jewelry crafting

Making wearable ornaments

Jewelry crafting is the art and practice of making decorative items worn on the body—rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings.

The craft encompasses techniques like metalworking, stone setting, beading, and wire wrapping.

She learned jewelry crafting to make gifts for friends.

The term covers both professional work and hobbyist creation.

Related
  • beadsSmall pierced ornaments for stringing
  • wireThin metallic conductor
  • jump ringsSplit metal loops for connecting
  • pliersHinged metal gripping tool
  • solderingLow-temp metal fusion

gemstones · silver · gold · precious metals · clasps · chains · pendant · hammering · polishing · filigree · settings · sterling silver · torch · lost wax · bezels · findings · stringing · crimping

Opposites
production scale and method

jewelry craftingmass production

Large-scale standardized fabrication

industrial manufacturing · factory production · injection molding

creative domain

jewelry craftingmining

Extracting earth's resources

shipbuilding · road construction · logging · steel manufacturing · gem cutting

activity type

jewelry craftingdemolition

Deliberate structural destruction

destruction · dismantling · scrapping · recycling · deconstruction

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G