Hi guys, my name is Leah and I am the silversmith and "one-woman-show" behind Spirit Mountain Silver!
Have you ever wondered how to make a ring or necklace for yourself or a loved one? Or maybe you wanted to start your very own jewelry making business! On this page, you will learn all of the basic steps that go in to the silversmithing and metalsmithing process, the tools and materials you need to get started, behind the scenes look at some of my favorite creations, plus my favorite tricks and hacks!
Thank you for the explanation of what why how. I have never see a video of the saw being lubricated. Didn't know that needed to be done. I have been learning on you tube. I haven't implemented any skills yet. I am subscribed and ready for more
I’m new to the art of jewelry making and I was wondering what the pickling pot was for? I’ve seen it in a few other people’s videos too, but nobody really explains what it is or what it does.
Really love your jewelry style where did you learn how to make jewelry. Did you take silver smith class? Did some one show how to make jewelry. Beautiful jewelry
I am very new to silversmithing and before I learnd I was fascinated with making turquoise cabs from all kinds all over the world. Now I have around 300 cabs and have only set 3 of them.
I watched you saw that piece of metal. I have never been able to cut a piece of silver that quickly. It looked liked the blade was slicing through butter! I bought a jewelers saw and blades. I believe it came with a pack of about 100 blades. I thought it was strange that it came with so many blades. Now I know why! The blades are constantly breaking and I don't use much pressure at all. It's also extremely difficult to load the blades. I can hardly tell which side of the blade has the teeth! They're just so tiny. I never used a lubricant, which probably didn't help things either. But are there blades out there that are stronger and possibly "bigger", that I could use? Thank you.
There was a technique I once saw a jewelry maker use in a television show but I can't remember it exactly, she made hundreds of silver balls all at once of different sizes and used small, stackable containers with different sized holes to sort them. It was a really old technique that she either rediscovered or learned somewhere that some ancient culture used to make that kind of jewelry with the little metal balls lined up in rows on like bracelets and rings, etc. I always thought it would be useful but I guess I didn't pay enough attention at the time.
I love this! As a newbie who is just learning to metalsmith, the technique opens all kinds of possibilities! Question though: The solder amount that you used was enough to travel up the entire length of the wire?
