Custom Jewelry Making Techniques
There is one business niche you can explore to make good money and that is to consider constructing quality custom jewelry for individual clients but get into this business only of you have a great sense of style and creativity to come up with new and creative designs. If you do a good job, customers will stream in calling you to construct special pieces for them or as gifts for others. If you have a sense of style and creativity, you can easily learn to make jewelry and then move on to easily make custom jewelry. The object is to make your pieces unique and exclusive so when a client wears jewelry that you designed and made, they should wear it knowing that there is none other like it in the whole world!
The hardest part is working with clients because you need to get a picture in your mind that matches the picture that is in their minds. It would be a gross error for you to work in the presence of your clients and expose to them how easy it is to create bespoke jewelry - it is tantamount to teaching them the trade and you run the risk of losing clients. Only by discussing closely with clients can you design custom jewelry that matches their personality. If you are designing a piece that is meant to be a gift for someone, learn about them first if possible, try to meet them. Communicating regularly with your customers coupled with the exclusivity of the products are the prime ingredients necessary for the success of this business.
Clients who already have their own stones or gems may want you to make custom jewelry for them. Sometimes your client will require you to improve a piece they wear everyday. To avoid destroying a client’s piece of jewelry, do not accept the job unless you know you can complete it without a problem. You can do a good job of enhancing the piece only after you have found out all you can about the piece and how special it is to the customer.
In order to make your custom jewelry you will definitely have to purchase the pieces from wholesale sources. Making sure you are buying quality parts from unique sources overseas can cause you to spend more - so make sure you quote your client a price that is profitable to you, may people make this mistake. After all you don’t want to lose money so once you’ve quoted a price, deduct 15 to 30 percent from it. After deducting 15 to 30 percent, use the remainder as your ‘budget’ when buying supplies to make the custom jewelry.



