With The Jewelry Maker's Design Book: An Alchemy of Objects you will learn techniques for making several beautiful projects and discover how to plan and conceive your designs using one-of-a-kind objects in mixed media jewelry pieces.

A practical guide for jewelers of every skill level. 500+ photographs feature innovative, contemporary pieces. 400+ diagrams reveal their form, structure and processes. In this stunning guide, instruction meets inspiration to create the perfect reference for aspiring and established jewelry artisans. Divided into two sections, the first part covers the various materials and techniques that comprise contemporary jewelry design, including: processes, stones, metals, settings, links, joints, fittings, finishes and enameling. The second part features a directory of shape and form categorized by pieces, such as earrings, bracelets, cufflinks, rings, necklaces, pins, etc. Diagrams describe the methods and designs employed, so artists can learn to apply these principles to their own works.

The dramatic evolution of 20th century European jewelry design, documenting the innovative trends, sources, and makers. Artists' limited-edition creations, as well as fashion and costume jewelry, are explored through the well-researched text, over 700 wonderful photos and vintage prints. Biographical sketches are provided for the artists and couturiers who worked closely with the fashion designers.

Presents step-by-step instructions for creating a variety of metal jewelry items, with information on tools, metals and their uses, surface treatments, and specialist techniques.

Step-by-step instruction through the creative drawing process for twenty-five different styles of jewelry sets, with four variations for each. From each specific design idea, you will see jewelry being developed in silver and gold, old gold, gold with diamonds, and platinum with precious stones. Designs for matching bracelets, necklaces, brooches, earrings, and rings in many classic and popular styles.

ART DECO. An authoritative, comprehensive, and beautifully illustrated selection of jewelry that will appeal to specialists and general readers alike; published with the Musee des Arts Decoratifs.

An accessible and easy-to-use guide to the principles and elements of jewelry design, this resource helps jewelry makers of all skill levels take their designs from good to great. Instructor and expert Loretta Lam offers guidance on working with a wide array of materials, along with exercises to help you explore new design concepts before applying them to your work directly. Dozens of stunning examples from designers around the world help inspire anyone looking for a new source of creativity. Learn how to discover your personal inspiration and process, master the use of the design elements and principles, establish a design hierarchy and find your voice, draw on the inestimable value of critique, and more. You will keep this book close at hand and pick it up time and again for inspiration and as an essential reference.

Explains how to make elegant and quality designer-style jewelry with a variety of easy-to-use jewelry-making and crafts supplies--wire, beads, polymer clay, leather, resin, laminate, and shrink plastic--with detailed instructions for a variety of innovative projects for earrings, necklaces, Pendants, pins, rings, and bracelets. Original.

25 gorgeous how-to projects Interest in beading and jewelry-making continues to grow. Making Designer Jewelry from Hardware, Beads, and Gems offers DIY crafters and jewelry-makers a fun, funky approach to jewelry constructed from not only glass beads, pearls, and semi-precious gemstones, but shows how to incorporate simple stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass and tin hardware, such as nuts, bolts, washers, and tubing, into stunning, innovative, and modern jewelry pieces. Using hardware in jewelry has become popular, and features an aesthetic twist that mixes "high" and "low" --inexpensive and common metal hardware with favorite bead-store jewels.

Describes core jewelry-making techniques and explains problem solving techniques for common mistakes.