Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Metal Jewelry: A Full-Color Guide to Creating Beautiful Metal Necklaces, Earrings, Bracelets, a
Publisher: Alpha
Publication Date: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1615642722
ISBN 13: 9781615642724
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Like New

About this title

Synopsis

Packed with step-by-step instructions and color photos, The Complete Idiot's Guide� to Making Metal Jewelry explains essential techniques — soldering, smithing, stamping, hammering, casting, riveting, and wiring. Readers will learn how to work with easily obtainable but beautiful metals while making a dozen original projects — along the way, discovering alternate methods, ways to correct mistakes, safety tips, online video instruction, and more.

About the Author

Nancy Lee is a self-taught artisan who has been bringing dreams to life in metal since 1998. She is on the faculty of the Indianapolis Art Center as a metalsmithing instructor, and manages her own gallery and working studio. She has earned an Indiana Artisan designation for her jewelry, an Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Award, and numerous Indiana State Fair Professional Artist Division awards. Her association as a student at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, led to a month-long studio assistantship in 2010. Nancy is the vice president of the Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association, is a past vice president of the acclaimed TURF Super Bowl Exhibition, and is a member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths and the Midwest Society of Metalsmiths.