The Art & Craft of Making Jewelry: A Complete Guide to Essential Techniques

by Joanna Gollberg

Packed with hundreds of how-to photographs and time-tested tips, this guide is an essential addition to every jeweler's library. All the basics are comprehensively covered-sawing, piercing, soldering-along with advanced skills such as granulation, enameling, stone setting, and casting. Create the stunning Bubbles Brooch by hollow-forming silver and adding pearls. Or, make a handsome lapel pin by cuttlefish-casting 18-karat gold; then set a brilliant sapphire on the textured surface. Plus, every section is accompanied by a gallery of contemporary pieces.

Genres: Jewellery, Jewellery Making, Art, Reference

176 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 2006

Reviews

[Ligaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for those interested in learning how to make jewelry but it is not for the true beginner. There is lots of vocabulary that the author assumes is already know. Great how-to photos and plenty of gallery pictures that shows professional work. This book even covers (although in a very abbreviated way) bead stringing and precious metal clay (PMC). The ONLY thing that really bugs me is the acrylic nails of the hand model. Lol

[Carolyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Of the three related metal jewelry books I just checked out, this one was the second most useful for good photos and step-by-step instructions for different techniques, though all three covered more advanced work than I'm ready to tackle.

[Lacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again great book with cool ideas but not the kind of jewelry I am interested in making. Must see if you are interested in making jewelry from scratch though.

[Yoshitsune Nguyen]

very good

[S · Rating 3 out of 5]

739.27 GOL