Creative Metal Crafts: 25 Beautiful Projects for Your Home

Create one-of-a-kind metal projects for the home with these quickly learned "cold-connection" techniques that take the intimidation out of an appealing art form. Every step of the process is beautifully and pictorially covered, from piercing and sawing to riveting and bending, along with essential surface treatments, including filing, chasing, polishing, and adding patinas. Build your skills on 25 eye-catching items--attractive shower curtain hangers, decorative fans pulls, tabletop mirrors--made from sterling silver, copper, brass, and aluminum sheets. With each wonderful household object, you'll gain a solid foundation of cold connection metalworking techniques to use in the future.

"Helpful for beginners...[It] does a good job of explaining the different techniques....The project styles are very modern"--Art Jewelry

Joanna Gollberg received her degree from The Fashion Institute of Technology. She is a member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, The American Craft Council, and the respected Southern Highland Crafts Guild. Joanna has won numerous awards, including a new talent competition from the American Jewelry Design Council. She was a contributing author and designer for Making Beautiful Beads (Lark Books, 2002) and is the author of Making Metal Jewelry (Lark, 2003).