101 Wire Earrings: Step-by-Step Projects & Techniques - Couverture souple

Peck, Denise

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1596681411 ISBN 13 : 9781596681415

Editeur : Krause Craft, 2009

Synopsis

Wire is the hottest trend in jewelry making. 101 Wire Earrings gives wireworkers of all skill levels the information and inspiration to make innovative, stylish, and contemporary earrings. Following in the footsteps of Wire Style, author Denise Peck offers an inspiring selection of 101 stunning wire earrings from top designers. The clear instructions are enhanced by step-by-step photographs and the projects are broken into beginner, intermediate, and advanced categories. Included inside: Step by step instructions on how to make head pins and French ear wires Techniques for hammering and texturing wire Tricks to coil, spiral, harden, and straighten wire Definitions of the important elements that make up earrings, including headpins, jump rings, hoops, loops, coils, spirals, ear wires. With projects that are inexpensive and require minimal tools, this book is a must have for any jewelry or wire artist wanting to build their skills or be inspired by new ideas, beautiful materials and creative designs.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Creating Jewelry with wire is the most rapidly growing area of the jewelry-making market, and "101 Wire Earrings" gives wireworkers at all levels the information and inspiration to make innovative, stylish and contemporary wire earrings. Following in the footsteps of "Wire Style" (Fall 08), author Denise Peck offers an inspiring selection of 101 stunning wire earrings from top designers for all skill levels. The clear instructions are enhanced by step-by-step photographs and the projects are broken into beginner, intermediate, and advanced categories. She offers easy definitions of the important elements that make up earrings, including headpins, jump rings, hoops, loops, coils, spirals, ear wires. Also included are step by step instructions on how to make head pins, French ear wires, how to hammer, and texture wire and how to coil, spiral, harden, and straighten wire. With projects that are inexpensive and require minimal tools, this book is a must have for any jewelry or wire artist wanting to build their skills or be inspired by new ideas, beautiful materials and creative designs.

Biographie de l'auteur

Denise Peck is a wire/metal jewelry artist, bestselling author or Wire Style (Interweave 2008) and the Editor-in-Chief of Step by Step Wire Jewelry, Senior Editor for Jewelry Artist and Projects Editor for Step by Step Beads. She is a metalsmith with a bench jeweler's certificate and makes and sells her own jewelry when she can find the time.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Krause Craft
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1596681411
• ISBN 13: 9781596681415
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 128