Author: LILOVEVE Studio & Gallery
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Class Spotlight: Business For Designers + Jewelry Production Workshops
So you’ve taken a few jewelry making classes, have a fabulous idea for a jewelry collection and have began making samples, but wait! Have you thought about marketing? How about how to set up a business in New York? How to apply for a sales tax certificate, and when to collect it? Running a…
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Student Spotlight: Aster + Antics
We met Juliana a couple of years ago when she started taking lessons with us. We’ve seen her work progress to the point of the launch of her jewelry line, Aster & Antics, and we couldn’t be more proud! Learn more about Juliana and her work below. -When did you first start making jewelry? I’ve…
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#benchtiptuesday – How to Carve Small Ring Sizes in Wax
A common question we get in the studio is how to size a wax ring for very small sizes. Most ring blanks come in a size 5 – so that pinky ring you’ve always wanted to make will require just a few more steps than your average ring. How to Carve Small Ring Sizes in Wax Et…
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Student Spotlight: Elena Carey of Folkloric Jewelry
When did you first start making jewelry? Jewelry making has been a hobby of mine since I was a little girl. I have a library of beads I have been collecting since childhood. What class(es) have you taken at Liloveve? Over the spring I took the Intro to Wax Carving class and can’t wait to…
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Technique Spotlight: Granulation
Granulation is the exquisite and richly historic art of covering precious sheet metal in spherules or granules to create beautifully intricate textured metal jewelry. The technique is thought to have its origins in Sumer about 5,000 years ago. In the first millennium B.C. the technique was used by Etruscans living in present-day Italy. Greek craftsmen also employed the…
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#BENCHTIPTUESDAY!
At our class this Saturday July 11th JEWELRY PHOTOGRAPHY WITH YOUR PHONE, we will be teaching many pro tips to save you lots of money and resources while displaying your pieces at their best. Today, the one taster tip we will give is to always have the grid feature on when taking jewelry shots.…
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Rings! Lots of Rings! Silver II: Stackable Rings, July 16- August 20
Adorn your fingers with many styles of metal and stone rings! This is a class for all- entry level and more experienced bench jewelers. The course will begin with ring making from scratch. This includes sawing, annealing and soldering sterling silver. So it kicks off with a great start for beginners, and a good refresher…
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Professional Jewelry Shots- With Your Phone!
Once you have created your beautiful pieces, a key element of selling and sharing it, are the photographs you capture them with. It is undeniable that we live in a digital age, and most PR and sales are not down through direct display of your piece, but through an image of it. So given this…
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Hold Your Fire! Cold Connections: Making Jewelry without a Torch
This upcoming weekend we’re having one amazing workshop! C-O-L-D C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-O-N-S!!! Register Now!! The coolest thing about this workshop is the lack of heat! haha, just kidding, no more bad puns! …
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Holiday Party 2014
THANK YOU so much to everyone who came out to our Holiday party this past Friday. It was such a blast filled great friends, delicious rum punch and some amazing raffle prizes! Check out the pictures from our photo booth below.