www.wire-sculpture.com - Preston Reuther's wire sculpture site has free online jewelry-making courses for you to learn from.

www.castaldorubber.com - The Castaldo® jewelry molding rubber website includes how-tos, articles, and tips, and trouble-shooting guides in 14 different languages.

www.silversmithing.com - The Society of American Silversmiths' site has a database of news, exhibitions and competitions, schools, and workshops, as well as tips on silver care and photographing your work, discussions of technical processes, and regularly scheduled chats.

jewelrymaking.about.com - Jewelry Making at About.com offers lots of helpful links and articles for getting started and continuing your jewelry making experience.

www.jdpn.org - The Jewelry Design Professionals Network's forum for jewelry artists to share ideas, questions, and concerns both artistic and business-related.

rec.crafts.metalworking - a newsgroup for people who love to work with metal... a range of experience here, from newbies to published authors, all talking shop - tools, techniques, and tricks of the trade.

www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm - Hosted by Ganoksin Online and Brain Press Publications, this is one of the most valuable sites on the Net for hands-on jewelers with its message board, a mailing list, links to newsgroups, and archived articles.