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Designer Style Jewelry: Techniques and Projects for Elegant Designs from Classic to Retro
Making gallery-quality jewelry with popular and easy-to-use jewelrymaking and crafts supplies is now possible with this guide to creating designer-style jewelry. The latest techniques for working with different mediums-wire, beads, polymer clay, leather, resin, laminate, and shrink plastic-along with fresh, sophisticated projects for earrings, necklaces, pendants, pins, bracelets, and rings are thoroughly detailed. The designs range in style from updated classics like Victorian portrait pendants to retro favorites like 1970s crocheted rings and necklaces. There are also instructions for finishing projects by combining them with purchased findings.
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2004
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February 2, 2012
Slightly better than many others book on jewelry making.
In particular, slightly more about glues offered for jewelry makers and beaders. The ugly wire jewelry making shown with a better twist: berries and leaves. Crocheted jewelry how to, rather not to do: rings were extremely ugly.
Shrink plastic, that allows the same effects as polymer clay. Adding metallic finish and old family photos to make a jewelry. (I would advice neither expose family photos to a public, nor waste the precious few 100 yrs old family photos, if you have them at all).
Polymer clay jewelry, quite primitive and not worth of the cost of materials and a time spent.
What is really interesting, although not affordable and readily available, the Japanese style waterslide decal paper transfers for making pendants (designer Jacqueline Lee).
Wood and resin jewelry. Bottle cups line was completely unexpected, may serve as a collectible items.
Retro picture jewelry, printed from copyright free publications. Looking good, but enought a single complain to get you into a trouble, this not worth it.
What was most valuable for me: the cording solutions, shown on photos here and there. Good ideas.
In general, worth to look at it.
In particular, slightly more about glues offered for jewelry makers and beaders. The ugly wire jewelry making shown with a better twist: berries and leaves. Crocheted jewelry how to, rather not to do: rings were extremely ugly.
Shrink plastic, that allows the same effects as polymer clay. Adding metallic finish and old family photos to make a jewelry. (I would advice neither expose family photos to a public, nor waste the precious few 100 yrs old family photos, if you have them at all).
Polymer clay jewelry, quite primitive and not worth of the cost of materials and a time spent.
What is really interesting, although not affordable and readily available, the Japanese style waterslide decal paper transfers for making pendants (designer Jacqueline Lee).
Wood and resin jewelry. Bottle cups line was completely unexpected, may serve as a collectible items.
Retro picture jewelry, printed from copyright free publications. Looking good, but enought a single complain to get you into a trouble, this not worth it.
What was most valuable for me: the cording solutions, shown on photos here and there. Good ideas.
In general, worth to look at it.
March 21, 2013
Lots of interesting projects in here. Its kind of a broader selection than I was expecting. The book gives examples of wire work, crocheted jewelry, "retro" looks, polymer clay jewelry, resin work, shrink plastic ideas. I wish it had just focused on working with wire and beads perhaps, skipped the resin and polymer clay for another book. The shrink plastic does not mean "designer" jewelry to me.
I do like her polymer clay bracelets (on the cover) and the clay pendant (on the cover bottom right) ideas. It talks about using memory wire for the bracelets and image transfer for the pendant. She had nice directions for those with great photos. The resin flower necklaces (on the cover) were very nicely explained and I hope to try that at some point. Everything else was just ok.
I do like her polymer clay bracelets (on the cover) and the clay pendant (on the cover bottom right) ideas. It talks about using memory wire for the bracelets and image transfer for the pendant. She had nice directions for those with great photos. The resin flower necklaces (on the cover) were very nicely explained and I hope to try that at some point. Everything else was just ok.
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