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The Complete Book of Jewelry Making: A Full-Color Introduction to the Jeweler's Art

The Complete Book of Jewelry Making: A Full-Color Introduction to the Jeweler's Art

by Carles Codina

This amazingly comprehensive guide to the jeweler’s art is a goldmine of information—big, beautiful, and with hundreds of color photos. It’s simply the handsomest, most complete sourcebook available, with its enlightening discussion of basic metallurgy (alloying, smelting, annealing, and pickling), and professional-quality techniques for cutting, piercing, soldering, and making closures and rings. Learn the tricks... (more)

500 Earrings: New Directions in Contemporary Jewelry

500 Earrings: New Directions in Contemporary Jewelry

by Lark

Poring through the beautiful images in this exquisite gallery of earrings is like stepping inside a jewelry store filled with remarkable pieces from the finest contemporary jewelers. Juried by award-winning designer Alan Revere, the earrings range from the classic to the avant-garde, and come from an international array of artists, including Cynthia Eid, Rachelle Thiewes, and Jeff and Susan Wise. Their materials... (more)

Jewellery Making: A Complete Course for Beginners

Jewellery Making: A Complete Course for Beginners

by Jinks McGrath

The Jeweller's Techniques Bible: the essential guide to materials, gemstones and settingsYoung#44; Anastasia

The Jeweller's Techniques Bible: the essential guide to materials, gemstones and settings

by Young#44; Anastasia

Art Clay Silver and Gold: 18 Unique Jewelry Pieces to Make in a Day

Art Clay Silver and Gold: 18 Unique Jewelry Pieces to Make in a Day

by Jackie Paciello-Truty

Learn how to handle Art Clay and manipulate it through minimal stages, ending with a nearly pure silver heirloom. 18 gorgeous silver and gold jewelry pieces you can make in a day or less. Great tips on how to add stones, cabochons, and wire. Clear, easy step-by-step directions and abundant photographs.

Silversmithing (Jewelry Crafts)

by Rupert Finegold

A guide to the basic tools, materials, and techniques of the silversmith includes discussions of the procedures for creating bowls, trays, flatware, and other items.

The Rings Book (Jewelry Handbooks)

by Jinks McGrath

This practical jewelry handbook looks at the history and significance of rings and then guides the reader through a series of step-by-step projects. This edition features a brand-new gallery at the back of the book, newly designed content, and a stunning new cover.

Celtic Designs CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art Series)

Celtic Designs CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art Series)

by Dover

Intriguing archive of 96 different permission-free designs feature the sinuous interlacements, stylized mythical creatures, abstracts, geometrics and other elements that give Celtic art its distinctive look. Clear, crisp, professionally drawn motifs will lend themselves to a host of art and craft purposes. Disk contains all items in book.

Working with Precious Metal Clay (Jewellery Handbooks S.)

Working with Precious Metal Clay (Jewellery Handbooks S.)

by Tim McCreight

Precious Metal Clay (PMC) is a material for jewellers and craft people which is as easy to manipulate as polymer clay, but when it is fired, the resulting object is 99.9per cent solid silver. This book describes how to work with PMC, including firing and finishing, and includes a set of projects.

Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised & Expanded Third Edition

Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised & Expanded Third Edition

by Walter Schumann

With a million copies in print, here comes an even larger, more up-to-date version of the most complete reference book ever published on the subject. All the gemstones ever discovered are treated in their many variations. More than 1,500 full-color photos showcase each precious and semiprecious stone in all its singular glory--in both its rough natural state and its polished and cut renditions. Each entry offers... (more)

The Encyclopedia of Jewelry-Making Techniques: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Techniques

The Encyclopedia of Jewelry-Making Techniques: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Techniques

by Jinks McGrath

Celtic Designs for Artists and Craftspeople CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)

Celtic Designs for Artists and Craftspeople CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)

by Dover

More than 200 authentic Celtic motifs, ideal for myriad uses, include elaborate spirals and weaves, exotic birds, horned beasts, mermaids, and other fanciful creatures. This outstanding collection of distinctive designs features a rich and diverse variety of patterns, which can be used as borders or individually.

Creative Silver Chains: 20 Dazzling Designs

Creative Silver Chains: 20 Dazzling Designs

by Chantal Lise Saunders

Silver chains are the backbone of any jewelry collection and these distinctive designs have those special handmade touches that machine-made jewelry just can't match--magnificent hammered silver, intriguingly complex links, and common motifs twisted into charming patterns. And anyone can craft them, with this extensively illustrated introduction that explains all the basics, from link formation to soldering and... (more)

Jewelry Two Books In One: Projects To Practice & Inspire * Techniques to Adapt to Suit Your Own Designs

Jewelry Two Books In One: Projects To Practice & Inspire * Techniques to Adapt to Suit Your Own Designs

by Madeline Coles

“‘Two books in one’ refers to the format of this spiral-bound guide—the pages are split in the middle, with projects above and techniques below, so that techniques can easily be consulted while working on the projects. Tools, equipment, and safety procedures are covered in the introduction. A very practical book suitable for public libraries.”— Library Journal.

Loves Music, Loves to Dance

by Mary Higgins Clark

New York's trendy magazines are a source of peril when a killer enacts a bizarre dance of death, using the personal ads to lure his victims... After college, best friends Erin Kelley and Darcy Scott move to the city to pursue exciting careers; Erin is a promising jewelry designer, Darcy finds success as a decorator. On a lark, Darcy persuades Erin to help their TV producer friend research the kinds of people who... (more)

Creative Techniques For Polymer Clay Jewelry

Creative Techniques For Polymer Clay Jewelry

by Nanetta Bananto

Polymer clay jewelry is hot! A growing number of crafters are eager to learn the art form, while longtime enthusiasts are always looking for new, fun projects. Creative Techniques for Polymer Clay Jewelry will appeal to both groups with: -An extensive overview of polymer clay and jewelry-making basics, including tools and materials, blending and finishing -A section devoted to making simple and complex... (more)

Metal Clay And Mixed Media Jewelry: Innovative Projects Featuring Resin, Polymer Clay, Fiber, Glass, Ceramics, Collage Materials, And More

Metal Clay And Mixed Media Jewelry: Innovative Projects Featuring Resin, Polymer Clay, Fiber, Glass, Ceramics, Collage Materials, And More

by Sherri Haab

Metal clay plus more, more, more! * Follow-up to the best-selling Art of Metal Clay * Author has sold more than two million books! * Metal clay is hot with crafters, artists--anyone who wants to try alchemy Metal clay starts as clay and turns into metal. Does it get any more magical? Now it does--with Metal Clay and Mixed Media. Author Sherri Haab takes this compelling material, today’s hottest... (more)

Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry

Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry

by Ruth A. Peltason, Elizabeth Taylor

"Here, in my own words and as I remember them, are my cherished stories about a lifetime of fun and love and laughter...I've never thought of my jewelry as trophies. I'm here to take care of it and to love it, for we are only temporary custodians of beauty." --Elizabeth Taylor She has mesmerized movie audiences since her debut in National Velvet at the age of twelve, dazzled both men and women with her... (more)

Making Metal Beads: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration (Lark Jewelry Book)

Making Metal Beads: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration (Lark Jewelry Book)

by Pauline Warg

With this comprehensive skill-building guide at hand, jewelers of all levels can craft 30 stunning one-of-a-kind beads in shimmering silver, copper, brass, and other metals. An introduction to metalworking provides the basics, followed by creative design ideas and techniques specific to metal beadwork. Transform commercial beads using simple stamping, chasing, and dimpling. Use cold connections to produce riveted... (more)

Classical Loop-in-loop Chains and Their Derivatives (Jewellery)

Classical Loop-in-loop Chains and Their Derivatives (Jewellery)

by Jean Reist Stark

This is a guide to the making of one of the most basic jewellery items - the chain, providing step-by-step instructions on how to make them based on ancient loop-in-loop techniques. There are explanations on how to create contemporary derivatives and how to individualize them. The authors specify equipment and tools needed, give estimates of the amounts of material required and discuss the most appropriate types... (more)

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by Carles Codina

by Lark

by Jinks McGrath

by Young#44; Anastasia

by Jackie Paciello-Truty

by Rupert Finegold

by Jinks McGrath

by Dover

by Tim McCreight

by Walter Schumann

by Jinks McGrath

by Dover

by Chantal Lise Saunders

by Madeline Coles

by Mary Higgins Clark

by Nanetta Bananto

by Sherri Haab

by Ruth A. Peltason, Elizabeth Taylor

by Pauline Warg

by Jean Reist Stark