The Earrings Book (Jewellery Handbooks) - Softcover

Kulagowski, Yvonne

9780713665055: The Earrings Book (Jewellery Handbooks)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071366505X ISBN 13: 9780713665055

Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 2007

Almost every jeweller or jewellery student has worked on earrings at some point. They can be simple or complicated; expensive or moderately priced and made with any number of different materials from precious stones to pebbles or feathers - this flexibility makes earrings an ideal starting point for any budding jewellery maker. In this book, Yvonne Kulagowski considers issues of design and aesthetics, and offers practical advice about choosing metals and materials, techniques, and using different tools and equipment. She also discusses earrings in terms of fashion shows and catwalk collections, as well as earrings made exclusively for theatre productions and exhibitions. Packed with thorough and concise information for students, this book introduces important earring designers and also includes lists of further reading and other useful sources. Projects show the manufacture of simple stud, hanging and complex two part drop earrings in detail. These explain and clarify design...

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Synopsis:

In this book, Yvonne Kulagowski considers issues of design andaesthetics and offers practical information about choosing metals andmaterials, techniques, and using different tools and equipment. Shecovers a wide range of topics, including styles and materials as theyrelate to wearability and high fashion. She also discusses the exciting world of fashion shows and catwalk collections and earrings made exclusively for theatre productions and exhibitions.

About the Author:

Yvonne Kulagowski, an experienced jeweller, teaches at Central St Martins and the Camberwell School of Art. She has been a jewellery buyer at Contemporary Applied Arts and has exhibited her own work widely.

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