Jewelry Making DVDs and Videos

I've been so fortunate to receive jewelry-making instruction from many talented designers, and I wish everyone could enjoy those same one-on-one experiences. Learning via jewelry-making videos or DVDs is the closest thing I've found to that kind of personal instruction. It's so convenient--you can watch as much or as little as you have time for and save the rest for later, you can watch from your studio or your porch or your couch in your jammies if you want to, and you can watch over and over and over if you need to, until you get it just right--which makes it even better than live one-on-one jewelry-making classes in some cases!

Jewelry making Video and DVD instruction has so many perks. It allows a designer to share the tips and tricks they've learned throughout their years and sometimes even decades of teaching a particular skill. I love being able to watch jewelry workshops and learn as many times as I need to and to get a refresher on a particular skill or technique if I haven't used it in awhile and have forgotten how to do it (like making perfectly round and snug double wrapped wire loops every time!). I especially love having my metalsmithing teacher Lexi Erickson's new jewelry-making DVDs on hand to remind myself of the wonderful things she taught me and also just to remember what a fun time we had learning in her studio.

Jewelry making videos are taped with all the best angles and close-up views to help you see all the little sleights of hand and other intricacies you need to see in order to learn anything you want to learn, so they really are the next best thing to being in a one-on-one class when it comes to learning a new jewelry-making technique. The only problem you'll have will be finding time to make everything you've learned to make!