Kategoria BISAC: Crafts & Hobbies >> Jewelry

Create unique and beautiful jewelry that you can wear with pride with this stunning new book. Wired Jewelry is the perfect introduction for anyone keen on creating their own jewelry using wire, beads, and basic knitting, crochet, and twisting techniques. Using these simple skills, you can quickly learn to make necklaces, bracelets, and earrings that will perfectly match your outfits and be the envy of all your friends Each project is illustrated with clear step-by-step pictures to guide you through the process. All basic knitting,...

This book offers an essential reference for anyone interested in contemporary European jewellery design. Through guided conversations with the major designers of today, Roberta Bernabei reveals the creative, conceptual and technical working practices that underpin the aesthetic of each practitioner's work. In addition, the dialogues shed new light on these jewellers' inspiration and their ideas about functionality and the human body. Each interview is supported by photographs and a detailed bibliography and appendix which locates the jewellers' work in galleries, museums as well as online....

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Glamour, Glamour, Glamour

Glamourista: Fashion, beauty, dazzling gems and animal jewels, elegant updos and flowing tresses, plus fun accessories Twenty-five original, hand-drawn and digitally recreated, single-sided pages feature fashion-forward, stylish illustrations for you to color.

Included is a FREE DUPLICATE SET of the entire collection of images to share with a friend or to experiment with different mediums

- 25 pages + 1 bonus page (TWO sets - a total of 52 pages to...

"Gemstone Settings" is the most in-depth, technical guide to stone setting. Jewelry makers will enjoy an encyclopedic overview, which features an extensive summary of stone-setting and techniques for creating beautiful gemstone jewelry, from basic bezels and prongs to pave, carre, clusters, and numerous others--including cold joins, precious metal clay, settings for fragile stones, and settings that allow the stones to move.

You'll also discover detailed information about stones and metals--including their suitability, gorgeous photos and illustrations for visual support, what makes a...

Creating your own jewelry doesn't need to involve complicated techniques and expensive tools. With just a few steps, The Big Book of Jewelry Making shows you how to make simple, fun items in no time at all. And all the projects are easy to customize or adapt to your own particular style. With a dazzling array of earrings, bracelets, necklaces and more, you're sure to find something to inspire you.

This bumper book features 75 jewlery projects, from quirky to stylish, so there is plenty to choose from. Each project is accompanied by clear...

In Death Lamented: The Tradition of Anglo-American Mourning Jewelry illustrates and explains prime examples of rings, bracelets, brooches, and other pieces of mourning jewelry from the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. Like the exhibition at the Massachusetts Historical Society, this volume showcases the materials in the Society's collection and that of Sarah Nehama, a jeweler and private collector who co-curated the event at the MHS. These elegant and evocative objects are presented in context, including written explanations of the history, use, and meaning of the...

With beautiful illustrations and step-by-step instructions, this how-to book includes all the techniques involved in crafting metal jewelry, including:

--Cutting and filing

--Cold connections

--Soldering

--Texturing

--Forging and forming

--Setting stones

--Applying specialty finishes

The book's clear organization provides easy access to information with straightforward directions and hundreds of full-color photos. You'll also find easy projects for trying the techniques, as well as a stunning gallery of metal jewelry pieces by experienced...