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Illustrated with both period and new photographs, this is a study of the Art Deco ironwork of Edgar Brandt (1880-1960), a leading creative force during a period of remarkable achievement in French design. Brandt's grilles, screens, tables, lighting fixtures and bronze vessels - highlights of the famous 1925 Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels in Paris - are sought after today by collectors around the world. These and the Brandt studio's larger commissions - for the ocean liner "Paris"...

Michael Rowe (b.1948) is regarded as one of the most significant figures in the development of contemporary applied art in Britain. Rowe is an artist and designer in metal whose work has extended the boundaries of traditional silversmithing. His particular focus has been container and vessel forms, treated not only as geometrical structures but also as carriers of meaning. His work is notable for its innovative approach to concept and form. The creative tension between geometry and poetry, betwe...

This book provides a unique approach to enamelling, piercing, etching, and more with 30 mixed metal projects that inspire adventurous designers to expand on their basic metalworking skills. Step inside Kim St. Jean's workshop as she teaches advanced beginner to intermediate jewellery makers how to create 30 mixed-metal and mixed-media projects that celebrate the process as well as the finished product. Readers will learn to build colour with enamelling, add detail with etching, create unique set...

Beautiful Wire Jewelry for Beaders features projects that combine wireworking skills with beaded jewelry design. The book is technique-driven, with chapters on wire fundamentals, terminology, materials, and basic wireworking techniques, and projects that develop the reader's skills. The projects incorporate gemstones, crystal, glass, and pearls and are designed for both beaders and wireworkers of all skill levels. Beautiful Wire Jewelry for Beaders includes appealing designs -- all tested -- for...

Comprehensive and sophisticated in its approach, Metalsmithing for Jewelry Makers is the ultimate reference for jewelry makers of all levels. Exploring a wide range of both precious and non precious metals, traditional methods are examined alongside contemporary styles and adaptations to offer a unique and inspirational insight into the art and craft of jewelry making for today's artisan. Freshly commissioned, full-colour photographs accompany detailed step-by-step tutorials, while comprehensive...

Wire & Fire, award-winning jewelry artisan Kaska Firor’s collaboration with her daughter, designer Katherine Firor Colque, is a collection of stunning wire and metal projects with an artisan flair! The book combines traditional wire-wrapping techniques like weaving and coiling with torch-based techniques, including forging, sawing, shaping and soldering wire, making a bezel, and creating wire prongs. Combining these styles opens up a world of design possibilities for sophisticated wire jewelry....

Soldering is one of the most commonly used processes in jewellery, but its potential is often overlooked. This practical book explains the basics of the method but goes on to suggest ways in which soldering can be used to explore ideas and produce unique pieces. Topics covered include further applications such as silver soldering; sweat soldering; soldering small items, attaching fixings and findings, stick feeding and advanced techniques. Written both for beginners and for those wishing to e...

Color on Metal presents the work and words of metal artists in love with color. In the past several years, jewelry and decorative metal objects have become emancipated from the traditional reliance on silver and gold. Not only are copper and brass now fair game for "serious" designers, but the beautiful rich colors of enamels and patinas, as well as recent technologies like electroplating and anodizing, have become increasingly popular. An introductory chapter explains the different ways that me...

This book is described by Nor Hall as "a praise-piece to duplicitous metal-artful and harrowing-and to its handlers." Part One, "Irons in the Fire," is a prose character sketch of iron and iron workers, "the people who work iron and can't keep their hands off it." These are strangely passionate people (the real "Iron Johns" and "Janes"!) with "a compulsion to adore that binds them in an essential community of iron men and ferrous women." Offering a history, mythology, and psychology of the eleme...