The Complete Book of Jewelry Making: A Full-Color Introduction to the Jeweler's Art

by Carles Codina

This amazingly comprehensive guide to the jeweler’s art is a goldmine of information—big, beautiful, and with hundreds of color photos. It’s simply the handsomest, most complete sourcebook available, with its enlightening discussion of basic metallurgy (alloying, smelting, annealing, and pickling), and professional-quality techniques for cutting, piercing, soldering, and making closures and rings. Learn the tricks of the trade for enhancing surfaces; etching, combining metals, creating textures, adding color; engraving; enameling; and gem setting. Seven magnificently presented projects include a silver repoussé pendant, an articulated gold bracelet with clasp, a multiple loop-in-loop chain, and a square hollow-construction ring to die for.

Genres: Jewellery, Crafts, Art

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Dayini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent instruction with many detailed pictures. I took a silversmithing class at our local art college and this book is perfect for refreshing my memory on what my instructor taught us. Highly recommended!

[Monica Albright · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a make it from scratch "How to" book...make your own beads...wire...etc. Not an idea book.

[Chickweed]

i wanna buy it but i wonder how can i get it.im from Viet nam

[Tabatha Ewart · Rating 5 out of 5]

very interesting! enjoy easy to follow