This book is aimed at wire jewellery artists yearning to expand their skills in metalwork but without the desire to set up a full metalsmithing studio. All metalwork in Wire + Metal can be done with basic tool many wire-workers are already familiar with, plus a few new ones. Incorporating prefab metal blanks, blanks punched from sheet metal, and sheet metal cut with shears, everything will be fabricated with easy-to-do techniques that can be done right at the kitchen table. Wire work includes l...
Create jewelry that is uniquely you with Custom Cool Jewelry. Add a personal, handcrafted touch to any piece using just a few easy-to-find materials for one-of-a-kind results every time. Melinda Barta, assistant managing editor of Beadwork magazine, shows clever ideas for boutique-style projects with a personal twist. All it takes is basic jewelry-making and crafting skills. Think outside the box with Melinda's unconventional uses of common crafting supplies. Learn to bake bead collages with re...
Jewelry was worn by ancient Egyptians at every level of society and, like their modern descendants, they prized it for its aesthetic value, as a way to adorn and beautify the body. It was also a conspicuous signifier of wealth, status, and power. But jewelry in ancient Egypt served another fundamental purpose: its wearers saw it as a means to absorb positive magical and divine powers-to protect the living, and the dead, from the malignant forces of the unseen. The types of metals or stones used...
Bead Runway Kumihimo Technique Pattern Series Volume 1
by Cindy Grayson
Charms are the latest hot accessory to hang on your jeans, bag, key ring, belt or phone. Expert beadworker Stephanie Burnham has designed twenty fabulous charms you will want to make using simple techniques and gorgeous beads. Twenty great designs Twenty alternative colour schemes Clear step-by-step instructions Easy and fun to make
This beautiful, luxury book is the culmination of years of jewellery collecting by one of Azerbaijan's most prominent philanthropists.
I love vintage shopping in flea markets, vintage stores and yard sales
by Lola Yayo
Author Nealay Patel's distinct sense of style and color appeals to crystal lovers looking for inspiration and new design ideas. Readers learn to use weaving, wire-working, and other creative techniques, like stitching with crystals and beading wire, to create ten truly unique jewelry sets. Beading wire is easy to find and use with little investment; it is also very forgiving and can be reshaped as many times as necessary. Clear step-by-step instructions and thorough, easy-to-follow photos and il...
Christie's Twentieth-Century Jewelry
by David Lancaster and Sally Everitt
Chain is not only a very popular element in jewelry-making, but designing with chain is very hot in jewelry design and designing with chain is fast, fun, and affordable.Popular beading magazines are featuring projects incorporating chain, and the designs range from classic to vintage to punk. Chain Style expands on this hot trend by offering 50 creative ideas for how to use chain as the key design feature. Designing with chain is fast, fun, and affordable. A few special beads connected together...