A beginner's step-by-step guide to creating beautiful silver jewellery.
Silver Jewellery Making is a practical beginners’ guide to making silver jewellery, 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 jewellery-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 jewellery making either on their own or as a supplement to beginners’ classes.
Table of Contents
Introduction
How to use this book
Health and Safety
Tools, materials and set-up guidance
Project one: Two silver rings, one with square wire and one with round wire
Project two: Twist ring one with round wire and one with square wire
Project three: stone chip earrings
Project four: a textured pendant
Project five: rub-over stone setting on stack rings using one of the rings from project one or two
Project six: cut card brooch
Project seven: using scrap to make a fused pendant and stud earrings
Design inspiration
Glossary
Appendix
Index
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