The Complete Guide to Making Wire Jewelry: Techniques, Projects, and Jig Patterns from Beginner to Advanced - Softcover

Devenney, Wing Mun

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438006551 ISBN 13: 9781438006550

Publisher: B E S Pub Co, 2015

Synopsis

There's just no denying it: wire is a wonderful, versatile, and forgiving material, available in an exciting range of shapes, sizes, and colors. Easily combined with leather, cords, crystals, beads, and stones, wire also has manipulative qualities that make it perfect for techniques such as wrapping, bending, forming, twisting, weaving, knotting, and knitting.
In The Complete Guide to Making Wire Jewelry, professional jewelry designer and teacher Wing Mun Devenney--known for her stunning contemporary pieces--gives readers:

• Step-by-step instructions for 11 projects, including earrings, bangles, bracelets, necklaces, and more
• Guidance for design ideas and inspiration, setting up the workspace, and assembling materials and tools
• Instruction on wire-forming methods for beginning to advanced jewelry makers, including the use of jigs, mandrels, and spiral makers
• Countless shapes and forms, repetitive patterns for jewelry chains and sets, and advice on how to turn simple pieces of wire into finished pieces of jewelry with handmade wire findings

This invaluable guide will provide beginning hobbyists and advanced crafters alike with the necessary skills, vision, and know-how to develop and create their own spectacular jewelry designs.

About this title

Review

"Profusely illustrated and thoroughly 'user friendly' in content and presentation, The Complete Guide to Making Wire Jewelry: Techniques, Projects, and Jig Patterns From Beginner to Advanced is very highly recommended for personal, professional, community, and academic library Jewelry Crafts instructional reference collections."-The Midwest Book Review

"From beginners and intermediate learners to the makers of fine jewelry, readers likely will refer to this book often. Devenney delivers the goods with due diligence. Hundreds of color photos, plentiful pointers and cautionary notes supply added value"
--Arts & Activities

About the Author

Wing Mun Devenney is a jewelry designer, teacher, product developer, business expert, and author. Her career to date has included working with successful global jewelry and fashion brands developing and designing winning jewelry and accessory collections. Her wealth of knowledge in fine and fashion jewelry is shared here and in her bestselling book, The Art of Soldering for Jewelry Makers.

Edition details

• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438006551
• ISBN 13: 9781438006550
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160