Crimping Basics and Special Techniques
 

Hi. I've completed my first two CraftArtEdu tutorials. It was supposed to be one tutorial on crimping, but it got rather long and involved so they broke it up into two sections.

Part 1 handles the basics and Part 2 covers some special circumstances that arise when crimping jewelry.

BTW, if you want to be entered into the drawing to win one of the two bracelets I made in the e-class...

http://www.artisimportant.com/Blog/bothbracelets.jpg

... just leave a comment in this thread. The winners will be randomly selected before Christmas.

I hope you enjoy these free classes!

They're listed at the bottom of my page. Here's the link:http://craftartedu.com/instructors/index/view/id/149/

Thanks!

Thanks Laura for the tutorial, always love to see your jewelry, and your just so talented. (a few honest words).

Thanks, just what I needed!!

Thanks for the kind words and the encouragement, ladies! :-)

Laura, enjoyed looking at the sample views of your work.
The tutorials are so generous of you to post. Thank you.

You are awesome!

Thanks, Kay!

Love your jewelry and always needing to learn too. Thank you Laura!!
Sue

Thanks so much, Sue! <3

Thanks for the tutorial. Off to check it out. I am in love with that second bracelet. Are those lampwork beads or stone? They are gorgeous.

Thanks. I hope you enjoy the tutorials.

The first bracelet is Peridot, Lapis, and sterling silver.

The second one is Jasper and sterling silver.

Isn't it wild the patterns Jasper makes?

The jasper is beautiful! I'm attempting to enjoy your tutorials but my internet is not cooperating at all. May be the weather. I'm now posting from my phone. The part that I saw was fantastic though. Really well done. Looking forward to watching part two if I can coax my internet into compliance.

This sounds like a great tut! I have a couple of specific issues that always seem to arise, so maybe this will help!

The bracelets are gorgeous too!!

Aw, thanks so much! There's not rush... The tutorials aren't going anywhere and they'll always be free.

Thanks Becky. Let me know if your issues aren't addressed in the class. Maybe it's something I omitted and should add in.

I've watched both tutorials and they are wonderful! I would love to be able to take an "in person" class with you. The bracelets are stunning.

Great videos Laura! Nicely done and I love seeing the examples of your work!

Tina

Congratulations on being an instructor on CraftArtEd. I have been taking their classes for a while now. Am slipping over now to look at yours.

BTW, your bracelets are really beautiful.

GREAT tutorials Laura! Very helpful and some great ideas that I would of never thought to do (double crimping.)
Thank you for sharing.

There are some really good tips in that second video, thank you! Beautiful bracelets, I've always loved your jewelry designs.

Wow, thanks for the awesome support, everyone.

You're all so encouraging and make me want to do more classes. :-)

How awesome!!! I love the brown one! Thanks for the tutorials!

Julie

Thank you for posting this. I am a fan of your jewelry and this was helpful. I wasn't aware of this website, so discovering that was an added bonus!

Laura,
Thank you for your generosity! Very nice job!
I just watched the first one, and can't wait to see the second one. I have to say its one of the best jewelry making videos i've seen.

Thank you Laura! I really enjoyed the video, now maybe I can make a decent bracelet! :waving::waving:

Thanks all for to the TOTALLY heart-warming comments.

I'm so so so happy my tutorials are helpful !

What beautiful bracelets!

Will have to check out the tutorials later, but thanks for posting the information.

Yvonne

How very generous of you to share your excellent classes! Thank you so much, I really enjoyed them both.

Love the paper tip for crimping! You have a great way of explaining each process.

Thanks so much, Yvonne, Ness, Deb!

Wow, thank you so much.. I learned a lot and I do appreciate it. Thank you for doing this for all learn.
Cherri