About this item
Give new life to your jewelry designs by using common jewelry findings in surprising ways.Readers will enjoy this book as it takes a completely new approach to working with jewelry findings by focusing on nontraditional uses for them: bead frames become connectors; toggle clasps become pendants; filigree can be rolled to create tube beads or bails; and so much more.Author Michelle Mach offers a thorough overview of the many different jewelry findings available, essential tools, and other materials, such as beads, wire, and cords and ribbons. Tips for modifying purchased findings with patinas, beads, hammering, painting, and other jewelry making techniques are also provided. Fifty jewelry projects showcase one or more findings used in a new or unusual way.
About the Author
Michelle Mach is a jewelry designer, writer, and editor in Colorado. Her original jewelry designs have appeared in numerous magazines including Bead-It Today, Bead Style, Bead Trends, Beadwork, Creative Jewelry, Easy Wire, Simply Beads, and Jewelry Stringing. Her favorite beads are ones made of glass, metal, gemstones, ceramic, polymer clay, crystal, wood, shell, Lucite ... oh, let's face it, she's never met a bead she didn't like. When she's not beading or editing jewelry books or magazines, she searches valiantly for the perfect brownie recipe.
