Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75749 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From Library Journal
The Complete Book of Jewelry Making is a beautifully illustrated guide to jewelry-making techniques. In content it is similar to Jinks McGrath's The Encyclopedia of Jewelry-Making Techniques (LJ 11/1/95) with the addition of a very useful chapter on the properties of metals (gold and silver) and seven step-by-step projects for contemporary jewelry. When the techniques have been mastered, it is time for Jewellery: Design Sourcebook, a gallery of photographs of jewelry as art featuring the creations of over 75 contemporary artists. From a practical standpoint most of these are unwearable, but this is a rather fascinating look at the art jewelry of today. Both of these books are for larger or specialized arts and crafts collections.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
When jewelry is no longer defined by the precious metals or stones used, the new meaning enables amateurs and professionals alike to stretch their imaginations. And so does this first book by a Barcelona teacher and practitioner. He concentrates on ensuring that readers have a good understanding of the basics, from the ABCs of metallurgy to such complicated techniques as enameling and lacquering. In fact, included are a few resurrected methods; for instance, niello, an easily accomplished form of enameling, is often seen in eastern European silver pieces but rarely in the U.S. Most of the examples are contemporary, taken from European designers, and all blessed with great color photographs--as is the grand finale, the step-by-step how-tos of seven different pieces, detailed with words and in pictures, though none are really intended for rank beginners. An introduction for buyers as well as for budding artisans. Barbara Jacobs
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Customer Reviews

Great perspective on Jewelry
I enjoy this book because it supplies a visibly european slant to the methods and techniques contained within it. I enjoy that because most the books you will find on jewelry fabrication are all written in english by Americans. We need to see more books with a decidedly european influence like this one. This book gives the jeweler a larger perspective on what others are doing around the world. I bought this book and plan on getting others by Carles Codina.

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Very informative!
I have bought 11 books about jewelry making (metal jewelry)from Amazon.fr and I think this one is the best.It is really a very informative book with hundreds of good colors photos.

Great techniques book
This book is great for intermediate to advanced metalsmiths. It provides detailed instructions in many basic techniques as well as some more obscure. Find hints on making hinges, clasps, settings. Basic metalsmithing techniques are well covered. Patination, reticulation, granulation and many others are well described.