Hot Connections Jewelry

Jennifer Chin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0823033368 ISBN 13: 9780823033362

Publisher: Potter Craft, 2011

For jewellery makers who have had some experience with beading, wire-working and basic cold-connection techniques (such as riveting) and are ready to move on to the next level and add a core metalworking skill to their creative repertoire. Jewellery designer Jennifer Chin offers detailed instruction in the materials and techniques of soldering, supported by a series of lessons and progressive projects inspired by her stunning jewellery designs. The result is a solid reference comprising a series of progressive lessons that give readers a foundation for learning and expanding on new skills, along with gorgeous projects and gallery pieces that inspire them to move on to subsequent lessons.

Review:

"If you already have experience in basic metalwork and cold connections (riveting, hammering, texturing metal, etc.), then this is the perfect book to get you started in soldering...Page after page of detailed and easy-to-understand information, photos, and tips--and tons of gorgeous photos of author Jennifer Chin's masterful jewelry pieces--will have you online and ordering your soldering iron and supplies in a matter of hours. Turn up the heat!" --Bead Design Studio Magazine

About the Author:

Artist, teacher and metalsmith Jennifer Chin is the owner of Lush Metals, a jewellery studio whose simple yet stylish designs in precious metals are based on the interplay of repetitive geometric patterns found in nature and industrial motifs. Her award-winning work can be seen at some of the most prestigious fine-craft shows, museums, galleries and boutiques in the U.S. and on her website, LushMetals.com. This is her first book.