Making Fantastic Jewelry

By Paola Romanelli

Book Overview

Baubles, bangles, and beads: have a little creative fun and soon you'll be wearing rings on your fingers, bracelets round your wrist, and ornaments circling your neck. Craft these pretty jewels with the most unbelievably ordinary materials, like paper hardened and painted; tin foil rounded into shiny pearls; polymer clay turned into earrings; seashells strung together; pinecones hung on wire, pieces of smooth wood knotted onto a necklace; and even foods. Many of these fantastic and colourful pieces reveal the influence of Indian, African, and South American traditions and work with nature's beautiful bounty. Fluffy white feathers, pendants of rice grains, and Italian pasta rings on coloured cord recall Native American motifs. A mosaic collar on wire - here in a fish shape, but you can trace any design you like - glistens with shiny sea glass. Every unique item will delight the imagination and the lucky recipient.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402701241
• ISBN13: 9781402701245
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

I Love this Book

I checked out this book from the library before buying it. The ideas are simple and easy to do. I bought the book for the basic ideas it suggests, and not for exact patterns/designs. So I guess if you have no imagination, don't buy the book! If you are a free spirited person and can think for yourself, with merely an idea tossed your way, then this book has some excellant advice and ideas. Also I am concerned about recycling and making my crafts with recyceled materials. This book fits the bill, as for suggestions and ways to go about doing that.