Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads (Jewelry Arts Workshop) [Hardcover]

Linda Kaye-Moses (Author)

Book Description

Series: Jewelry Arts Workshop | Publication Date: July 1, 2009

Precious metal clay (PMC) is an innovative material that combines the workability of clay with the beautiful finish and durability of precious metals. The material is easy to manipulate and shape by hand to make beads for bracelets, necklaces, and other jewelry. This book contains fifteen projects for creating fine silver beads and a design gallery of 25 additional jewelry pieces. Intro chapters include information about tools and techniques. Projects are organized workshop-style, to build skills cumulatively.

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About the Author

Linda Kaye-Moses’ work and articles have appeared in Lapidary Journal, Step-by-Step Jewelry, The Crafts Report, Metalsmith, Ornament, Art Jewelry, American Craft, American Style, The New York Times, and Craft Art International, among others. Her work has received several awards. She has also participated in numerous juried and invitational shows and is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Craft Council and the Society of North American Goldsmiths.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Creative Publishing international (July 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158923443X
• ISBN-13: 978-1589234437
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 9.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #980,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Linda Kaye-Moses has been making jewels since 1976 and her mixed media constructs (Jewels and Nesting Cases) are an extension of her intention to build fully realized objects (jewels within display cases).

In 1996 she was invited to the PMC Master Class; and began teaching the following year. She became a Certified Precious Metal Clay Artisan in 1999 and has been teaching workshops nationally and internationally. She was Curator for the 2001 Precious Metal Clay exhibition, Millenial Metal and for Recollected/Re-Invented; The Narrative Found Object at the Bignell Gallery (Brookfield, CT).

Her piece was selected as a PMC Finalist in the 2005 Saul Bell Design Awards.
She has also received two Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council Grants and three Massachusetts Cultural Council Professional Development Grants.

She has shown her work in galleries and shows, including the Smithsonian Craft Show, ACC Craft Fairs and The Paradise City Arts Festivals and has been published and/or featured in major periodicals and books, including: In the Picture; Framing the Visual Arts (Oxford University Press, Australia) Art Jewelry Today and Art Jewelry Today II ; Discovery; Fifty Years of Craft Experience at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Creative Metal Clay Jewelry; Fabulous Jewelry from Found Objects; PMC Decade; and Making Metal Beads, as well as in the following periodicals: Craft Arts International, Art Jewelry, Lapidary Journal, Jewelry Artist and American Style. She is the author of a book on metal clay titled: Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads (pub: Creative Publishing International, 2009)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kudos to Linda-Kaye Moses for A Great Metal Clay Book, July 19, 2009

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This review is from: Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads (Jewelry Arts Workshop) (Hardcover)

I am so glad that I purchased this book. Yes, I'll admit I'm addicted to getting books that tell me more about what I work with. I have lots of them. This book is a welcome addition to my library. Linda has put together a fine collection of 15 projects that I've never even thought to do before - Ribbon beads with stones twirling around inside? Winged hollow beads? Lantern beads? WOW. I'm impressed. Yes, this book is a great coffee table book, and yet it will challenge even the most experienced metal clay artist. Beginners - no worry, she covers the basics for you as well. The photographs are very well done. Step-By-Step instructions are easy to follow too. You won't be disappointed if you purchase this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book with New Ideas, August 9, 2009

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ravenwoman "gem seeker" (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads (Jewelry Arts Workshop) (Hardcover)

Linda Kaye-Moses has written a great step-by-step book, that is both visually stunning and informative. It's as though you are taking a class with Linda. The many texture techniques, tips, and comments, make it timely and innovative, compared to other books on the subject. I'll be using it as a teaching tool in classes that I teach, as well as selling it to students as a great resource for both beginners and advanced students.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good projects, clear photos, nice eye candy, July 28, 2009

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Lorrene J. Davis - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads (Jewelry Arts Workshop) (Hardcover)

Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads is written by a multitalented and multimedia artist. Every metal clay artist and bead maker will find this book full of inventive information in every chapter. It is also very well written. The artist, Linda Kaye-Moses, is a multi award winning jewelry maker who has written articles for many magazines and has been featured in many one woman gallery shows.

This book is perfect for both beginner through advanced metal clayers. It has a good basic chapter on the metal clay, its properties, safety, firing the material and more. The main thing I found lacking in this chapter was it doesn't cover all the metal clay products. It only promotes one brand, PMC. There are other clays that the author could have included in the book that have specific purposes dealing with metal clay and mixed media. Her compilation of tools and supplies is one of the best in my metal clay library.

Each project is clearly written with concise instructions and excellent photos of steps to be taken to complete the work. The projects are artful, interesting and full of must-have techniques for all metal clayers to use.

What I like best about the book are the sidebar notations on tips and tricks to make each project flow into being. Just about every chapter has tips to help the reader/doer along the creative path. Also pleasing to me is each of the projects skill level is clearly stated.

The appendices and resources are very helpful, although incomplete because of just one product being promoted in the book. I agree with the artist that she should use the clay of her choice. But it bothered me that there were other times and temperatures for Art Clay Silver that could have been included to make the book complete for all beginners. There are only two brands so it would have been easy to incorporate both. Not including BRONZclay nor COPPRclay.