How To Make Jewellery At Home

Firstly, where will you be making jewellery?

It's all about using your space wisely, although you don't need a huge space, it's important that you have enough room to work safely and be able to store your tools and supplies.

A spare room, garage space or shed could be the perfect solution. Just take a look at our customer photos with their jewellery workshops within this post for inspiration! Once you have decided where your workshop will be, then the fun can begin with your jewellery making journey.

Get yourself a jewellers workbench

Of course, depending on the type of jewellery you create, you may be happy enough to do this on a lap tray or at the kitchen table.

If you are planning on making jewellery at home, on a regular basis and are wishing to improve your jewellery making skills with new techniques, a small workbench is a great place to start.

We would recommend using a Jewellers workbench as they are designed to be higher than a standard table, preventing you from hunching over. It's important that you have the correct posture while working and that you are comfortable, as you'll likely be at your bench for hours at a time.

Get an adjustable chair

An office chair is an ideal seat to use at your bench and will give you more freedom over what height to sit at, depending on the work you’re carrying out.

Get the lighting right

Many jewellers work in the evening so it’s important to have a good light in the room you’re working on.

A bendy desktop lamp is a perfect place to start, as you can move this around your bench and place it over the area you are working on. In the future, you can look at jewellery and craft lamps, with many coming with a built in magnifying glass to see your work up close.

Alternatively, we would recommend our headband magnifier with LED light for those fiddly projects!

Another great tip from Cornish jewellery designer, Victoria Walker is to use a daylight bulb to help spot fire stain and other imperfections that aren’t so obvious in poor lighting. Read Victoria's workbench tips over on our blog here

Stock up on tools

If you are just starting out in jewellery making, our beginner’s metalsmithing tool kit might be the perfect place to start. It’s a fantastic investment if you are really serious about making jewellery and thinking about soldering in the future. Of course, you don’t need to start with all of this. You can always increase the number of tools you have over time and start with the essentials.

Keep organised

Depending on how much room you have, you may need to be cautious of space! With so many tools, projects and supplies hanging around it can be easy to let things spiral out of control and make it harder to work.

There are lots of storage options you can consider such as drawers, shelves and boxes to keep your things organised and safely packed away. When it comes to storing your supplies, our plastic storage boxes come in handy! Especially if you like to keep your beads, gemstones and findings safe.

Keep your jewellery making books close

Jewellery making books are a great way to refresh your knowledge. Whether you need soldering advice or step by step guidance, it’s always great to have the resources nearby and when in need. If you have the space, why not go for a bookshelf?

Browse our range of jewellery making books.

Make it your own

Wherever you decide to have your jewellers workshop, make sure that you make it your own. It could be that you give the space a new lick of paint, or perhaps you want to decorate it to make it your own with bunting, photos, lots of colours or a cosy spot to have a tea break. It’s all down to you!

Take a look at more customer workshop snaps below and don't forget to tag us in your workbench photos on social media with the hashtag #Kernowcraft!