Handcrafted Metal Findings

Handcrafted Metal Findings
Author: Denise Peck
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2015-06-23
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1620336979

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Metalsmiths reveal new findings in jewelry trends! Following up their best-selling book Handcrafted Wire Findings, Denise Peck and Jane Dickerson give jewelers more techniques, more (and different) findings, and more inspiration. Handcrafted Metal Findings features 30 step-by-step tutorials for metal findings that require only basic jewelry-making skills. Working with precut metal blanks and thin-gauge sheet metal, Denise, Jane, and several contributing artists have created great-looking findingsâ€"head pins, bead caps, bails, charms, connectors, cones, and more--all without a lot of effort. All the metalwork can be done with basic tools--no saws, no flex shaft, no oxy/acetylene tanks. Metal pieces are hole-punched, dapped, hammered, textured with stamps and tools, colorized, oxidized, and patinated. Construction techniques include simple soldering with a micro torch and cold connections such as riveting. Finished gallery pieces that incorporate some of the findings provide additional inspiration in this inspiration- and information-packed book.

Handcrafted Wire Findings

Handcrafted Wire Findings
Author: Denise Peck
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1620331527

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Add personal style at minimal cost with custom-made findings! Why spend hundreds of dollars stocking up on expensive manufactured clasps, jump rings, ear wires, bails, and more when you can make exactly what you need for a fraction of the cost? Making custom findings enables jewelry makers to affordably create just the right component to complement their own jewelry designs. Handcrafted Wire Findings looks at your wire stash and focuses on how to create custom, professional-quality findings. With fundamental skills for beginners that progress to more sophisticated designs, this book covers techniques such as basic wirework, texturizing, silver fusing, adding patina, and traditional finishes. Included are over 30 projects for making custom wire findings, each accompanied by step-by-step photographs and directions to ensure success.

Wire + Metal

Wire + Metal
Author: Denise Peck
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2014-05-31
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1620335212

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Easy-to-do techniques at the comfort of your kitchen table! Authors Denise Peck and Jane Dickerson introduce simple wire- and metalworking techniques that have big impact. Working with precut metal blanks and thin gauge sheet, as well as with inexpensive and readily available tools, you can produce results similar to much more complex metalsmithing techniques. Explore lashing, stitching, simple weaving, coils, spirals, twisted wire, and incorporating beads with wire. You'll be exposed to metal pieces being hole-punched, dapped, hammered, textured, colorized, and patinated. This book features thirty step-by-step projects that require only basic jewelry-making skills, but will result in stunning contemporary jewelry. Wire + Metal covers a wide range of styles that will appeal to beginner to advanced jewelry makers.

The Complete Photo Guide to Making Metal Jewelry

The Complete Photo Guide to Making Metal Jewelry
Author: John Sartin
Publisher: Creative Publishing International
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2013-04
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1589237366

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"Comprehensive reference for all techniques used for making gold, silver, bronze, and copper jewelry"-- Provided by publisher.

Bead on a Wire

Bead on a Wire
Author: Sharilyn Miller
Publisher: North Light Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-07-26
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781581806502

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Build Your Own Wire Pendants

Build Your Own Wire Pendants
Author: Kimberly Sciaraffa Berlin
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2012-11-06
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0871164566

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Every jewelry maker will find inspiration for using a favorite focal bead, cabochon, or bead stash in Build Your Own Wire Pendants. Whether using inexpensive craft wire, copper, or sterling silver, aspiring wireworkers will have fun with 20 playful projects that encourage them to pick and choose their favorite techniques. Make a basic frame: hearts, stars, circles, pyramids, and more! Then pick embellishments to add interest and dimension: loops, spirals, bails, sewing with wire — the list goes on! This book is a delightful introduction to making wire pendants.

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Jewelry Making and Beading

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Jewelry Making and Beading
Author: Chris Franchetti Michaels
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2011-06-20
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1118153111

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A step-by-step, full-color VISUAL guide to the art of jewelry making A 2006 study found that beading and jewelry making is the nation’s sixth most popular craft. This guide shows readers how to do everything from basic bead stringing to wire wrapping, all in the series’ easy-to-follow, full-color format. The book includes 20 detailed patterns for making earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and more.

Handcraft Wire Jewelry

Handcraft Wire Jewelry
Author: Kimberly Sciaraffa Berlin
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2015-10-13
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627001336

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The latest book from Kimberly Sciaraffa Berlin teaches jewelry makers how to make 22 wirework pieces from start to finish. Jewelry makers are treated to Kimberly’s freeform style of wirework as she wraps and weaves around beads and cabochons to make showcase pendants. She then explains how to make many styles of chains and clasps, so every part of the piece can be handmade. After mastering the component techniques, jewelry makers will find the resulting components are completely interchangeable for thousands of looks!

Metal Clay 101 for Beaders

Metal Clay 101 for Beaders
Author: Kristal Wick
Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Beads
ISBN: 9781454707592

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As a beader you need a variety of metal spacers, bead caps, dangles and links to complete your design. But commercially available findings may not match the jewelry you're making. Wick teaches you to use copper, silver, and bronze metal clay to create customized embellishments and findings.

Wrap, Stitch, Fold & Rivet

Wrap, Stitch, Fold & Rivet
Author: Mary Hettmansperger
Publisher: Lark Books
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2008
Genre: Art metal-work
ISBN: 1600591256

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Making gorgeous handcrafted jewelry can be an amazingly simple process that even beginners will quickly master--as long as they have this guide by their side. Written by an experienced artist and teacher, and generously illustrated with attractive how-to photos and drawings, it demonstrates a wealth of easy techniques in superb detail. Twenty dazzling projects--including a twisted wire choker, bangle bracelet, bead pod pin, and mixed metal earrings-- are created by wrapping, stitching, and folding metal, and by making cold connections with basic screws, bolts, pop rivets, eyelets, brads, and nails. Sophisticated photographs of each piece highlight its rich textures and visual complexity. Would-be jewelers will love this--and beaders, memory crafters, and anyone eager to explore metal jewelry will want it, too!