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Does it take real talent to create jewelry?



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Does it take real talent to create jewelry?

My mother was a jewelry craftsperson, always stringing beads and jewelry. She tried to teach me how once but I could not get the knack of threading the beads. I do not know if it takes talent or skill to create jewelry, only that I do not have either for jewelry making.

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brownie
Look online. I am sure that there are tutorials to help you with this.



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Daniella
Of course, it takes a combination of desire, talent and technical expertise to be able to craft anything. And, just as some people are proficient with leather working, others would prefer embroidery or crochet or decoupage. This will vary from one person to the next.



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angie828
Yes it does take talent. not all jewelry looks like it is hard to put together but some of those pieces are tricky work.



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BlogGirl
Yes it does take talent. not all jewelry looks like it is hard to put together but some of those pieces are tricky work.


And, I'm sure it would take lots of manual dexterity to fit all those jewelry pieces together into a beautiful work of art.



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topclassseo
Yes its not lots of tricks and concentration.



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Beverly
I've always loved handcrafting items, but this is not something I would really want to try now. I just think it would take up so much of my time to create even a small piece of jewelry. And yes I think it takes a lot of skill to create jewelry pieces.



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vinaya
You need two things to create jewelry: imagination and skills to materialized your imagination. Imagination means you must see in your mind's eye how the jewelry looks like, skills means you must have ability to create the same piece for real. You can develop skills. By practicing more and more, you can learn the craft. However, imagination is something that's within, it can never be learned. Therefore, you need real talent, a talent to imagine the design, a talent to make the design for real.



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Heatman6190
It's not just talent, I think it's more of a skill acquisition that would help you be successful in learning such craft in bead making. The reason I think you are finding it difficult to learn is lack of patience.

From what I am understanding from your post, it's obvious that you want to rush the learning process and I can guarantee you that it does not work like that. Before you can successfully learn being a craft person, you must master to a patient fellow.

Being patient will afford you the possibility of keeping calm to learn such task. Take it from me, I had such experience during my time of learning how to make bead necklace, bangles and earrings. Just relax, with time you will master it.



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Pixie06
I guess we all have a special talent. Maybe you are good at something else. If you really want to make some jewelry you can learn nowadays. There are many jewelry making classes which you can follow now. I am sure if you get proper training then you will excel at jewelry making. Good luck.



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wallet
Yes, I strongly believe there must be talent for any kind of creation, and in this case someone who creates jewelry must have a lot of patience, because working with such small pieces is not easy at all, besides you must have a lot of models in the head to create something unique that will sell fast!



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gelotologist
Yes indeed, mostly you need to have a talent or skill with your hands. And also, the important part is the idea you have, for you to create your own design or theme for a jewelry product. All this is what you need and you're good to go and make your product one of a kind! Does it take real talent to create jewelry?



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Kakashi2020
If it's just beadwork you could easily create your own jewelry, all you have to do is go to a bead shop and they usually offer training courses, you may want to attend one, they also have some DIY books available there. You could also search YouTube and Google for DIY Beadwork videos and ebooks.



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