All right, let me start this week off by telling you just how excited I am about this 2015 Winter Collection. There are times when I will design the components, but then when it comes to sitting down with them, I get a little stuck. THIS IS NOT THE CASE with the 2015 Winter Collection. […]
Nunn Design has several projects being featured in various publications this fall. Click on each of the photos below to link to a list of the components used in each jewelry creation. Karen McGovern Featured in Cloth Paper Scissors Innovation Team Member Karen McGovern is once again in the press, this time featured in the […]
I have always been a big fan of shadow boxes. I love the idea of gathering my treasures and displaying them in artistic ways. This fascination with shadow boxes was my inspiration behind this tutorial. I also cover within this tutorial how to colorize the Nunn Design Brass Stampings with Nunn Design Sealant and PearlEx […]
Next month I will be traveling to California to film a new series of videos with the team at Beadaholique. While I’m on location in their filming studio, we will be shooting a Facebook Live Classroom covering a whole mess of stuff! If you aren’t familiar with the format of Facebook Live, it provides the […]
With each batch of flat tags that we plate, we test them to make sure that the plating doesn’t chip when metal stamped. As a result of our testing, we have amassed a large stash of unsellable tags. If we had a stash growing, chances are that metal stampers who didn’t stamp just right might […]
The latest collection of Nunn Design jewelry findings was released last week. If you haven’t already heard, I’m over the moon in love with these new Open Bezel Channels. They are just a blast to work with! Here is some inspiration for you! Open Bezel Channels! Open Bezel Channels are solid brass with a soldered […]
Quarterly throughout the year, the team at Nunn Design spends a day creating jewelry together. We use this time to explore new techniques, test new product and further our jewelry making skills. For several weeks prior to our last art day, I started to ask each of the team members about designing collections of jewelry […]
A couple weeks ago, we posted a tutorial on how to add colorized resin to an open frame pendant. In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to add colorized resin and a brass stamping to an open frame pendant to create this great look. Learn How with this Tutorial! This written tutorial walks […]
Both the Nunn Design Staff and the Innovation Team are fired up about the new 2014 Fall Collection. We are just gushing with the desire to create with these fun new products. Here are some pieces that are just in for your viewing pleasure! Click on any of these images to see the items in […]
Here is the latest batch of items being sold on Etsy. Why do I have an Etsy account? One reason is to give me motivation to create more jewelry (besides magazine work, tutorials and samples for tradeshows and the gallery). You can see the 35 items I’ve sold so far. I’ve previously shared what I’ve learned […]
Even after several years of exploring resin, I’m still learning! Resin is one of those mediums that you can use to push the envelope and continue to discover what you can create next. Take a look at some of the artists that I find to be very inspiring in these 30 Inspiring Resin Jewelry Creations. […]
The Deerskin Lace Buy & Try that is featured on our site through April 5th, 2015, offers the leather hole punch tool, waxed thread and stitching needles that are necessary for stitching the Nunn Design Flat Tags and Bezels onto our Leather Cuffs. To see how easy this technique is to do, educate yourself with […]
Glass Keepsake Pendants Glass Keepsake Pendants by Nunn Design provides jewelry makers with the ability to encapsulate a treasure or a memory. Whether it be a beach walk, grains of rice from a niece’s wedding or feathers from the recent stroll in the park, all of these moments can be meaningfully captured in a Glass […]
Quarterly, the team at Nunn Design ignores the phone and our email to take time out to create. It is our opportunity to work with the products first hand and to inspire and nurture our own creativity. From our day of play, we hope that we are able to inspire you to do the same. […]
Okay… This project by Nunn Design Team Member Melissa Williamson is so AWESOME, I just about screamed with delight when I saw what she was creating. Man, I’m telling you, the Nunn Design Team had a killer Art Day! Here is how Melissa created this Ball Chain Bee Hive Pendant. This project is more intermediate, […]