I made my first ring using these techniques and wow did it turn out great! This was super fun to create. A little challenging but I was up for a good challenge! I'd never riveted before and just LOVE how it turned out. Instead of using a bead, I used a left over piece of chrysoprase stone I drilled and it turned out great! Very pleased. I'll definitely make more.

Ahhhhh.....Didn't she break the ring? We all will break many things we are trying to craft, but I don't think I will be wearing any rings with overlapped bands or what struck me as short-cut techniques that ended up wasting metal and components that ain't cheap these days. I have learned sooo much watching Beaducation videos but I didn't learn much here. Kriss Silva's riveting video was awesome, ten stars by comparison. She is a pro. I don't get what this video teaches. And actually, Tracy could have made this really instructive by using other tools in the final stages of her riveting that would have (maybe) saved the day and really made this a very instructive 77 minutes. Sorry Tracy. I don't usually give bad reviews, but maybe re-work a similar project video because I liked some of your ideas and your rings. I did learn that over using hammers too close to non-bombproof elements is a bad idea.

Oh well.

Lots of information in this video. Some unnecessary repetition and info found in other videos that I don't think needed to be included. I got quite a few ideas and feel like the video was done well. Demos were easy to see.

Love the ideas here and the fact of using 24 gauge metal for the band. Hooray. Gotta get upstairs and play play play!!! I can see also how, once you get practiced at this, it would be easy to make a number of them in a small amount of time, and have it be cost effective and therefore a money maker. I like that idea!
We'll see how that pans out