| Handmade jewelry is jewelry that has been | | | | You can also find antique filigree bracelets; these are |
| hand-crafted and assembled rather than using a | | | | usually hard to create just like most hand-crafted |
| machine. | | | | jewelries. It's finishing is also accomplished painstakingly |
| What Constitutes a Handmade Jewelry? | | | | with hands using antique processes. Filigree jewelries |
| For jewelry to be tagged "handmade", there should be | | | | became very popular during the period of Art Deco in |
| no other means of fashioning such jewelry than hand | | | | 1920s and 1930s. One of the reasons for its popularity |
| power or hand guidance. This is according to the | | | | is the romanticism and details of this jewelry; it has |
| guideline of the FTC. This implies that the designing of | | | | continued to be popular till date. |
| jewelry may be achieved by using lathes, drills or | | | | Indeed, the world of handmade jewelry is enthralling; |
| some other machinery; however, it must be | | | | although it is guided by wide varieties of crafting |
| necessarily hand-guided for it to be called handmade. | | | | techniques, it is not bound by them. The wide range of |
| On the other hand, this does not include the use of | | | | materials alone involved in making handcrafted jewelry |
| punch presses, casting and CNC machinery that may | | | | shows that this special jewelry is a universe on its |
| not be deemed "handmade". | | | | own. With personal styles and individuality reflected via |
| Further than the caveat, the jewelry under discussion | | | | every created piece, handmade jewelry can be |
| can be anything designed out of whatever that may | | | | accessed but they are rarely common. |
| be seen as jewelry. Some specific awards geared | | | | There are genuine hand-crafted jewelries but they are |
| towards handmade jewelry in particular are the | | | | not common. Go for specially and uniquely |
| American Gem Trade Association Spectrum awards, | | | | hand-crafted jewelry offered by artisans who know |
| the De Beers Awards and the Gem Center Idar | | | | better and special ways of crafting |
| Oberstein. | | | | not-easy-to-come-by handmade jewelries. For such |
| Why People Prefer Handmade Jewelry | | | | artisans, it is an obsession to ensure that their work |
| All over the world today, you can find wide range of | | | | stands out from the crowd! |
| mass produced jewelry; however, a lot of people opt | | | | The genuine hand-crafted jewelries are usually |
| for handmade jewelries such as handmade earrings, | | | | expensive when compared with the mass-produced |
| handmade necklace, handmade bracelets etc. Many | | | | jewelries. But if you are not a shopper that pays |
| people go for hand-crafted jewelries by authentic | | | | attention to details, you may be deceived to by |
| artisans because they are most likely to stay healthy | | | | machine-made jewelry which has been created to |
| since they have been specially and carefully crafted | | | | look so much like the hand crafted jewelries. |
| by hand. | | | | If you have decided to buy a handcrafted jewelry, |
| It's a pity that sometimes people sell machine-crafted | | | | then you must insist on nothing but genuine handmade |
| jewelries and tag them hand-made. Notwithstanding, | | | | necklace, earrings, bracelet, or pendants and not to |
| you can get authentic hand-made jewelries including | | | | settle for anything less. But you must know how to |
| earrings, bracelets, filigree rings, filigree pendants and | | | | spot the genuine ones to avoid being ripped. |
| other hand-crafted beads. | | | | |