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Making Wire Jewelry is a very specific book. It details how, with diagrams and fairly simple instruction to make a certain type of shaped wire earrings, cufflinks, and chains, primarily coils. This book is great if you would like to stay within wire coiling. What I liked about it was that it was thorough and had a very focused style, such as the Egyptian-looking necklaces. The problem was that this book was more about a single type of bending. I had wanted to see/learn other types, as I had another book that described wire jewelry in a good amount, explaining coiling wire, making hearts, rings, at least one bangle, and closed or open (split) jump rings, etc. I had chosen to buy this book before checking the reviews, so I cannot fail the book. However, as I was looking for something less traditional and more varied, this book is great for the beginner as it had an amazing selection in that regard. I think that this is good for a reference book, though as a jewelry designer, I have found that researching/reading jewelry-making magazines and books to be quite a process and a necessity, so it wasn't a loss. The other book that I had referred to, I believe, was something in a bead book... This book may also be for more intermediate users as the coiling, at times, has design complexity. If you are buying this book, are a new jewelry designer and are going into wire sculpting, then buy either copper wire or silver-coated or other inexpensive metal. Copper may not not as good to work with permanently, though, as the more you bend it, the softer it becomes (and less hardened). Silver-colored copper or silver-plated wire is fairly inexpensive to practice with for doing the simple and complex patterns within this book.Vollständige Rezension lesen
This classic favorite is on a recommended book list on designer and instructor -- Connie Fox 's website of those that she recommends for wire artist 's and jewelry making. Learn how to make necklaces, bracelets, earrings, chains and more with simple wire. Included is the beautiful ancient Egyptian coiling technique. Color photos of finished pieces. Black and white line drawn instructions. This is not about wire wrapping, in my opinion, some of these look more like ancient type designs.
instructions are easy to follow step by step. Some photos, look different than the product I turned out however, they were the same. I dislike the fact there were not enough color photos. Also instruction on the use of different wires, Niobium, etc. Thank you Barbara S.
Great book for wire jewelry designs.
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Brought this for my daughter in law as I’m teaching her how to do these things
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Very good instructions
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It´s a nice book very usefull and didactic, have lots of pictures and ilustrative drawings, I like it a lot. I´m interested in making these projects and I receive more than I spect good buy
I just got it and I am just barely on chapter one, but for someone who has never worked on making jewelry it's a good book to start gaining knowledge and experience on how to handle wire.
Lots of pictures and diagrams. It's a very good wire book. I bought it because I took a wire class and was having trouble with the clasp. Easily completed my bracelet with the instructions in this book.
Have not used book yet. Looks pretty user friendly with pictures and instructions. Having to enter at least 100 characters in this box is a waste of my time.