10 Beautiful Examples of Jewelry You Can Make by Hand

We showcase handmade jewelry created by the Domestika community using materials including resin, ceramic, and rope

Learning how to create jewelry from scratch is a process of experimentation and improvement. There are all kinds of techniques to explore—whether you're interested in polymer, resin, or ceramics, or using simple techniques to transform wires, threads, and natural fibers into one-of-a-kind pieces.

Below we showcase a selection of jewelry created by the Domestika community using skills learned in online jewelry design courses. Get inspired and check out the courses to learn how to make your own jewelry at home.

1. Resin floral earrings

Project created by Jolleen from the course, Resin Jewelry Design.

Jolleen is an interior designer from Manila in the Philippines who loves art and crafts, as she shares on her community profile. Together with her twin sister, she created fantastic epoxy resin earrings using techniques she learned in the course Resin Jewelry Design course, taught by accessories designer Mia Winston-Hart.

Resin is a versatile material that allows infinite possibilities. Jolleen pairs it with decorative elements including flowers and glitter for this fantastic collection.

2. Embroidered pendants

Project by Carla (@carlisgp17) from the course, Miniature Needlework: Make Embroidered Jewelry.

Carla's eye-catching portfolio is full of needle painting embroidery, botanical watercolors, and textile jewelry designs, showcasing the creative versatility of the Domestika PRO member based in Portland and trained at the University of Quito (Ecuador).

For these embroidered pendants, Carla used needle and thread to paint a hedgehog, a bee, and a mushroom. Speaking about the process on her project page, she says that while the designs were challenging, she was able to complete them thanks to Yulia Sherbak's clear class instructions throughout the online course, Miniature Needlework: Make Embroidered Jewelry.

3. Polymer clay jewelry

Project by Monica Ferreira (@acinomferreira) from the course, Creating Jewelry with Polymer Clay.

A photographer from Porto (Portugal), Monica Ferreira surprised the community with her elegant designs made using polymer clay for her final course project. These were made as part of artist and Domestika teacher Marisa Clement's online jewelry design course, Creating Jewelry with Polymer Clay.

Congratulating Monica on her work, Marisa noted the great use of color choices, highlighting how well they work together.

4. Macramé jewelry

Project by Claudia Aurednik (@claudia_au) from the course, Macramé Jewelry.

Claudia used macramé techniques to create these chic designs, that she learned in the course Macramé Jewelry, taught by Peruvian textile artist Carla Marín. Through the course, Carla teaches basic macramé knots for making handmade jewelry pieces like these.

From Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Claudia made earrings, bracelets, and other accessories that you can see in full on her macramé jewelry project page.

5. Ceramic jewelry

Maria's (@meriss) project from the course, Ceramic Jewelry for Beginners.

Barcelona native Maria is interested in ceramics and textile dyeing using natural pigments—which she then turns into handmade accessories. Here, we showcase some of her ceramic pieces from a collection of earrings, pendants, and hair clips that she made using skills learned in the course, Ceramic Jewelry for Beginners, by Madrid artist Julieta Alvarez.

Maria's designs, which she made in glazed white ceramic and unglazed terracotta ceramic, are inspired by geometric and organic shapes.

6. Resin jewelry with textures

Project by Filly Sannnino (@filly_sannino) from the course, Resin Jewelry Design.

From the German city of Nuremberg, Filly Sannino is a creative who constantly seeks new experiences to grow her talent. Proof of her success: the first collection of earrings she created after taking Mia Winston Hart's course, Resin Jewelry Design.

Inspired by the fashion and aesthetics of the '70s, Filly combined different colors and textures using mica powders, colored inks, and opaque pigments. You can check out her full collection seven-piece collection on her profile.

7. Textile necklaces

Project by Elizabeth Vega (@analiza0205) from the course, Creation of Textile Jewelry.

After taking several courses on jewelry, macramé, and marketing, the first project shared by Mexican creative Elizabeth Vega was a colorful collection of costume jewelry textile necklaces. See the different versions and variations she created by looking at the full collection on her profile.

Elizabeth learned to create these pieces in the course, Creation of Textile Jewelry, taught by Maria La Biyux. From Santiago de Chile, Maria La Biyux is a textile jewelry and social innovation project developed by women deprived of liberty in Chile.

8. Beaded jewelry

Project by Karen Cubillo (@kvcubillo) from the course Design and Creation of Beaded Jewelry.

From the province of Limón in Costa Rica comes this fun bracelet, made by Karen Cubillo as her final course project in Design and Creation of Beaded Jewelry. Led by Fatto, a mother and daughter team who set up an accessory-making workshop in Chile, the course teaches students how to make and weave their own accessories on a bead loom.

On Karen's course project page, you can find her self-designed pattern to make this colorful beaded piece with iconic yellow smiley faces.

Karen explains that making something with your own hands is a unique feeling. Speaking about her process, she says she made various changes and corrections at different stages of the design—including starting over again with the threading—which helped her perfect her technique.

9. Resin flowers

Oksana's (@shcherbynao11) project from the course, Resin Jewelry Design.

Originally from Ukraine and living in Thailand, Oksana is a Chinese language translator and interpreter who is also in the process of launching her own resin earring business.

As you can see from this impressive collection of floral earrings, she makes artful pieces inspired by skills she learned in the course, Resin Jewelry Design.

10. Miniatures in detail

Cecile's (@cecileplanchet) project from the course, Miniature Needlework: Make Embroidered Jewelry.

Cecile is a French creative who likes to explore all kinds of crafts, including baking, sewing, knitting, crocheting, miyuki beading, and watercolor.

The detailing in her first embroidered and handcrafted pendant demonstrates her dedication to needle artwork. If you also want to challenge yourself with this technique, check out the course Miniature Embroidery: Create Textile Jewelry.

Learn more about jewelry design

Jewelry design is a manual craft that helps your creativity flow as you make beautiful works of art. If you want to learn how to create your own pieces, learn from scratch by exploring online jewelry and accessories design courses.

Plus, find out more about how to share your creations with the Domestika community.