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Silver jewellery making

Summary: A beginner's step-by-step guide to creating beautiful silver jewellery. Silver Jewellery Making is a practical beginners' guide to making silver jewellery. Seven step-by-step projects guide you through the core skills and techniques that will enable you to progress to making your own beautiful jewellery. The tried-and-tested projects have been developed by Machi and Janet, who have over 40 years of industry experience teaching others this amazing craft. The emphasis is on teaching good practice and acquiring the basic techniques and skills to give the reader a solid basis for developing their jewellery-making capabilities. Tools are introduced for each individual project, and their uses and correct handling explained. Troubleshooting tips explain how to overcome common problems that may arise. At the end of each project, there are examples of how the skills gained can be used to make other items. The book is perfect for those who wish to start jewellery making either on their own or as a supplement to beginners' classes.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781782217350
  • ISBN: 1782217355
  • Physical Description: print
    192 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Tunbridge Wells, Kent : Search Press Limited, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A complete step-by-step course for beginners" -- Cover.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- Tools and materials: Tools ; Materials -- Setting up: Setting up your work area ; Setting up a benchpeg ; Setting up a vice -- Core skills: Using a piercing saw ; Filing ; Soldering ; Pickling ; Finishing -- The projects: Two simple rings ; Two twist rings ; Stone-chip earrings ; Textured pendant ; Stone setting for a ring ; Brooch with cut card technique ; Fused pendant and stud earrings -- Moving forwards: The four-step plan.
Subject: Jewelry making
Silverwork Technique
CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Jewelry
CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Metal Work
Jewelry making
Silverwork Technique
Genre: Instructional and educational works.
Handbooks and manuals.
Instructional and educational works.
Handbooks and manuals.

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Silver Jewellery Making : A Complete Step-By-Step Course
Silver Jewellery Making : A Complete Step-By-Step Course
by de Waard, Machi; Richardson, Janet
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Silver Jewellery Making : A Complete Step-By-Step Course


"...one of the most comprehensive beginner's guides to jewelry silversmithing available." BOOKLIST 2/1/21 Silver Jewellery Making is a practical beginners' guide to making silver jewelry, with step-by-step projects guiding the reader through seven projects. The projects are designed to help the reader gain skills and techniques and eventually progress to making their own designs. The seven tried-and-tested projects have been developed by Janet over forty years of teaching and have been honed to develop readers' skills in a practical, doable order. The emphasis is on teaching good practice and acquiring the basic techniques and skills to give the reader a solid basis for developing their jewelry-making capabilities. Tools will be introduced for each individual project, and their uses and correct handling explained. Troubleshooting tips explain how to overcome common problems that may arise. At the conclusion of each project, there will be examples of how the skills gained can be used to make other items. The book is for those who wish to start jewelry making either on their own or as a supplement to beginners' classes.

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