Make Your Own Great Earrings: Beads, Wire, Polymer Clay, Fabric, Found Objects

by Jane La Ferla and Jane LaFerla

Book Overview

Author and gallery owner Jane LaFerla presents more than 45 pairs of earrings to make, each more exciting than the last, grouped into five materials/techniques: beads, metal, fiber, polymer clay,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579900143
• ISBN13: 9781579900144
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

one of the best I've found

I have been making jewlery as a hobby for 20 years. This book was inspiring, offering a broad spectrum of earring types with excellent pictures and instructions for each. I rate it highly for the variety of styles & clarity of instructions - good for beginner or a veteran!

Something for everyone

As the author states: this is a book for "earring addicts". A little prior knowledge on how to use jewelry tools for forming and attaching loops to the earring wires may be necessary because these basic skills aren't well-explained. The instructions rely mostly on step-by-step explanations, and a photo of the finished piece, rather than diagrams. I like this book because I have gotten lots of good ideas from it. In particular I like the section showing several designs for coiled wire and bead earrings. I'm also interested in some made with seed beads woven together in interesting designs, including a dangling birdhouse. Not having prior experience with weaving beads, the instructions may be a little difficult to follow, but I still am willing to try. Fortunately, these woven designs do have diagrams.There are instructions for making earrings from all kinds of materials, including polymer clay, fused fabric that has a mosaic look, sheet metal formed into interesting shapes, gourds, and many other materials. Some of these materials require tools beyond traditional jewelry tools to work with, such as a jigsaw, metal file, and sewing machine. Although I think a few of the designs have a tacky out-dated look, the majority look quite boutiquish. For crafty earring lovers, there should be at least a few pieces here to inspire.