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Setting Stones in Metal Clay

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I teach Jewelry and metalworking at a college and have introduced PMC as part of the casting segment. Although this method has not been sanctioned by the state as part of the curriculum, I still include it. I have been reading numerous books on this process and this book by far has the best explanation on setting stones, it goes in great detail and offers good advice. For any individual that is serious in PMC this is an important reference book to have.

I was very happy with this book -- i have very little metalsmithing and metal clay experience, and was hungry for more information on how to incorporate stones into my work. this book provides a lot of information on various techniques and how to execute them. there's a lot of general reference that's useful to working with metal clay in general. not fluffy like other books i've gotten on this subject. i do wish there were more illustrations that took you step by step through some of the techniques, but there's definitely many many options in the book for setting stones.

This book gives you great detail in understandable language for making bezels and setting any kind of stone in precious metal clay. It is a great addition to my pmc reference library.

I want to applaud the author of this book for sharing very detailed steps and best practices that are suitable for the more advance and adventuresome among metal clay artists. Well written and comprehensive with an excellent range of pictures to support the many different approaches, it will be a reference guide that I am sure will become well dog earred over time.

This book has lists of tests done to see what happens when you put different gems in a kiln so you don't have to test it yourself. Does not say much about bronze clay, but it is worth it if you are new to pmc like me. A must-have for the self-taught. Lots of illustrations. Lots of different setting techniques.

i am just a beginer and i found this book very helpful with it's instructions and pictures. also found the text very easy to follow

A very well thought out and presented book on setting stones in metal clay. The directions are easily followed and lend themselver to creativity on the part of the reader. A must have for metal clay artists.

Setting Stones in Metal Clay was long anticipated and the wait was worth it. Great information, thorough presentation.

If you have been working with silver clay and want to learn how to set stones in your pieces, this is the book for you!! Jeanette Landenwitch has done an excellent job of describing the many ways to set stones, including a list of the stones that can safely be fired in place in the clay, and those that must be set after the silver has been fired. A chapter on tools and materials discusses the tools needed for this work and how they are used, including the various ways to solder. This is followed by a chapter to help you decide the best setting for your particular type of stone, including how to calculate and allow for clay shrinkage. The chapter on bezels includes discussions on how to make bezels from clay, PMC sheet, syringe clay, bezel strip, and how to use purchased bezel cups. I had no idea there were so many different ways to make bezels. This is all followed by a chapter on the design and use of prongs, again made many different ways. The final chapter covers the use of posts, straps, pave, trapped settings, stone inlay, channel work, chip inlay, channel setting and combinations of various settings.

Rather than photographs to illustrate the thorough directions, drawings by Tim McCreight illustrate the various steps. And scattered throughout the book are photographs of beautiful work done by many well-known clay artists. Six artists then describe how they made a piece with set stones. And Tim McCreight uses photos to illustrate how to make a brooch with a malachite cabochon and two moonstones.

EXCELLENT book. I wish I would have purchased this one first. It's really the only one I need. It has everything you need to know about setting stones.