This comprehensive and ambitious workshop reference for jewelers brings together a vast range of skills, techniques, and technical data into one volume. Offering detailed explanations and step-by-step photography to demonstrate procedures, this handbook includes a complete reference section featuring tool shapes, an index of gems, a glossary, standard sizes and measurements, conversion tables, and an extensive list of resources. Additionally, the manual offers a directory of tools and materials—including a key to identifying tools for a “beginner’s kit”—a historical introduction to jewelry, and suggestions for photographing and promoting completed pieces. Remarkable cutting-edge pieces by jewelry makers and designers from around the world are used to illustrate the various processes involved in creating exceptional jewelry. Covering everything from traditional metalsmithing skills and using alternative materials, such as plastics and resin, to discussing issues involved with outsourcing work to specialist external suppliers, this is an indispensable and essential resource for both students and professionals.
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Anastasia Young is a designer, a jeweler, and an artist whose work has been exhibited around the world. She is the author of Jewelry Techniques: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Using Materials, Stones, and Settings and teaches at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design in London.
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Thorough and carefully thought out addition to your library of jewelry textbooks,
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This is a new book by second time author Anastasia Young. Her website is located here: [...] . Her first book, Jewelry Techniques: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Using Materials, Stones and Settings, was a well received reference source.
The Workbench Guide is a high quality hardcover, 320 page text which a reader might like to consider adding to his or her permanent library of "how to" books. Packed with 400 photographs, 200 illustrations and 100 charts, it doesn't allow your mind to wander for a second as it guides you step by step through the five sections it is divided into. Whether purchased by a serious student of jewelry design and technique, or just by a passionate lover of jewelry who privately, safely teaches herself as much as she can, there is valuable knowledge to be found in this book. I am not a believer of choosing one book as the "be all and end all" for any process of learning. I am well aware that there are fine books in existence already [ here are a few, for example , 1. Jewelry: Fundamentals of Metalsmithing (Jewelry Crafts) by Tim McCreight 2,The Complete Jewelry Making Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques: A Beginner's Course for Aspiring Jewelry Makers by Jinx McGrath 3. Jewelry Making Techniques Book (Quarto Book) Elizabeth Olver . There are many, many more ]. However it is a good idea to stir up new energy and insight by adding to older favorites, whether you are the teacher or the student. Artists create amazing new styles of jewelry all the time and some of them are exhibited in here. How to make them is explained, carefully. Some of the subjects covered are shown as part of the design on the front of the book : Engraving, Chasing and repousse, Fusing, Riveting, Enameling (one of my favorite parts), Drilling, Piercing, Cutting, Filing, Annealing, Soldering, Pickling, Wirework, Fold Forming, Bending Metal, Hammering, Carving, Mounting and setting stones, polishing, Stamping, Dappling/swaging, Forging, Anticlastic raging, Hydraulic press, Wax carving and modeling, and masses more. The book's sections are as follows: First there is a history of jewelry making. Then come the five sections, very clear and extremely helpful if you are searching out something specific. Chapter 1: Work Space, Tools, and Materials Chapter 2: Techniques Chapter 3: Design Chapter 4: Going Into Business Chapter 5: Reference (for example, Directory of Gemstones,Conversions, Suppliers and more) As I said, any one book is not sufficient to teach a reader every aspect of jewelry making, design , photography, selling, and more, no matter how good that book is. But if you are building yourself a solid library of jewelry technique books, I recommend this consistently fine addition: The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques, by Anastasia Young. I think you will be happy to own it. It truly is quite successful as a text which attempts not to leave anything out!
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A few months ago I purchased Complete Metalsmith: Professional Edition by Tim McCreight. As much as I love his book, I love this one even more.
This is a beautiful book with gorgeous photographs and a wealth of information. I've been a Silversmith for about 15 years and even I learned some new tricks and techniques. This book, along with Tim McCreight's Complete Metalsmith is a must have for any metalsmith's library. But if I had to choose between one or the other, this is the one I would choose. I'm a huge "How To Book" reader and most How To books fall short of what I'd like to see in them, but this one actually surprised me by giving me more than I expected. Love it!
35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
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Great step by step photos,
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This book has great step by step photos of jewelry making techniques. Could almost be used as a substitute to taking a silver jewelry making class. I'm still digesting this book, but it was worth the money. Certainly good for a beginner.
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