Featuring original ideas from top jewelry designers, this collection covers a range of contemporary and stylish projects, such as bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and pendants. Beginning with a primer on basic tools and techniques and covering fundamental wire-working skills in detail, including wire-wrapping, weaving, coiling, chain-making, hammering, texturing, and oxidizing, this guide helps jewelry makers of all skills levels develop a range of talents. Each project includes a comprehensive materials list and step-by-step instructions that guide crafters through a variety of projects, including wrapping found objects with wire, making chain mail, creating spirals, straightening wire, making jump rings and ear wires, and creating clasps. Constructed with many different materials—from precious metals to plated and colored wire—these striking creations are a mix of funky and fabulous wire designs combined with stones, beads, and cords to create an interesting and eclectic jewelry collection.
Denise Peck lives in Philadelphia and is editor-in-chief of Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazine and senior editor of Lapidary Journal/Jewelry Artist.
She has a bench jeweler's certificate from Studio Jewelers, Ltd. in NYC, and has been making and selling her own jewelry for over 15 years. She also teaches jewelry-making regularly at Interweave Bead Fest shows in Philadelphia and Santa Fe. Her instructional DVD's on making Viking knit with wire, fusing fine silver wire, and soldering bezels with a micro-torch are available at Interweave.com.
