Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Have you wanted to explore the electrifying possibilities of electroforming jewelry to create metal jewelry elements out of natural objects or keepsakes?
Electroforming—aka electroplating—lets you take organic objects and coat them with a layer of real metal allowing you to use complex, natural shapes in your metal jewelry without difficult fabrication. Anything you can find in nature can be incorporated in your pieces: from delicate seed pods to acorns to sea shells. By using some of the techniques for jewelry electroplating, you can also integrate findings, like jump rings, right into your electroformed jewelry to create custom, ready-to-use elements.
Join Denise Peck, editor of Step by Step Wire Jewelry and senior editor of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, in a free video tutorial on how to electroform jewelry and the equipment and supplies for copper plating. Whether you’re experienced at electroforming, or you have yet to electroform your first piece, this free video tutorial is a must-see.
Have you wanted to explore the electrifying possibilities of electroforming jewelry to create metal jewelry elements out of natural objects or keepsakes?
Electroforming—aka electroplating—lets you take organic objects and coat them with a layer of real metal allowing you to use complex, natural shapes in your metal jewelry without difficult fabrication. Anything you can find in nature can be incorporated in your pieces: from delicate seed pods to acorns to sea shells. By using some of the techniques for jewelry electroplating, you can also integrate findings, like jump rings, right into your electroformed jewelry to create custom, ready-to-use elements.
Join Denise Peck, editor of Step by Step Wire Jewelry and senior editor of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, in a free video tutorial on how to electroform jewelry and the equipment and supplies for copper plating. Whether you’re experienced at electroforming, or you have yet to electroform your first piece, this free video tutorial is a must-see.
