Wire Jewelry Masterclass: Wrapped, Coiled and Woven Pieces Using Fine Materials

Comprehensive and fabulous, Wire Jewelry Masterclass takes an in-depth look at an intricate and rewarding craft. The 24 projects, which range from simple Dragon's tear briolette earrings to a Poseidon-under-the-sea pendant, will delight and inspire jewelers of all levels and tastes. Divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced sections, this beautifully photographed step-by-step guide is the ticket to wire jewelry expertise! 

Abby Hook has been making jewelry since she was a child and has focused on wire techniques for the past 10 years. She currently teaches her skills and designs through online tutorials and is an approved teacher on www.jewelrylessons.com. She is also one of the judges for Jewelry Lessons' International competition. Abby contributed several articles in GMC Publication's respected Making Jewellery magazine.

1) Inspiration and techniques galore - This book is fabulous. The projects have great variety and really do help you improve your techniques from start to finish. Projects are properly classified by their skill level i.e. easy, intermediate and advanced, yet you'll find beautiful projects that anyone would enjoy making or wearing throughout. I also like that the pictures for every project show variations in how the project will look if you use a different wire color (copper vs. silver) or a different bead (faceted vs. round), or a different bead size, etc. I think that really helps you make a project using the supplies you might have on-hand instead of trying to exactly reproduce the author's project. I love that the author takes you through the instructions step by step but then helps you 'make it your own'. I consider myself an intermediate wire wrapper and I think there is plenty for me to learn and practice in this book. One last thing - there's a lot of variety in the projects. Earrings, necklaces, rings, pendants, clasps, chains - no matter what your interest, I think there will be something for you.

By L. Yang on April 26, 2012


2) Best Wire Work Book Available - This is EXACTLY what I was looking for in a wire work book! I wasn't able to preview the inside of the book, so I took a chance and luckily it paid off. I have many books on jewelry making and wire working. Most of the projects aren't ones I'm crazy about or they're too simple or too 'out there'. This book is perfect. Some of the techniques and projects are more basic, but the level of advancement goes up quite a bit and every one of the projects is beautiful and useful!!! This is the book to purchase if you'd like some nicely detailed, beautiful projects for wire working. It's worth more than the cover price, since you could easily spend this much or more just buying a couple on on-line tutorials. I would give this book 10 stars if I could! It's one of the best I've ever seen in the jewelry making category.

By J. Rainey on April 30, 2012

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Wire Jewelry Masterclass: Wrapped, Coiled and Woven Pieces Using Fine Materials

STONESETTING FOR CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY MAKERS : TECHNIQUES , INSPIRATION AND PROFESSIONAL ADVICE FOR STUNNING RESULTS

Master the art and craft of stonesetting

Learn the most cutting-edge stonesetting techniques and treatments used by today's contemporary jewelry makers. Clear step-by-step illustrations combined with concise instructions and practical advice make this book an invaluable reference for professional jewelry makers, students, and Etsy sellers.

No other book currently available focuses on the use and application of ready-made settings, which are most commonly used by jewelers today. Stonesetting not only shows you how to use and incorporate these settings into existing designs but also teaches you how to make settings from scratch. Also included is an overview of tools and materials, accompanied by an in-depth guide to choosing and evaluating a variety of stones. The second part covers the range of settings available—from bezel to prong to snap settings—and uses step-by-step instructions explaining how to set cabochons, faceted stones, and other variants. A handy section in the back contains care, maintenance, and repair advice, plus a gallery of gorgeous finished pieces.

Stonesetting for Contemporary Jewelry Makers combines everything you need to know about this specialized craft all in one place, making this an indispensible reference for beginners and professionals alike.

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Stonesetting for Contemporary Jewelry Makers: Techniques, Inspiration, and Professional Advice for Stunning Results

BASIC JEWELRY MAKING : ALL THE SKILLS AND TOOLS YOU NEED TO GET STARTED ( HOW TO BASICS )

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The basics of using beads and wire to create custom pieces

Each technique carefully described and illustrated

Create pieces for yourself and friends, or to sell

This fully illustrated guide shows how to make all kinds of funky and elegant bracelets, earrings, necklaces, and pendants using beads and wire. It begins with the basics--planning a design, attaching fittings, making secure crimps, selecting beads--so crafters can quickly get started creating one-of-a-kind pieces. Simple wire-bending techniques allow them to make beaded drop earrings as well as more elaborate necklace and bracelet designs. Advanced techniques use metallic, sterling silver, even 14-carat-gold wire to make gallery-quality jewelry in almost any style and size. Featuring design ideas by a variety of jewelers, this book includes pictures and descriptions of tools and materials, a guide to common types of beads, advice on proper lengths and fit, and inspiration for creating a wide range of styles.

ABOUT AUTHOR -

Sandy Allison is a writer and editor who lives in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

Alan Wycheck is a concrete specialist and former partner in The SO Factory, a concrete design company. He is also an award-winning photographer and lives in central Pennsylvania.

Ted Walker is a juried member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen and the owner of a handcrafted jewelry company based in central Pennsylvania.

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Basic Jewelry Making: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started (How To Basics)

WOVEN WIRE JEWELRY (BEADWORK HOW - TO)

A new wire weaving technique that varies the number of wires and their thickness to create stunningly beautiful bracelets, necklaces, and pendants is introduced in this guide. Project instructions go well beyond simple line drawings to show the assembly process of each piece in a series of step-by-step photographs. The nine projects begin with an elegantly simple woven bracelet and move on to more dramatic projects that include a domed cuff bracelet with soldered bead ends, a free-form bracelet, a woven neck piece, and a pendant with a woven frame. Projects range in difficulty from easy to advanced, and many can be completed without soldering. The more experienced craftsperson will savor the way Precious Metal Clay adds striking embellishments to three of the projects.

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Woven Wire Jewelry (Beadwork How-To)

COMPOUND D 1 GALLON BOTTLE

Uniquely formulated liquid compound for use with steel shot. Also can be used as storage compound due to rust inhibitors in the formulation.Dilute 2% to water.

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COMPOUND D 1 GALLON BOTTLE

CREATIVE BEADING VOL . 2 ( BEAD AND BUTTON BOOKS )

This book showcases the best projects from a year of Bead&Button magazine in a gorgeous hardcover volume. With 80 beautiful beading projects featuring a variety of techniques – stringing, wirework, stitching, bead crochet, and more – Creative Beading, Vol. 2 is sure to spark beaders’ imaginations and enhance their skills.

ABOUT AUTHOR -

Bead & Button magazine packs exciting new techniques, helpful beading tips, and stunning projects by contemporary beaders into every issue.

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Creative Beading Vol. 2 (Bead & Button Books)

METAL ARTIST'S WORKBENCH : DEMYSTIFYING THE JEWELER'S SAW

Get to know the most diverse tool on your workbench—the jeweler's saw!

Metal Artist's Workbench is your comprehensive guide for creating jewelry and other sawn projects by getting to know the jeweler's saw. Your personal instructor—veteran artist Thomas Mann—is eager to teach you everything you need to know about this well-loved tool.

Following exercises designed to get you "sawing in the zone," you'll be inspired to try your hand (and saw) at any of the 15 stepped-out projects, such as the Light Switch Plate, Chef's Knife Pendant, Self-Portrait Pin or Maze Pendant.

With Metal Artist's Workbench, you'll acquire the skill set to create impressive projects and learn:

• The anatomy of the jeweler's saw and how each part helps improve your sawing success
• The importance of sawing ergonomics and how the proper grip contributes to the "Whole Body Experience"
• Sawing techniques such as starting a cut, turning a corner, piercing and several trouble-shooting tips
• How to create beautiful projects from metal, plastic, wood and paper and more!

Start "Sawin' Where Y' at" today and learn how to make the jeweler's saw your favorite tool on the bench!

ABOUT AUTHOR -

A professional artist for over 40 years, Thomas Mann is best known for his "Techno-Romantic" style of jewelry, which juxtaposes contemporary technology and construction techniques with historical romantic imagery. Thomas has appeared on NPR's Talk of the Nation, PBS's Nightly Business Report, and, most recently was featured in PBS's award-winning series, Craft in America. Thomas has expanded his role as a veteran professional artist to include a focus on education through his educational brand, studioFLUX. Thomas Mann lives in New Orleans, LA.

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Metal Artist's Workbench: Demystifying the Jeweler's Saw

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF JEWELRY MAKING : A FULL - COLOR INTRODUCTION TO THE JEWELER'S ART

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 of the trade for enhancing surfaces; etching, combining metals, creating textures, adding color; engraving; enameling; and gem setting. Seven magnificently presented projects include a silver repoussé pendant, an articulated gold bracelet with clasp, a multiple loop-in-loop chain, and a square hollow-construction ring to die for.

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

JEWELRY GEM CUTTING AND METALCRAFT

A wonderful guide for students of metal craft and jewellery making, covering the basic designs and techniques. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Jewelry Gem Cutting and Metalcraft

SILVER SMITHING (JEWELRY CRAFTS)

The best book on the market that covers text on smithing including the general principles of metalwork, types and properties of metals, tools, and techniques. Numerous diagrams, photos and illustrations enhance this in-depth, how-to book on silversmithing.

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Silversmithing (Jewelry Crafts)

LOST-WAX CASTING - SHOP EDITION : OLD, NEW, AND INEXPENSIVE METHODS

"Fred Sias is a retired university professor who now teaches lost-wax casting at workshops in North Carolina and Georgia. He has tried his hand at most jewelry-making techniques but then concentrated on wax modeling and lost-wax casting. Over the years a set of classroom handouts evolved into a textbook."

This Shop Edition is a basic introduction to lost-wax casting with emphasis on jewelry making. It is designed to be used both as a textbook and a reference book and is directed primarily at beginners. Experienced casters, however, will probably find some useful ideas; they may even find some new techniques. Heavy emphasis is placed upon understanding why things are done in a particular way, rather than simply presenting a set of cookbook rules that will always work. The Shop Edition is printed with extra-wide margins for notes and comments and is spiral bound so that it will lie flat on the workbench. The book is also available in a 7.44 x 9.69 inch perfect-bound edition. See ISBN 0-9679600-0-5.

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Lost-Wax Casting - Shop Edition: Old, New, and Inexpensive Methods

JEWELRY MAKING FOR BEGINNERS : A COMPLETE AND EASY STEP BY STEP GUIDE ( ULTIMATE HOW TO GUIDES )

"Jewelry Making For Beginners" is a text that not only highlights the basics of making various types of jewelry, it also goes just a bit further into the process without making it overwhelming for the beginner. The aim that the author has with this text is to inform and educate and make the overall process as easy as possible to execute.

The individual that has no concept at all of what jewelry making entails can read the text and not only get an overview of the jewelry making process but also get a bit of insight on the various processes that one can focus on be it using metal or beads or gems and stones.

This book is a great source of reference for any hobbyist with an interest in making jewelry in their spare time or someone who has a creative side and has an interest in earning an income from making jewelry. The book is a great place to start to achieve that goal of creating great piece of wearable art.

Of course this text will not appeal to everyone as not all are interested in using their hands or creativity to make something but for those who are it works.

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Jewelry Making For Beginners: A Complete & Easy Step by Step Guide (Ultimate How To Guides)

MASTERING THE ART OF BEADING : ESSENTIAL TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES EVERY JEWELRY MAKER MUST KNOW

Publication Date: December 15, 2010

Mastering the Art of Beading will do for jewelry making what Julia Child did for French food. In this definitive guide to all things beads, expert jewelry maker Genevieve A. Sterbenz covers all of the terms, tools, skills, and shortcuts necessary for creating beautiful beaded jewelry. With more than 800 how-to photographs, detailed and illustrated techniques, a photographic glossary, and useful resources, this book is packed to the brim with beading essentials. In addition, Sterbenz presents step-by-step instructions for 50 stunning projects in a range of techniques and styles. An accessible compendium dissecting every aspect of this popular craft, Mastering the Art of Beading will be the resource craftersdabblers and experts alikewill want on their bookshelf for years to come.

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Mastering the Art of Beading: Essential Tools and Techniques Every Jewelry Maker Must Know

TORCH-FIRED ENAMEL JEWELRY: A WORKSHOP IN PAINTING WITH FIRE

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 I am so proud of the work I did for this book!  The "immersion" technique of torch-firing is groundbreaking!  Can you imagine enameling a bead in 40 seconds instead of 40 minutes?  How about enameling pendants in the same amount of time, but also embedding watch gears and millefiori wafers while the pendant is still on the mandrel.  Easy, quick, and extremely affordable! No $500 kilns required.  For about $100 you'll have the torch, the bead pulling station (the workhorse of the system), several enamels, copper pieces and metal beads, mandrels, clamps ... everything you need for a beginning enamel studio.

Besides the enameling part, you'll learn how to make a no-solder bezel and a rivet that requires no hammer!  There's some cool fold-forming and metalworking projects that use simple tools ... a pair of metal snips, a two-hole punch, and a hammer.  It doesn't get more basic than that but wait 'til you see the jewelry you can create!  Welcome to my world!  I hope you'll join me here.  If you want to check out the torch-fired enamel scene, please join me at paintingwithfire.ning.com, where it's all about torch-firing. Also, please check out the website for my book:  torchfiredenameljewelry.com.  :-)  Barbara

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Torch-Fired Enamel Jewelry: A Workshop in Painting with Fire