Wire-Wrapped & Beaded Jewelry

by J. Devlin Barrick (Editor), Carolyn Yohn McManus (Contributor)

Learn how to make boutique-style jewelry at home with this fully illustrated guide. The art of wire wrapping, beading, coiling, riveting, and using precious metal clay is described in detail for the beginning to advanced crafter. Illustrated instructions on using wire, beads, crystals, precious metal clay, cabochons, rivets, and other materials to create unique jewelery. This book includes 15 projects for making beautiful necklaces, bracelets, rings, pins, and earrings.

Genres: Jewellery

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 2009

Reviews

[piranha · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this at the thrift store for 50 cents, and am glad I didn't pay more. This has the look and feel of a self-published book, but it's actually from a real publishing house; albeit not one who hires production professionals, it appears. Everything about this book screams amateur; from the ugly layout with clashing colours, to the badly exposed, badly organized photos on confusing backgrounds, to the jewelry pieces themselves. With some projects I got distracted by the badly applied glittery red nail polish of the jeweler; the flash really liked bouncing off that. Technique-wise, some really basic things are missing, like how to make ear wires; and the jeweler is kinda sloppy, so everything looks thrown together in the end. There is no design advice here or really anything much that would, as they say "teach you to fish", information about when and why you'd use a particular technique. 2 stars is reaching; it's more 1 and a half.

I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, since there are some really amazing books on wire wrapping out there; just about everything else I've seen is better.