Get making Sue's step-by-step jewelry
1. Imagine it
Sue is a maker who also enjoys playing on her mac. She wants to make jewelry and has a rough idea of what she wants to make.
2. Design it
To get started, Sue downloads and reads through the starter kit. Though she's never drawn in a vector software package before, she has a go at drawing her jewelry idea in Adobe Illustrator.
After she's drawn up her ideas, she checks out Ponoko's online materials catalog for specific details about the materials she can use.
Sue transfers her design to one of our templates and once she's checked it's correct, she's ready to upload it to her My Ponoko account.
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Look at the materials catalog3. Make it
Sue uploads her .eps file to her My Ponoko account.
From her My Ponoko account, Sue arranges for her design to be cut out and shipped to her house. She pays with her credit card and waits for her Ponoko package.
Sue receives her cut out parts and makes her jewelry.
4. Refine it
When Sue has the cut parts in her hands, she sees there are areas where she can improve her design. When she hangs her bird shapes from a necklace chain, she notices that the hole she's made is too big, and that the hole itself is in the wrong place.
Sue goes back to her .eps files and makes the necessary tweaks to perfect her design. She then uploads her new .eps file to her My Ponoko account and gets her parts cut out and shipped again.
5. Sell it Jeff's finished table
When Sue's happy with her finished product, she's able to use her My Ponoko account to sell her jewelry. To find out how...
