Modern Jewelry from Modular Parts: Easy Projects Using Readymade Components (Lark Jewelry Books) [Hardcover]

Marthe Le Van (Author), Larry Shea (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Lark Jewelry Books | Publication Date: November 1, 2007

Everyone can make stylish contemporary jewelry with ease! This beginner’s guide holds the key: simply take widely available manufactured metal parts (hollow tubes, solid rods, precut perforated sheets) and arrange them in repeating patterns that develop into complex designs. The techniques—filing, drilling, piercing, cold connecting, soldering—are simple, and step-by-step photos capture every essential stage of the construction process. Today’s most innovative designers, including Christine Dhein, Kristin Lora, and Amy Tavern, contribute to the 25 projects, and the variety of metals and colors showcased in their pieces yield stunning results. From Victoria Cho’s very kinetic “Guitar String Stickpin” to Joanna Gollberg’s magnificent cerulean and gold necklace, it’s clear the modular possibilities are endless!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (November 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600590470
• ISBN-13: 978-1600590474
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #736,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marthe Le Van is an editor for Lark Jewelry. Since 2000, she has written, edited, juried, or curated more than 40 titles. The books she's authored on making jewelry include 30-Minute Earrings, 30-Minute Necklaces, Stitched Jewels, Prefab Jewelry, Fabulous Jewelry from Found Objects, and The Art of Jewelry: Paper Jewelry. Marthe has also served as the editor for all jewelry books in Lark's popular "500" series, as well as the juror for 500 Wedding Rings and the curator for Masters: Gold. She is a member of the Art Jewelry Forum and the Society of North American Golsmiths. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars its ok, was hoping for more tho, January 31, 2008

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jokat (london UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Jewelry from Modular Parts: Easy Projects Using Readymade Components (Lark Jewelry Books) (Hardcover)

I was expecting this book to be a revelation. To show what can be done with the ready parts we can buy.(genius) It does, but with a bit less imagination than I had anticipated. I have still come away with ideas that I didn't have before, but the projects contained in this book are not really that cool. The subject of the book itself has opened MY OWN ideas up - which has value, of course, but if you don't already have a working knowledge and a strong creative ideas resevoir, then you may not like it that much. So, its hard to say with this one - get it if you don't mind sending it back if it holds nothing for you. I have kept it, because of the info at the begining and because of what ideas it gives me that are aside from it, that are my own.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just okay, June 22, 2008

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W. Swift (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Jewelry from Modular Parts: Easy Projects Using Readymade Components (Lark Jewelry Books) (Hardcover)

I agree with another reviewer that I was hoping for more from this book. I was hoping it would show how to incorporate found objects, but instead it did more of how to make your jewelry look "industrial". The projects are okay, but I felt like they were just how to make your jewelery "look modern" without using the "modern parts" like it promises. Don't get me wrong, there are a few examples with parts, but not every example like I was expecting. I did keep the book though, as I usually do with a lot of them to refer to for inspiration.