Braided Wire Jewelry (A Schiffer Book for Craftspeople) [Paperback]

Loretta Henry (Author)

Book Description

Series: A Schiffer Book for Craftspeople | Publication Date: March 1997

A new type of craft, braided wire jewelry does not require expensive equipment and can be made by almost anyone with easily found materials. Come and give it a try! Pretty, delicate-looking (but actually quite strong) jewelry, including pendants, pins, watchbands, and earrings, can be made from wires, beads and stones. Cute monkey, butterfly, and cross shapes are shown, and you are encouraged to design your own styles once you learn her techniques. Let your imagination go! Have fun being creative! Step-by-step instructions with color photographs and detail drawings guide you through the basic techniques and seven projects with various levels of difficulty.

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About the Author

Loretta Henry is a talented craft designer from Utica, Kentucky.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887408672
• ISBN-13: 978-0887408670
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,695,615 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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51 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars really elementary. good for school children, perhaps, February 15, 1999

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This review is from: Braided Wire Jewelry (A Schiffer Book for Craftspeople) (Paperback)

this book only uses one form of braiding, and spends pages explaining how to do it -- the same braids we all learned as children, for pigtails. Then the patterns are gussied up with beads but there's nothing here the rankest beginner wouldn't invent for onesself -- nothing new. A pity.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Itty bitty pictures, April 4, 2003

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Christine Saalbach (San Antonio TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Braided Wire Jewelry (A Schiffer Book for Craftspeople) (Paperback)

Loretta wishes you "good luck" at the outset and you'll certainly need it. The photos are too tiny to distinguish any detail. I recommend that this book go back to the publisher to have the wire shown in its actual size. Pare down the explanations because bigger pictures could show more. In its current state, the book is fairly useless to learn wire wrapping techniques.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, January 7, 2010

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L. Denton (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Braided Wire Jewelry (A Schiffer Book for Craftspeople) (Paperback)

I was very disappointed with this book. As a metal weaver and instructor of wire wrapping, this looked like a wonderful book to share with my students and new techniques for me to try. There were many pictures and drawings that I felt were difficult to follow as the actual things we needed to see were too small. The potential was there, but the technique failed. It appeared to be a revival of 70's art mixed in with primative Native American style.