The Complete Book of Jewelry Making: A Full-Color Introduction To The Jeweler's Art | 
|  | | | Title: | The Complete Book of Jewelry Making: A Full-Color Introduction To The Jeweler's Art | | Author: | Carles Codina | | Publisher: | Lark Books | | Type: | Book / Hardcover | | Publication Date: | December, 2000 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1579901883 / 9781579901882 | | List Price: | $29.95 | | Amazon Price: | $109.64 (via Amazon marketplace seller) | | | |
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“Most of the examples are contemporary...and all blessed with great color photographs—as is the grand finale, the step-by-step how-tos of seven different pieces, detailed with words and in pictures...introduction for buyers as well as for budding artisans.â€â€”Booklist. “A beautifully illustrated guide to jewelry-making techniques...a very useful chapter on the properties of metals.â€â€”Library Journal.
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• Superb Introduction To Jeweler's Techniques For Serious Amateurs. 12 January, 2008
I've been doing basic stone setting and soldering fabrication for a couple of years and have been looking for a good introduction to more advanced jeweler's techniques to help inspire me to take it to the next level. There are a multitude of beautifully illustrated and produced books that attempt to do this - but fail because they don't show you enough (in an misguided attempt to keep it simple) - The Encyclopedia of Jewelry-Making Techniques comes to mind as an example of this problem. This book - Carles Codina's The Complete Book of Jewelry Making - is the real deal. It serves as a basic introduction, but gives enough detail to really get you off the ground and doing projects. I learned new wrinkles on techniques I thought I knew - and got really good insight into new techniques I've been wanting to learn, such as bead setting, engraving, bright cutting, granulation, reticulation, patination, enamel, etc.. Impressive as getting this right is - this book goes further: it gets into the cultural history and significance of jewelery art and is full of really inspiring examples of jeweler's art. Simply having pictures of great art isn't impressive - but really connecting the achieved vision of that art with the techniques described is. So, you don't just get a good idea of how to do the technique and what it looks like - but you also get a real sense of why; of how the technique pays off artistically.
This book starts off with a brief introduction of where jewelry fits in human civilization. Then it moves to introducing the bench and basic techniques and then moves on to advanced techniques. The basic techniques section mentions important details such as collecting and organizing your scraps and assaying metals. The techniques section illustrate each technique step by step and each one shows you a finished project. Finally it does a series of project illustrated step by step that make use of multiple techniques in a real applied fashion. Each part of the book is illustrated with sumptuous photographs showing the technique and tools. The text is brief, but doesn't lack detail. The artistic vision of the artist is modern - but whether you love the pieces shown or not, there is no debating that they utilize and illustrate the craft in an admirable fashion. This book fires me up and gets me working.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1F7SX3GNVBNE3
• Great Book 27 July, 2007
This book is by far the best I have. I have no professional training and I am pretty much a beginner (amateur at polymer clay pendants and total beginner at metal). The thing is that I love sculpting....Yet, this book has more info that is helpful to me than any of the other books that I have. The illustrations in this book are more helpful to me than just drawings, like in some of the other books. The angle of the photos shows me exactly what the author is doing. Yeah, it's a lot of info, but that's what I wanted. This book is more complete, in my opinion, than the other books that I have. I love the project pictures that the author has included, as well as the pictures of other artist's work. It's a good price- cheaper than the others that I have, and I'm glad I bought it.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1HRJU4LK7I8I
• Most Useful Jewellery Book I Have 01 June, 2007
This book is one of the best I have,I still refer to it whenever I am in a creative slump.As a full time jewellery Designer/Maker running a businesss I never have any time to try new techniques or read books but this one was so clear and easy to follow,so full of really interesting techniques and many many pictures that I refer to all the time.I have hundreds of jewellery books but none have been as useful and inspring as this one.I tried all the projects and they all came out as shown,I learnt more than I did in jewellery classes I've taken.
Unlike other books in mentions the use of micromotors and abrasives etc instead of pre historic tools and there are many wax projects,some really great examples of jewellery by spanish designers,and information on alloys - everything you need to know.Best $29.95 I ever spent.Made my work interesting again,will be looking out for further books by this Author.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3AQPH5YLGYSL4
• Excellent All The Way! 29 November, 2007
The book is complete in reviewing all the aspects of jewelry making. Very clear explanations supported by big beautiful photographs. A must for all jewelry enthousiasts who would like to start steps in this beautiful craft.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1EMN35JDAZPTO
• Reference Plus Entertainment 22 November, 2007
can't put this book down. My design club members are borrowing it.Probably 6 more sales of this book as it is great reference material. The book is also "fun" to read. Great down time pleasure.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3USON8L0XF7C
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