The Complete Jewelry Making Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques: A Beginner's Course for Aspiring Jewelry Makers - Softcover

McGrath, Jinks

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764136607 ISBN 13: 9780764136603

Publisher: Sourcebooks, 2007

Synopsis

This comprehensive and heavily illustrated manual teaches the craft of jewelry making to students looking to create professional quality items. The author covers every step of the process, from creating original design concepts to fashioning professionally finished pieces of jewelry. She lists all required tools and equipment, explains their uses, advises on safe working practices, and then guides her readers through every stage of the jewelry making process in a series of carefully structured tutorials. Students will learn

How to start with an original idea, translate it into a workable design, and then use the design as a pattern to make beautiful wearable jewelry

How to work with precious and semiprecious stones, metals, glass, plastic, resin, and wood

How to present and sell ones creations to dealers and wholesalers

Clear, full-color, step-by-step photos demonstrate the methods of fashioning metals by heating, hammering, casting, soldering, riveting, polishing, finishing, and adding surface decoration. At-a-glance panels explain how to apply the right techniques when working in specific metals, as well as ideas for experimenting with inexpensive substitutes before advancing to precious materials. Heres the perfect book for transforming hobbyists into true professionals. It will also serve as a useful textbook for those conducting organized courses in jewelry design. Color photos on every page.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

(back cover)
This is a complete course in designing and making jewelry. Carefully structured tutorials guide you through every stage of the process, revealing how to translate inspired ideas into workable, wearable designs. YouÂ’ll also find professional advice on presenting and selling your work.

Learn about tools, equipment, and safe working practices; build an inspiration file; understand how to select suitable materials and transfer your designs; find out how to work with precious and semi-precious stones, metals, glass, plastic, resin, and wood.

Clear, step-by-step photographs demonstrate all the techniques youÂ’ll need, from manipulating materials by heating, hammering, and casting to methods of soldering, riveting, polishing, finishing, and adding surface decoration.

At-a-glance panels explain the effect that different techniques have on a variety of metals, and practical exercises provide guidance in tricky skills—with ideas for tryping them out on inexpensive substitutes before using your chosen materials.

Jinks McGrath is a jeweler and teacher whose designs have been exhibited and collected for many years. She is the author of several previously published books on jewelry making. She lives and works in East Sussex, England.

About the Author:

Jinks McGrath is a jeweler and teacher whose designs have been widely exhibited and collected. She is the author of several previously published books on jewelry craft and design. She lives and words in East Sussex, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0764136607
• ISBN 13: 9780764136603
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144