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Chains Chains Chains: 25 Necklaces, Bracelets & Earrings
This is the best book available on making fabulous jewelry chains. Chains can unchain a jeweler's creativity! These 25 non-traditional designs showcase an array of metals in dazzling combinations of sterling silver, gold, copper, aluminum, brass and bronze--along with a range of finishes and textures. From shimmering delicate silver teardrops to mixed-metal boxes that hold caged pearls, these dramatic necklaces, bracelets, and earrings are absolute showstoppers--joys to make and wear.
144 pages, Paperback
First published August 2, 2011
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July 29, 2011This book was sent to me for free by Sterling Publishing. Thanks to Ray at Lark and his whole team for thinking of me. I am not a jewelry maker, so this will be a basic review.
The first thing I noticed about this book is the binding. I don't know what it is called, but the books lays flat even though it does not have a spiral. Interesting. There is a comprehensive table of contents and an index (YAY!). The authors, Joanna Gollberg and Nathalie Mornu exploit the chain part of necklaces throughout the book, starting with "A Chain Letter", which is the introduction or foreword.
After a page of tools, the book starts into projects. The photos are large and appealing. The page layouts are light and airy and I like the circle motif the publisher used throughout the book. The projects come from different designers, but the projects have a modern feel with a lot of space between the elements. The projects do become denser as the maker works his/her way through the book. The projects look cohesive.
There is a basics section at the end, which talks about metals and their properties, including precious metals, and tools and equipment. The techniques section, which follows includes cleaning metal, transferring designs, chasing, bending sheet metal and much more. There are also sections on soldering and finishing, which I am guessing are the quilting and binding of the jewelry world. A very useful Mandrel and Ring Size conversion chart is also included.
I enjoyed looking at the inspiration section, which includes a gallery of additional pieces (not projects). I really like the Double Circle Bracelet on page 134.
The first thing I noticed about this book is the binding. I don't know what it is called, but the books lays flat even though it does not have a spiral. Interesting. There is a comprehensive table of contents and an index (YAY!). The authors, Joanna Gollberg and Nathalie Mornu exploit the chain part of necklaces throughout the book, starting with "A Chain Letter", which is the introduction or foreword.
After a page of tools, the book starts into projects. The photos are large and appealing. The page layouts are light and airy and I like the circle motif the publisher used throughout the book. The projects come from different designers, but the projects have a modern feel with a lot of space between the elements. The projects do become denser as the maker works his/her way through the book. The projects look cohesive.
There is a basics section at the end, which talks about metals and their properties, including precious metals, and tools and equipment. The techniques section, which follows includes cleaning metal, transferring designs, chasing, bending sheet metal and much more. There are also sections on soldering and finishing, which I am guessing are the quilting and binding of the jewelry world. A very useful Mandrel and Ring Size conversion chart is also included.
I enjoyed looking at the inspiration section, which includes a gallery of additional pieces (not projects). I really like the Double Circle Bracelet on page 134.
May 20, 2012
Not for the beginning crafter. Lots of very cool ideas for making really interesting jewelry
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