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Learn how to create exciting metal jewelry using just 12 simple, inexpensive hand tools - no jewelry torch required! 12 beautiful projects with step-by-step photos show exactly what to do and how the result should look 8 practice exercises help build beginner's skills and techniques Master the use of jeweler's tools one at a time by working through each lesson one by one Create exciting metal jewelry using just 12 simple, inexpensive tools and other materials readily available at craft stores, hardware stores, or around the house Author Helen Driggs has extensive experience teaching jewelry making to beginners, and explains the tools and techniques in an easy-to-understand way This beginner's guide to metal jewelry making shows how to create exciting wearable art using just 12 simple tools.
About the Author
I am a Metalsmith/Artist and writer.In addition to my book, I have lots of teaching information out there, including the following instructional DVDs: Metalsmith Essentials: Riveting & Cold Connections and Metalsmith Essentials Basic Fabrication, both available here on Amazon or at Interweave's online store.My background is as an illustrator of science and information; my chosen medium is pen and black ink. Drawing influences my metalwork, and I am approaching a place where I can combine both artistic disciplines. Classification inspires me. I've collected a variety of potential jewelry materials and much like an evolutionary biologist, I group and describe with sketches and notes before I touch metal. Until I feel certain there is logic to the assembled group, I continue to think. When I am confident it is right for me, I make the object.
