Jewelry category: 449 books

This vintage book contains a comprehensive handbook on collecting copper and brass items, with information on value, where to find them , cleaning and maintaining, recognising fakes, and more. “Collecting Copper and Brass” has been elected for modern reproduction due to its timeless educational...

This aptly named book addresses the many ways that jewelers attach one part to another, with chapters on Cold Connections, Hot Connections, and Adhesives. In his characteristic no-nonsense style, McCreight provides useful information through drawings and text, explaining techniques in language that...

This vintage book contains a complete guide to contemporary methods and techniques employed in horology and clockmaking. It was originally designed for the edification of young watchmakers and contains a wealth of useful information presented clearly and in simple language. This volume is highly recommended...

The best book on the market that covers text on smithing, including the general principles of metalwork, types and properties of metals, tools, and techniques. Numerous diagrams, photos and illustrations enhance this in-depth, how-to book on silversmithing.

Wireworkers of all skill levels, rejoice! -get this comprehensive guide packed full of illustrated techniques. A welcome addition to a best-selling series, The Wireworker's Companion is a complete, compact resource for wireworking techniques. Experts Denise Peck and Jane Dickerson act...

When I am in my bead shop and teaching, the most common problem I come across is people not knowing where to start, so in this book I have covered basic ways to get started. I have also given people a little insight of basic projects covering more than just beads, so you can try your hand at different things and have a lot of fun on your first steps to creating your own works of art.

A concise and easy to read guide on crochet thread, knitting techniques, knitting crochet, knitting supplies and much more.

Nowadays tourists from all over the world travel to Death Valley. However, most of them never see the romantic and mysterious badlands at the south end of the valley. This area is off beaten path, remote and dangerous! This book is about the gold hunters that loved to search the southern wastelands,...

A handicraft guide to American Indian beadwork for those seeking the fundamentals of construction and ideas of design—fully illustrated throughout. American Indian Beadwork includes: -Directions for beading stitches -Directions for making and stringing a loom -Fifty-four black-and-white...

Plus de 75 modèles de bijoux et de grigris à réaliser soi-même. Des colliers simples, sautoirs, ras du cou, bracelets, boucles d’oreilles, bagues, broches… Il y en a pour tous les styles et toutes les occasions ! Des étapes claires illustrées de dessins détaillés et de photos. Des astuces et des idées de gammes de couleurs viennent s’ajouter aux explications !

Plus de 80 modèles de bracelets brésiliens, tresses et wraps à réaliser soi-même. Bracelets fins, brésiliens zigzag, brésiliens décorés de poissons, croix, losanges et pois, avec des perles, des breloques… À vos fils, faites varier les couleurs !

More than 20 years ago, Canadian goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain invented a radical way to develop forms in metal sheet. In the ensuing decades, he has led hundreds of metalsmiths to explore and expand on his pioneering work. Now for the first time, the results of those efforts are compiled into a...

Kumihimo textile jewellery takes the reader through the equipment and process of creating a basic Zig - Zag braid. The Zig - Zag braid is a simple braid to make, requiring a small amount of equipment and it has unlimited potential for adaptation and enhancement. After learning the basic braid the reader...

This fun guide teaches you how to emulate the fashion-forward looks to top designers, such as the grand dame of handbags Judith Leiber, without breaking the bank on bling. Detailed instructions and more than 150 color photos demonstrate how to create glitzy items from bags acquired at garage sales...