Teach Yourself Jewellery Making

By Emma Gale

Covering everything from how to make attractive jewellery out of paper, to setting up a workshop, to creating exciting and ornate pieces out of wire and metal, "Teach Yourself Jewellery Making" is a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844226718
• ISBN13: 9780844226712
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Techniques beyond beading

I give credit to the author for covering such a range of jewelry making techniques; there is much to learn here for anyone who wants to go beyond stringing beads. The book can certainly broaden one's knowledge of all the different methods and tools that can be used to make jewelry, and the dedicated jeweler will find much to refer to. The only fault I find with the book is that it covers each technique in too short a space. This list will give a better idea of what is covered in the book, and will help you know if this is the type of craft you'd like to pursue: 1. Laminated paper tiara (laminated with iron) 2. Earrings made with a stack of hole punched paper discs! 3. Papier-mache beads 4. Felt beads made from raw sheep fleece and dyed 5. Annealing metal 6. Saw piercing, drilling, filing, soldering (showing diagrams of tools and techniques) 7. Wire pulled through a draw plate 8. Forging wire 9. Making jump rings and simple chain 10. Knitting wire 11. Shaping wire with doming blocks and fly press 12. Chasing for creating relief designs 13. Roll printing using a roll mill 14. Etching and leafing 15. Polishing with a polishing motor 16. Inlaying, riveting 17. Setting stones 18. Enameling with a kiln (larger section dedicated to this) 19. Casting techniques 20. Making shapes with redsins and plastics (thermosetting)