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Presents an illustrated guide to jewelry making techniques, looks at the properties of metals, and seven step-by-step projects for modern jewelry.
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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Magnificent photographs,
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This review is from: The Complete Book of Jewelry Making: A Full-color Introduction to the Jeweler's Art (Paperback)
I probably will never make jewellery using gold and silver but the book is well worth it just for the fantastically inspiring photos
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4.6 out of 5 stars (22 customer reviews) 33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
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Superb introduction to jeweler's techniques for serious amateurs.,
By Joshua G. Feldman "Technophile" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Complete Book of Jewelry Making: A Full-color Introduction to the Jeweler's Art (Paperback)
I've been doing basic stone setting and soldering fabrication for a couple of years and have been looking for a good introduction to more advanced jeweler's techniques to help inspire me to take it to the next level. There are a multitude of beautifully illustrated and produced books that attempt to do this - but fail because they don't show you enough (in an misguided attempt to keep it simple) - The Encyclopedia of Jewelry-Making Techniques comes to mind as an example of this problem. This book - Carles Codina's The Complete Book of Jewelry Making - is the real deal. It serves as a basic introduction, but gives enough detail to really get you off the ground and doing projects. I learned new wrinkles on techniques I thought I knew - and got really good insight into new techniques I've been wanting to learn, such as bead setting, engraving, bright cutting, granulation, reticulation, patination, enamel, etc.. Impressive as getting this right is - this book goes further: it gets into the cultural history and significance of jewelery art and is full of really inspiring examples of jeweler's art. Simply having pictures of great art isn't impressive - but really connecting the achieved vision of that art with the techniques described is. So, you don't just get a good idea of how to do the technique and what it looks like - but you also get a real sense of why; of how the technique pays off artistically.
This book starts off with a brief introduction of where jewelry fits in human civilization. Then it moves to introducing the bench and basic techniques and then moves on to advanced techniques. The basic techniques section mentions important details such as collecting and organizing your scraps and assaying metals. The techniques section illustrate each technique step by step and each one shows you a finished project. Finally it does a series of project illustrated step by step that make use of multiple techniques in a real applied fashion. Each part of the book is illustrated with sumptuous photographs showing the technique and tools. The text is brief, but doesn't lack detail. The artistic vision of the artist is modern - but whether you love the pieces shown or not, there is no debating that they utilize and illustrate the craft in an admirable fashion. This book fires me up and gets me working. 24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not another tacky project book!,
By Bookworm - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Complete Book of Jewelry Making (Jewelry Crafts) (Hardcover)
Finally, a jewelry making book that is more than just another tacky project book. This book covers a wide range of techniques and materials. No, you will not master all of these techniques by reading this book, but you will find a wealth of information and inspiration to make your own jewelry. There are projects at the end of the book, but you do not have to make the items in order to understand the technique being demonstrated. This is an inspiring intermediate to advanced book.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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Beautiful book,
By H3-D Technology - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Complete Book of Jewelry Making (Jewelry Crafts) (Hardcover)
I acquired this book at about the same time I started taking courses in Jewellery design. The images and the deceptively easy breakdown of processes inspired me to be ambitious with my own work. This is certainly one of those books designed to get you enthusiastic about working in the craft, even if many of the techniques are not for the beginner.
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