As a jeweler, you should always be innovating new designs to offer your customers. Not only will it help increase your customer base but it will also enhance your skills as a craftsman. Beading classes at a gem and jewelry show are a great place to master new skills and prepare to provide a better, wider collection to your customers.
When you attend this type of a show, you are greeted with hundreds of jewelers from several parts of the country. If it is an international show, there will be jewelers from around the world. You will be exposed to numerous new designs, styles, and customer preferences. You will get to meet jewelry designers, manufacturers and sellers. You will discover new ways to tailor jewelry according to customers' preferences and budget.
Most of these shows are open to the public. So, there will be no problem for you to visit every day if you wish to. If you want to buy wholesale ornaments, you can do that too from sellers exhibiting at these events. But you have to make sure to bring relevant credentials to prove that you are a wholesale buyer.
Beading classes help you acquire the ability to design your own unique creation. They enable you to create custom jewelry and save costs on your inventory. The pattern of jewelry making is changing. Nowadays, people are more interested in having their jewelry custom-made instead of buying ready made ornaments. This has led jewelers to save money that would otherwise have been spent on manufacturing jewelry beforehand. Besides, by customizing jewelry, you will be able to stay updated with the latest trends in design and customer taste.
A gem and jewelry show is also a good platform for quality networking and hands-on training. You can share your own experiences with hundreds of others like you who are in the jewelry business. You can learn a lot about beads and fashion jewelry. You can buy raw materials like beads, thread, and even training material like video CDs.
Fashion jewelry is all the rage these days. Using a picture or sketch, you can create beautiful fashion jewelry with beads. Some of the most popular beads that you can learn about in these classes are:
Bali beads - Bali beads are handmade sterling silver beads from Bali. Created by specialized artists who have been making these beads for generations, these beads are styled in modern as well as traditional designs. Granulation and wires are used along with oxidation to create Bali beads.
Unicorne Beads - These are individually designed and handmade in the US by expert glassblowers. A process named lamp working is used for fashioning the beads. Fine-quality imported glass is used to produce these beads and the colors are mostly custom-mixed. Each bead is created and annealed meticulously inside a kiln at a temperature more than 1000 degrees. This high temperature leads to the bright natural color of the beads. Unicorne beads stand out from the crowd for their stunning beauty.
Learning to make jewelry using both these beads will add to your skill-set and make you proud. Good luck with your beading classes!
JOGS International Exhibits specialize in live events focused on jewelry. They host beading classes at every gem and jewelry show they organize. Attendees are provided with training CDs, beads, threads, needle etc.
No comments:
Post a Comment