Gemstone Settings: The Jewelry Maker's Guide to Styles & Techniques

By Anastasia Young

Book Overview

This encyclopedic overview gives jewelry makers an in-depth, technical guide to stone setting.

Gemstone Settings 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, photos, and illustrations about stones and metals - including their suitability, what makes a design wearable and durable, and in-depth details on pre-made versus handmade settings.

With step-by-step instructions, learn how to set your most beloved precious, semiprecious, and organic stones with projects that range from elegant diamond masterpieces to earthy pearl or coral everyday favorites.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596686367
• ISBN13: 9781596686366
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Krause Craft
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 10.1"