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The Jeweler's Studio Handbook
by Brandon Holschuh

Publisher Quarry
Edition Paperback

The Jeweler’s Studio Handbook teaches you the core techniques, introduces you to the materials, and hands you the tools needed to flourish in the jewellery-making studio. In these pages you will tour the artisan studio, inside and out, learning along the way how to express yourself through the tactile, versatile, and ancient craft of making metal jewelry. Illustrating everything from drill bits to silversmith’s hammers and onward to scores of nontraditional materials, the pages of this book are rich, hardworking, & inspiring.
Price: £14.99

Street-Chic Jewellery
by Susie Johns

Publisher New Holland
Edition Hardback

From chic and stylish to quirky and urban, here is a totally fun collection of 30 jewellery projects. Author Susie Johns has sorted through her trinkets box to use buttons, charms, shells and favourite beads to make an imaginative assortment of brooches, bracelets, earrings, necklaces and chokers. None of these terrific pieces will take very much time to make and none require huge levels of skill or patience – they're quick and satisfying to make and great fun to wear.
Price: £14.99

Custom Cool Jewelry
by Melinda Barta

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

Create jewelry that is uniquely you with Custom Cool Jewelry. Add a personal, handcrafted touch to any piece using just a few easy-to-find materials for one-of-a-kind results every time. Melinda Barta, assistant managing editor of Beadwork magazine, shows clever ideas for boutique-style projects with a personal twist. All it takes is basic jewelry-making and crafting skills. Think outside the box with Melinda's unconventional uses of common crafting supplies. From flirty and romantic wireworked dangles to simple and understated polymer clay beads, you'll wear your jewelry with pride-be ready for the compliments! The back of the book features a glossary of basic stringing and wirework techniques, plus a project resource guide and a shopping guide featuring all the products highlighted in the book.
Price: £14.99

Start Jewellery Making
by Nicola Hurst

Publisher Apple
Edition Hardback

This is a complete course in designing and making jewellery. Carefully structured tutorials guide you through every stage of the process, revealing how to translate inspired ideas into workable, wearable designs, and you'll find professional advice on presenting and selling your work. Learn about tools, equipment and safe working practices; how to build an inspirations file; select suitable materials and transfer your designs; work with precious and semi-precious stones, metals, glass, plastic, resin and wood. Clear, step-by-step photographs demonstrate all the techniques you will need, at-a-glance panels explain the effect that different techniques have on a variety of metals, and practical exercises provide guidance in tricky skills - with ideas for trying these out on inexpensive substitutes before using your chosen materials.
Price: £12.99

Teach Yourself Jewellery Making
by Emma Gale & Ann Little

Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Edition Paperback

Jewellery Making is a clear introduction to the many techniques used in this craft. It progresses from very simple techniques that require little or no equipment, through to setting up a small basic workshop.
Price: £9.99

Tips and Shortcuts for Jewellery Making
by Stephen O'Keeffe

Publisher A & C Black
Edition Paperback

A handy guide to the basic techniques of jewellery making, filled with useful hints and tips to help makers avoid the most common pitfalls and to make their work professional-looking. Highly illustrated, the book is filled with step-by-step photographs to guide the budding jewellery maker. There are also fifty beautiful projects for the reader to make.
Price: £16.99

Jewellery Making
by Jinks McGrath

Publisher Apple Press
Edition Hardback

This is a complete course in designing and making jewellery. Carefully structured tutorials guide you through every stage of the process, revealing how to translate inspired ideas into workable, wearable designs.Learn about tools, equipment and safe working practices; how to build an inspirations file; select suitable materials and transfer your designs; work with precious and semi-precious stones, a variety of metals and beads.Clear, step-by-step photographs demonstrate all the techniques that you will need, from manipulating metals by heating, hammering and casting to methods of soldering, riveting, polishing, finishing and adding surface decoration.At-a-glance panels explain the effect that different techniques have on metals, and practical step-by-step exercises provide guidance in tricky skills - with ideas for trying these out on inexpensive substitutes before using your chosen materials.
Price: £14.99

Making Metal Jewellery
by Joanna Gollberg

Publisher Lark
Edition Hardback

No soldering is required to make these metal necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings; they're cold-connected, making them perfect for the beginner.
Price: £17.95

Designing and Making Jewellery
by Sarah Macrae

Publisher The Crowood Press
Edition Hardback

Designing & Making Jewellery is the essential handbook for everyone interested in jewellery whether as a professional studio jeweller or as a recreational activity. Four projects explain how to make a pair of hairpins in acrylic, a silver band ring, a pair of knotted wire earrings and an oxidized silver penannular brooch. Illustrated work from more than thirty leading jewellers provides examples of techniques and materials, as well as inspiration to anyone making and wearing jewellery.
Price: £20.00

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