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Inside every woman?whether she's soft and feminine or tough as nails-beats the heart of a metal chik. We all dig jewelry, don?t we girls? But making beautiful jewelry? That?s beyond most of us, right? Not anymore. Now there's Metal Chik: Jewelry Design and Metal Work De-Mystified. Victoria Tillotson is the ultimate metalchik, the mistress of metals and rocks. She knows their secrets-how to bend them, shape them, and join them into exquisite decorations that bring out a woman?s inner soul. (Or a man?s for that matter.) Now she's bringing her funky, unique style of teaching-by-doing to the Internet to share those secrets with you. On Metal Chik, Victoria and her apprentice Adam teach you how to do your own bling. They provide clear, concise primers-how-to?s on the hottest trends in jewelry. Like how to make a hammered silver earring in two short minutes; how to construct a personalized chain mail ensemble using easy-to-buy copper or silver sheets; or how to revamp your old jewelry into new stuff that?s fresh, exciting and you. They'll also teach you how to dig up the best deals in diamonds, hunt for buried treasure on e-bay, and use the Internet to uncover vintage pieces at a fraction of their cost?information that can help you start a great collection, or create a unique personal style. Every year students cram Victoria's class at New York?s renowned School of Visual Arts to learn jewelry design and the fine craft of metalworking from a master.