A Treatise on the Foot of the Horse, and a New System of Shoeing, by One-Sided-Nailing
by James Turner
A complete guide for the metalwork novice, this book provides thorough and detailed overviews on a variety of blacksmithing tools, techniques, and projects. Expert instructions lead you through every stage of each project and show you how to make your own forge as well as how to build, maintain, and use a suitable fire. Including sections on safety, taking heats, finishes, cutting steel and buying a forge, this book is the ultimate resource for anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of m...
Casting for the Home Workshop (Crowood Metalworking Guides)
by Henry Tindell and Dave Cooper
The techniques of casting are of crucial importance in our day-to-day lives, being used in the manufacture of diverse products ranging from dental implants and hip replacement joints, through bicycle frames and car engine parts, to the most exquisite items of sculpture and jewellery. Nevertheless, the prospect of casting can seem daunting to the home metalworker. Casting for the Home Workshop aims to demystify the craft and make it accessible to all. Topics covered include the history of cast...
This is a versatile gem that collects together 20 projects. It teaches all the basic techniques in a comprehensive yet easy to follow manner. It provides a rich mix of projects for budding jewellers, from gold filigree earrings to a pearl-accented pendant. Based on the book "Contemporary Bead & Wire Jewelry", this title of 20 projects is a versatile gem. Comprehensive and easy to follow, it teaches all the basic techniques and provides a rich collection of projects for budding jewelers to dive i...
This title includes step-by-step instructions for 30 projects. Bronze metal clay is the natural next choice for the large silver metal clay market; it's far less expensive, so crafters can expand their creativity creating larger-scale pieces. As a member of the Technical Support Team for Rio Grande (a huge online distributor of jewellery supplies), Yvonne Padilla is an expert at answering crafters' questions about bronze. In addition to providing step-by-step instructions for 30 projects, she ex...
Combining the allure of metal clay jewellery with the three-dimensional dynamism of origami, the pieces in this guide from noted artist Sara Jayne Cole are riveting. Cole offers up the know-how to fold metal clay paper sheets using surprisingly easy techniques and a gallery of inspirational work is sure to have crafters of all skill levels eager to start on the 25 contemporary projects.
Emotional, provocative, conceptual, imaginative, hazardous, profound, crazy, colourful, astringent, personal, sophisticated, playful..."The Fat Booty of Madness" - All facets are covered and the craft of goldsmithing is taught undogmatically at Munich Art Academy. The 'class for jewellery and tableware' and its far-flung international network have contributed substantially to Munich's reputation worldwide as a leading centre of auteur jewellery. The class has been supervised since 1991 by Profes...
Stained glass is one of the most popular and appealing crafts - and through inspiring photos and lucid instruction, artist Vicki Payne gives beginners the knowledge and confidence to become proficient in the art. With 3 easy-to-master techniques, any crafter can create attention-grabbing, light-catching stained glass projects, from an Art Nouveau Tulip Panel to boxes, candleholders, birdhouses, and garden stepping stones. Artist Vicki Payne demystifies all the basic processes of using copper foi...
This book takes a fresh look at the ancient craft of silversmithing with 18 projects that teach a solid body of skills. This full-color, comprehensive manual provides artisans with a thorough understanding of silver's properties: what it is and how it behaves. Beginning, intermediate, and advanced techniques are explained and then applied to craft amazingly beautiful items. You can use brushing, sawing, piercing, and polishing procedures to fashion a simple bud vase. You can progress to a baby r...
It's fashionable and fun to wear handcrafted jewellery, especially when you make it with your hands and it takes only a few hours. Bend, twist, and wrap your way to distinctive jewellery just your style. Choose from 66 projects that include: wrapped wire necklaces and earrings; spiral fashion pin, ID chain, headband, and pendant. From woven beads and pearls, try a fashion pin, finger butterfly, and hair comb, or make personalities with beads: Santa, bride groom, teen girl and boy, baby girl, bab...
This title is suitable for jewellery makers who have had some experience with beading, wire-working and basic cold-connection techniques (such as riveting) and are ready to move on to the next level and add a core metalworking skill to their creative repertoire. Jewellery designer Jennifer Chin offers detailed instruction in the materials and techniques of soldering, supported by a series of lessons and progressive projects inspired by her stunning jewellery designs. The result is a solid refere...
In Metal Clay 101 for Beaders, Kristal Wick uses step-by-step photos to teach readers how to use copper, silver and bronze metal clay to create simple customised embellishments and findings to perfectly match beaded jewellery. Beaders will learn how to form and fire the three predominant kinds of metal clay. The techniques presented include sculpting, moulding, adding inclusions, creating texture, polishing and applying patinas. Wick provides in-depth instructions on using metal clay to shape be...
Crafting with Copper: 27 Creative Projects for Home & Garden
by Jana Freiband
Beautifully illustrated throughout, this distinctive collection will give an insight into the work of an English, twentieth century, master goldsmith.Each photograph is of a unique piece, showing that the skills of a traditionally trained goldsmith can still create gold and silver pieces that can rival that of the past revered Russian master goldsmiths.This book will be of interest to anyone who can appreciate and is interested in the skills of a master goldsmith, and one who takes pleasure in i...
Bringing together the collective wisdom of a past generation of craftsmen, Old Fashioned Toolmaking provides an in-depth record of the skills and techniques that made the mass production revolution of the twentieth century possible. When first published in 1915, this book was an answer to a vast array of tool-room problems and explained many essential toolmaking operations. It includes timeless practices as well as some personally tailored methods by master toolmakers, including how to: make str...