Teach Yourself Jewellery Making [Paperback]

Emma Gale (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1999 | Series: Teach Yourself Books

Covering everything from how to make attractive jewellery out of paper, to setting up a workshop, to creating exciting and ornate pieces out of wire and metal, Teach Yourself Jewellery Making is a complete course in basic jewellery techniques for beginners. Featuring a full-color format, clear, step-by-step instructions, and numerous color illustrations, this book makes it easier than ever for aspiring jewellery makers to quickly master a wide range of skills and techniques.

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About the Author

Emma Gale and Ann Little are professional jewellery makers and run their own jewellery making business. Their workcan be seen in galleries throughtout the world.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844226718
• ISBN-13: 978-0844226712
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,031,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Techniques beyond beading, December 21, 2004

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Jewellery Making (Paperback)

I give credit to the author for covering such a range of jewelry making techniques; there is much to learn here for anyone who wants to go beyond stringing beads. The book can certainly broaden one's knowledge of all the different methods and tools that can be used to make jewelry, and the dedicated jeweler will find much to refer to. The only fault I find with the book is that it covers each technique in too short a space.

This list will give a better idea of what is covered in the book, and will help you know if this is the type of craft you'd like to pursue:

1. Laminated paper tiara (laminated with iron)
2. Earrings made with a stack of hole punched paper discs!
3. Papier-mache beads
4. Felt beads made from raw sheep fleece and dyed
5. Annealing metal
6. Saw piercing, drilling, filing, soldering (showing diagrams of tools and techniques)
7. Wire pulled through a draw plate
8. Forging wire
9. Making jump rings and simple chain
10. Knitting wire
11. Shaping wire with doming blocks and fly press
12. Chasing for creating relief designs
13. Roll printing using a roll mill
14. Etching and leafing
15. Polishing with a polishing motor
16. Inlaying, riveting
17. Setting stones
18. Enameling with a kiln
(larger section dedicated to this)
19. Casting techniques
20. Making shapes with redsins and plastics (thermosetting)

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Skip this book, November 7, 2005

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This review is from: Teach Yourself Jewellery Making (Paperback)

Skip over this book if you are looking for a basic book of jewelry making techiniques. It does have a few pages of techniques but most of it some very odd jewelry, even sculpture, not anything the average person would want to make.