an even circle

Beads or decorative buttons

Scissors

-- Glue gun or superglue

Let's get to work:

1) Using a glass or other tool, cut out two circles with a diameter about 5 centimeters or more depending on the size of the base clip.

2) After making the cuts, insert the base into one circle of felt.

3) Glue two circles of fabric with glue to strengthen the base clip.

4) On the reverse side, glue the first bottom layer of feathers, then the top one.

5) Glue a bead or decorative button in the center.

6) The hairpin is ready.

DIY earrings

Interesting upgrade option. hoop earrings you can do it yourself by adding hanging laces to them. If you are tired of ordinary hoop earrings, updating them is easy. Moreover, laces They are as easy to remove as they are to attach, so you can restore your earrings to their original look at any time.

What you will need:

-- Any hoop earrings, in the example - with a detail inside the ring

Thin laces of any color

-- Scissors

Let's get to work:

1) Prepare the desired number of laces of the desired length, depending on the size of the ring. Please note that the lace will be folded in half.

2) Fold the string in half and pass the ends through the loop, capturing the ring, as shown in the photo. Do the same for all laces.

3) At the end, you will get such a product with a "fringe". You can also trim the ends of the laces with scissors.

DIY feather earrings

Decorations that are used as details look very original. bird feathers. Feathers can be bought at a jewelry store, or found elsewhere. In stores there are feathers not only in natural colors, but also artificially dyed.

5) And attach the fastener-hook to the ring.

6) As a result, you get such an earring. Make the second earring in the same way.

Unique things always attract our views and interests. Today, you can make yourself special by wearing a ring made from a coin on your hand. You will not find exactly the same anywhere else, so let's learn how to make it yourself. It will take a lot of time, but it's worth it.

How to make a coin ring at home?

Before you start making a ring, you need to pick up a good and beautiful coin. As a result, we will get a ring where the coin will be partially displayed, so the more beautiful it is, the better the ring will look. After we picked up the coin, we can proceed!

1. Take a piece of steel to make a good support on the work surface. Next, put a coin on it and hold it in a vertical position. Now we need to take a spoon or a small hammer and start tapping on the rib, all the while rotating the coin. You need to hit the coin evenly and the blows should be the same.

Here's what we get after a while:

This is the most difficult stage, it can take a lot of time.

Continue shaping until the ring fits your hand.

2. After the coin has received the desired size, the middle must be cut out. To do this, use a drill, and a drill for metal. Before that, you can walk with fine sandpaper on the outside of the ring.

We try to make the hole as large as possible.

So we got our result, a ring made from a simple coin!

Making jewelry is a long and painstaking process that requires several years of training, knowledge of physics, chemistry and the availability of expensive special equipment. We know this and spend hours looking for the desired jewelry in stores. Many even develop a sketch on their own and turn to a jewelry workshop so that the master makes a dream jewelry for them.

Times are changing, and now everyone can be a jewelry master. In order to make a real silver ring with our own design, we turned to a jewelry school ARGENTARIUM and made sure that it is not only interesting and exciting, but also really easy.

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Before starting work, we were shown decorations made by instructors and students of the school. There are many options for decorations, and all this can be done with your own hands.

Despite such a variety of possibilities, we still wanted the ring. We decided that, if you like it, we will return a little later for the pendant.

The first surprise: it turned out that it was not necessary to melt the silver in order to give it the desired shape. The decoration is made of plastic Precious Metal Clay (PMC) silver, which was invented by the specialists of the Japanese company Mitsubishi Materials Corporation. Made from a mixture of tiny particles of silver, water and a non-toxic plasticizer, PMC is as easy to work with as regular plasticine.

The whole process is simple and clear: you need to come up with a piece of jewelry, make it, burn it in an oven (the water and the plasticizer will burn out, and the silver particles will be firmly sintered with each other), and at the end you will get a 999-carat silver product. Modern alchemy at its finest! Before starting work, the head of the school, Evgenia, showed us what tools we can use to create exactly the decoration we want.

Surprise two: most of the tools for work can be found at hand: any texture can be “printed”, and to cut the desired shape, an awl or blade will do.

Various dies for making imprints and imprints on silver mass before firing.

To create volumetric products, you can use liquid silver in a syringe. Silver paste is squeezed onto the cork base with a syringe. During the firing process, this base burns out, and you get a hollow silver bead, similar to those that were created by silversmiths hundreds of years ago and were called "filigree".

There are thin plates-leaves of plastic silver, from which you can fold any figure, for example, origami. Isn't it a miracle to build yourself a crane or a boat of pure silver?

And you can use dried leaves as a blank for future decoration. If the leaf is covered with liquid silver, burned, the leaf will burn, and you will get a unique pendant or pendant that completely repeats all natural curves and textures, which are simply impossible to make on your own.

In jewelry, there is nowhere without precious stones. Multi-colored inserts can be added to the design of any jewelry: cubic zircons (cZ) or other laboratory stones that can withstand high temperatures.

Of course, it was very tempting to make a unique pendant for ourselves, but we came for the ring and decided to make it anyway.

Before you start working with ductile silver, you need to correctly calculate the size of the ring, because during the firing process, the mass shrinks by 16%.

Lubricate the board with a special compound so that the silver does not stick, and go!

Roll out the RMS into a pancake of the calculated size. Cards glued in several pieces on the sides of the blank allow us to adjust the thickness of the future ring and roll out the silver in an even layer. A simple life hack, proven by practice 🙂

PMC silver can be cut, rolled, textured and shaped into any shape. Surprise three: it is especially pleasant that ductile silver forgives any mistakes - after drying, it is easily restored with water and again takes on a working state. You have the opportunity to remake the decoration before firing, if you don’t like something in the original blank, or add additional elements.

We created a floral ring using a rubber stamp.

After we have obtained the desired impression and closed the ring, it must be dried.

Roasting can be done in a variety of ways. Professionals use a jewelry muffle furnace, and for beginners, a more budgetary “home” option is suitable - a ceramic burner of a special design that runs on dry alcohol.

We fired the ring in a muffle furnace. With the right temperature and time conditions, the water is completely evaporated, the organic plasticizer burns out, and the silver particles fuse with each other, forming a solid metal at the outlet, retaining the entire design, down to fingerprints.

After 25 minutes, our ring was “baked” 🙂

Now we remove the oxide film - a white coating that appears on the surface of the product during combustion. Then, with the help of jewelry tools, we bring the decoration to mind.

The fourth surprise: after firing with metal, you can do anything you like. Drill, saw, grind, enamel, blacken and, of course, polish to a mirror finish!

Using a steel brush, we clean off the oxide film.

Sanding with sandpaper.

A black special solution - among jewelers it is called "sulfuric liver", and another remedy is available to mere mortals - sulfuric ointment, which is sold in any pharmacy. By the way, the blackening of jewelry is also a whole art. Blackening emphasizes the structure and ornament of the decoration: depending on the technique, the result can be so different that a separate master class was devoted to this matter.

We polish the ring with an agate tool to give it a shine.

And here it is - the ring of dreams! Made by own design and by hand!

If you wish, you can learn to knit, sew, weave beads and burn pots. It seems that the creation of jewelry is something beyond ordinary human capabilities, somewhere at the intersection of alchemy and magic. In fact, everyone can take a master class and make their own jewelry. The technology turns out to be surprisingly simple, especially when a good master explains it. Our teacher Evgenia was able to interest even skeptical students. It seems that now half of the group will definitely return for a pendant for their author's collection.

Perhaps we are too 🙂 And for the first visit to any master class, we give our readers a 10% discount using the promo code BIGJEWEL (you need to enter it in the class registration form).