About this item
Cutting-edge stamping techniques and designs! Since the publication of Lisa Niven Kelly's first book on metal stamping, the craft has undergone a revolution, with more design stamps available than ever before. This hotly-anticipated followup, authored together with Taryn McCabe, gives you even more new ways to create personalized stamped jewelry. Inside you will learn fresh techniques such as mandala stamping, and find patterns for more than 20 projects: a trendy chevron necklace, chandelier earrings, garden-themed cuff, and more. Easy-to-follow, full color step-by-step photos accompany all basic techniques, as well as the jewelry projects, to guide your way. Discover the unique looks you can achieve working with a variety of metals--silver, copper and brass--while advancing your metalsmithing skills.
About the Author
Lisa Niven Kelly is an award winning artist who finds joy in all things beads. Currently, her work focuses on wire work, into which she incorporates beads whenever possible. Lisa is a regular contributor to many jewelry making magazines and books. She has been teaching bead work and wire work for more than 15 years, traveling nationally teaching for Bead Shows, Bead Stores, Bead Societies and private groups.
These days you will find her mainly sticking close to home with her two young daughters, managing her business, Beaducation.com. Lisa is the founder of Beaducation.com, a groundbreaking source for online step-by-step video jewelry-making classes and a source for wirework and metal stamping tools and supplies.
