Vintaj Natural Brass | Jewelry Findings | Altered Blanks | Hardware | Charms Beads Bead Caps

They have written a book showing off some of the newer techniques using their products, Vintaj Natural Brass Company Jewelry Technique Book, that also tells you where you can buy additional design products to create the designs shown. One of the most fascinating thing about Vintaj, is that they are not just replicating the designs that you can make with silver. They are adding new ways of designing affordable jewelry for the hobbyist community, and are unique enough that the designs look like nothing that I have ever seen before.

Vintaj has introduced a totally new design concept to me with their altered blanks.

An altered blank is a blank shaped piece of brass that is flat, and meant to be altered using various design techniques including dapping, punching, embossing, and riveting.

In addition, there are numerous brass findings, chains, and other brass elements to enhance the altered blanks.

Some of the components you can buy from Vintaj are the same as you would get from any other company, except for the fact that they are made of natural brass. For instance, Vintaj carries an entire line of beautiful brass chains in different link styles, jump rings, head pins, ear wires, bead caps, and clasps that are both stylish and functional.

They also carry a nice selection of decorative connection elements like connector beads and links to join sections of bracelets, earrings, and necklaces together.

But what I like best about Vintaj components are the bendable filigree components meant to be wrapped around beads or pendants, and the altered blanks. These two elements make this line truly different.

Vintaj creates their brass jewelry components with different levels of hardness, and they list those levels in their product descriptions. Therefore, you can tell easily which components can be bent easily from their original shapes to create bails, to hold a bead or stone, or to connect to another jewelry element.

This ability to change the jewelry elements is the third thing that makes Vintaj a unique company, and allows the customer to really experiment. Each piece can be used for so many purposes.