Hemimorphite Garden - Decorating with Soft Solder

Join me, as I demonstrate how to create a decorative garden theme on a beautiful Hemimorphite gemstone, using the Tiffany method, soft, soldering technique, copper wire, and charms!
Tools & Supplies
***Most items were purchased on Amazon
Tools:
- Xuron round nose pliers
- Xuron long nose pliers
- Xuron tweezer nose pliers
- Xuron flush cutters
- Beadalon nylon jaw pliers
Soft Soldering tools:
- Hakko FX601 soldering iron Amazon.com
- Burnishing tool (popsicle stick, smooth stone, bone or Agate burnisher, etc)
- Heat Resistant Mat
- Disposable brush (trim bristle head) Any hardware store
- Personal safety mask, eye ware & a fan
- Chain nose pliers dedicated to soldering!!!****IMPORTANT as flux will affect these tools
Materials used:
- Silvergleem lead-free soft solder Amazon
- Old Master’s All Purpose Flux
- Copper foil tape (various sizes)
- Stainless steel jump rings
- Stainless steel chains and/or cords
- 70% rubbing alcohol to pre-clean all items that will be soldered
- Paper towels for clean up
- Dawn dish soap for cleanup
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[@tcher500744]

I can hardly wait to get started!!!

[@Mystic-Resin-Creations]

Ty so much! I just found you & am learning for now! I will be starting with I think it’s technically hard soldering but I’m intrigued by this soft soldering too! I have some supplies already on the way for the other kind of soldering & so when I switch over to try this type I feel like I already know which tools to start with! You’re amazing!!! Your jewelry is so gorgeous!!!

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you so very much for your interest & support! I also do hard soldering either a torch too! I’m still very new to it & have several tutorials on this craft too if you’d like to check those out as well! 🙏😊💖 kzbin.info/aero/PL1Kq4EKBAwSNamMmRmb1rEFVC9mFXrLfY&si=9Wn8LY-e-zKn6oY5

[@doristoeg7712]

Thank so much, I’m a first time viewer and it looks like fun. Your piece is so beautiful I learnt so much. I learnt to make glass beads and doing bead work and wire designs, who knows maybe I will eventually learn this craft too, I already own a soddering tool or how ever you spell it. Thank you again 🙏🏼💖

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Excellent! Thank You! I appreciate your comments & support! You definitely should give it a try! I just made a new tutorial for Beginners if you’re interested! 🙏😊🩵

[@robinlaws5103]

This is lovely and i learned so much! I have seen these cute little bits on soldered jewelry but this is the first time ive seen it demonstrated. Im so excited to try this. And thank you for such a complete and thorough tutorial. Very generous :)

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! I’m thrilled to hear you found my tutorial helpful! Good Luck with your future project! 🙏😊🩵

[@tcher500744]

I mean can't wait!!!

[@user-qg1mw7sv1z]

Karen thank u so much for the step by step video! I enjoyed it very much. I tried this awhile back and did a piece. Patted myself on the back and then promptly put it up and then forgot how to do it!😂 Your video has helped me remember the steps again but I’m going to hang onto it till I can get back in the shop and give it another go! I love your work! It’s very pretty and whimsical! And I love your no no sense way of teaching while demonstrating. Thanks again!

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you so very much for you wonderful comments! Feedback really helps me know what’s helping and/or ways to make it better! Whenever you get back to your project I’d love to see your creation(s) if you’d like to share with me! You can contact me through IM or even IG if you’re on either of those platforms! I really appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@brandisnook3592]

Very beautiful. Thanks for making a tutorial.

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@WannodsPlace]

Wow really great vid, i personally enjoy what you call call mumble because you are actually walking me through every little step.. for someone like myself who has never seen any jewelry saudering in my life needs all the tips and help i can get. I thought I saw a few shakes which gives me hope i might be able to try doing this, i have neuropathy in my hands and feet which cause shakes, according to my doctor . I must go check out your other vids. 😊

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Glad you enjoyed & that you don’t mind by ramblings! 🤣🤪😂 I try to share the good, the bad & the ugly because most things are never as easy as they look! I wish you much success as you start this journey even with your challenges! If I can do it…You can too! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@karenhettenbaugh2109]

This was outstanding. I truly believe that this is something I can do. Love love ❤️

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! Yes, you can Do It! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@timprobasco9882]

Thank you for this amazing Start to Finish🏁 …. And fully explained project !!!! 🏆🏆🏆 I am so inspired to expand my wire wrapping abilities.🌺 You created such a beautiful piece ……Love Love Love the dots

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you so very much for your kind comments! I’m always thrilled to hear that my tutorials are helpful! I appreciate you! 🙏😊🩵

[@tansygirl51]

My favorite piece so far. It looks like a romantic heart for Valentines Day. I am going to try to incorporate your method to my next piece. I'll show you on Instagram what i come up with. 🙂 Very informative video. Thanks for sharing such great tips.❤

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Ah THANKS! Yes, you’re right it does resemble a heart 🩵 I can’t wait to see what you create! Thx for your continued support! 🙏😊🩵

[@kjirstenboucher9682]

You are so welcome! Your membership on the buy me a coffee sounds great!Thank you so much for the step by step on this piece. Fun just to see how you accomplished it and follow along.😊 It's such a pretty piece! The stone is beautiful, but amazing how those few charms, and a little decorative solder n wirework, really changed the feel of it. Beautiful work, Karen! 👍✨💖✨

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Ah thx so much! I so appreciate the feedback on the process! I’m thrilled you enjoyed it! I use to worry about the tutorials being so long but it is what it is! I try to show as much as I feel will be helpful! 🙏😊🩵

[@kjirstenboucher9682]

@@karensintuitivejewelry Thank you. I don't mind long videos,... I just like learning. Watching the process is inspiring to me.😊👍💖

[@angelabasagoitialindsay7222]

Thank you for this video so informative as a someone that really wants to work with this to make jewelry. Your work is beautiful by the way😍🤩

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Ah thank you very much! I’m thrilled to hear that you found the video helpful! Best of luck with your journey! I’m happy to answer any questions that might come up! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@barbarabieniasz9824]

This is really beautiful ❤️

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@saramomo7927]

You are just toooo adorable for words!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us. ❤😊

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

So nice of you! Thank you for your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@thelittlethingskate9567]

I’ve been looking for something like this for ages! Thank you!

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Excellent! I’m thrilled that you found my channel! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@carol5401]

Karen you do pretty work. The tip of your soldering iron is intended for use on electronics. You need a tip that is heavier duty with a beveled tip. This will give you smoother results,. You also need to investigate how to keep your tip cleaned and tinned. This will help you get better results.

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thx very much! My preferred tip is this medium chisel tip which is one step down from the full size chisel which allows me to pick up smaller amounts of solder for finer detail work! I am religious about keeping my tips cleaned & preach this in all my tutorials…it’s the MOST important step for the life of your tips! This tip is well over a year old & in great operating condition! I appreciate your interest & support! 😊

[@Ok2BHuman]

Karen! You are lovely and you make this beautiful method possible. Thank you!

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Ah thx so very much! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@apearllady6570]

Very nice and informative tutorial.

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Many many thanks! I appreciate your comment & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@meikakuna7477]

I loooove your woooork

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! 🙏😊💖

[@dale6571]

This piece is beautiful! 😍 You’re awesome!🌹

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! I appreciate your comments & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@aumi.jewels]

Well, Karen I’m laughing looking at your concoction on how you set that little bugger up 😂😂😂 you pulled out a wooden clothes hanger lol 😆 but if that gets the job done, kudos to you … but I have to tell you this is gorgeous, you did a fabulous job ❤❤❤ big hugs 🤗, Michelle

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Yup anything that works, right? Thank you very much! 🙏😊🩵

[@mixedmediaartgirl300]

Hemimorphite huh? Haven't heard that either!! It tricked me into thinking Larimar, both beautiful stones. I really like seeing the brief overview of some wires and solder, tools you use, because as you know, when starting out, every time you feel you're done purchasing you find 5 more things you "must have"... when you explained switching to tinned copper for example, that makes sense and I have thought the same, like sometimes I want a more uniform look to the metals, and I'm still working out ways to solder different metals. I love those little charms, I thought you'd done a sterling silver piece when I saw it in the thumbnail. 24:25 😢 I have a lumpy bumpy mess of a stained glass piece I got WAY to ambitious on😂 I'm scared to try to fix it, but that tip will help me attempt. I was scared when you had to re-do the bail. Came out perfectly though. Thanks for showing the process/ thought process on a real beauty of a piece. I also recently learned I can zoom in on videos with my fingers!!!! Convenient when looking at instructional videos. With the chain thing, I completely agree. I also feel people are so particular about chains. And since jewelry is already so personal, it just adds confusion and isn't worth the extra cost and effort.

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Right? 😂 it’s crazy & blows my mind how many stones are still out there that I’ve never heard of! Amazing 🌎 we live on! Yup on accumulating more & more Stuff! It’s fun but honestly a lot of purchases over the years were not needed! And really didn’t help the way I hoped! I’m learning these days to return stuff if it’s not a good fit! I’m sure Amazon knows me on a first name basis 😂 The tinned wire tho? Awesome!!! I’m definitely a more streamlined artist & prefer “a clean look” which is difficult either soft soldering & why I LOVE hard soldering! Soft soldering is Fun & way way way easier but I hard to really adjust expectations! 🤣 Ohhh that makes me happy that it looks clean like a SS piece YAY! I seem to always try to mimic hard soldering in my designs 😜 I even did a “Faux Prong Setting” with the soft solder which I really liked! And another one that I thought resembled hard soldering was the “twisted wire frame”! Not a lot of soft solder artists are using those techniques! Hmmm I’ll have to try to remember to try zooming in on a video! That’s very cool! Thx again for becoming a member on BMC! I’m adding more perks for ya like a say in some designs so feel free to chime in! I appreciate you! 🙏😊🩵

[@foxiepoxi9245]

So beautiful and informative! I always get so excited to see you in my notifications!! 🩷🩶🩵

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you very much! Ah you’re so sweet! I appreciate you so much! 🙏😊🩵

[@lauriesbella1252]

Karen that is so stunning. I love it.. 💜🙏🏼🩷😃

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! 🙏😊🩵

[@sharonrobinson7713]

It's so pretty, I love it. I really enjoyed watching and I learned a lot. TY.

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! I appreciate your comments & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@sasheanones1456]

Beautiful piece, love your teaching method, I wish you would have shown how u clean ur tip and re-tin it. Hopefully in your next video. Thanks for sharing.

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! I appreciate your interest & support! You’ll get tired of me reminding people to “clean your tip again” 😂😂😂 Tinning you’re tip is done at the end of any soldering session before shutting your iron off & is simply cleaning your tip first in a brass wire, damp sponge or even tip cleaner & picking up some clean solder to coat your tip before shutting power off! Keeping your tip clean throughout your project is the key to a lasting functional tip! I’ve had the same tip for about 1 1/2 years currently! 🙏😊🩵

[@sasheanones1456]

@@karensintuitivejewelry THANKS SO MUCH!!!

[@itsybitsyimaginarium8720]

Absolutely beautiful Karen ❤❤❤

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thx so very much! I appreciate you! 🙏😊🩵

[@loisblake5236]

Thank you. It’s beautiful delicate and lovely.

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you very much! I appreciate your comment & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@KathyBeaver-qx6hz]

Very beautiful ❤

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you so much! I appreciate your comment & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@brendagelsleichter8988]

Absolutely stunning ❤

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@patsmith7822]

Thank you so much for your video. I never though about soldering jewelry.

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you so much! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@tinaharvey356]

I love your work

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! I so appreciate your feedback & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@sandymclean9630]

I appreciate this video & teaching 🙏😊 thankyou from new zealand 🌵

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you so much! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@AprilRainbrock]

I love it and I definitely want to see more.

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@seanmcguire6998]

Co-create! Usually keeps me on task and motivated.

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Great to know! Thx for your comment & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@littlespinycactus]

I can see why you describe your work as intuitive. As a rule, I incline towards more formal and stylised pieces, but I found myself captivated by the freshness and charm of your rustic heart. It really is quite lovely.

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Ahh thank You! That’s so very kind of you to say! I really appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@melindamarie6139]

So talented!! Would love to learn this but honestly it scares me. Love watching you, you r so good at this n a good teacher!!! ✌🏼🩵

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Ah thx! That’s sweet of you to say! I was scared too & why it took me so long to finally give it a try! I quickly realized that with proper care & precautions this craft isn’t scary at all! NOW working with a big torch is still scary to me but I’m gaining confidence with that too! Start slow! Be brave! I’ll be making a Beginners pendant very soon so check it out! Thx so much for your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@anewlight9326]

Thank you for the video. Mixedmediagirl has some great artwork

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! Yes she does! I’ve recently checked out her IG & was very inspired! Thx for your support! 🙏😊🩵

[@thecreativeitalian7611]

Love this Karen.I feel your pain when soldering a bail on a piece. Beautiful piece🌷🌸

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thx very much! I’ve been practicing so it’s getting a little easier now but MAN 🤣 Have you tried the green floral foam? I’ve heard it works well but make sure to get the Wet/Dry foam to keep it damp! I’m definitely going to try it! Marking the spot with a sharpie has helped too! Thx so much for your support! 🙏😊🩵

[@thecreativeitalian7611]

@@karensintuitivejewelry no, Do you mean to hold a piece in place while soldering a bail? If so I am buying some TODAY😅

[@thecreativeitalian7611]

@@karensintuitivejewelry great, thanks for sharing the tips,love the foam idea,I will be heading to Hobby Lobby for sure🌻😊🌻

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

@@thecreativeitalian7611yes for holding the piece in place. I’ve seen artists lay the piece flat pressing it down into the foam a little & then doing the same with the bail/jump ring! Looks very helpful!

[@lesleymorgan7948]

Beautiful piece. Loved the results. Can you tell me are the solder designs ok to wear against the skin with regard to allergies. Loved the whole process and especially love gemstones. I work a lot with them x

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! Yes, the soft solder is the highest ranking “jewelry grade, lead-free soft solder” on the market called Silvergleem! However, as a disclaimer for those who may have allergies to other metals…sensitivity is possible! I have never had a problem myself not have any of my customers reported issues! I do seal my pieces with the best jewelry sealant on the market as well for added protection & that product is ProtectaClear! Thank you so much for your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@musicgirl4u188]

I love this..absolutely beautiful. Where did you get the tiny charms? What kind of metal are they made of?

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! I’ve collected charms & other findings over the years from so many different sources but I believe I purchased these mini flowers at a specialty boutique that had some random jewelry supplies! When searching include the word “mini”. Etsy usually has a good selection! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@zenramirez2372]

Wonderful and very instructive video. I love your project. What size is the tip on your soldering iron and what brand. Thank you

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! I use the Hakko 601-FX & the tip is a medium chisel! I appreciate your interest & support! 🙏😊🩵

[@earthsoul9454]

H I Karen thank you for your great tutorials. I was just wondering about the flux brush....are the bristles natural or synthetic material? :)

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thank you kindly! I appreciate your interest & support! The brushes are the disposable kind you can get at the hardware store so I’m sure they’re synthetic! I just cut the bristles down to about 1/2 the original length for better application & less waste of product! 🙏😊🩵

[@earthsoul9454]

@@karensintuitivejewelry ahhhh thats a great idea. Ok I will have a look around. :)

[@craftswithme1]

❤❤ Is the solder wire lead-free?

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Yes. Silvergleem Lead-free jewelry grade soft solder

[@fanfang6221]

Why do you need liquid flux?

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

I prefer the liquid flux over the paste/gel flux because there’s zero greasiness & minimal fumes or smoke!

[@marisantos3706]

Que clase de. estaño usas. Se ve muy plateado

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

I used Silvergleem lead-free soft solder on this piece! This is the only brand that contains a VERY small amount of silver. All the other brands don’t contain any silver content!

[@marisantos3706]

Gracias Karen

[@aumi.jewels]

I love all the extra beaded silver balls you added… But I just started watching your channel. So maybe you have a tutorial just about adding decorative silver beaded balls… it could even just be a tutorial using your wire and your copper without any stones just to show the process. That’s just an idea. I haven’t worked with soft solder that much. or actually, I should say it’s been a while since I’ve worked with soft solder, but even then I didn’t realize how decorative you could actually get with your pieces… I used China that I bought at resale shops, and I broke the China but I made them into small hearts. But they were very boring looking. Ugh 😩 Michelle

[@karensintuitivejewelry]

Thx so much! I think I have showed how to do decorative balls in a couple videos but maybe I’ll do a short tutorial just on that! Thx for the suggestion! I also make broken china pieces & made a tutorial a while back if you’re interested!🙏😊🩵

[@aumi.jewels]

@@karensintuitivejewelry I will definitely go check out your china video