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A chain-mail expert and wirework jeweler shows crafters at all skill levels the basic steps needed to create more than twenty wire-wrapping and bead-setting techniques using simple hand tools.

Hands-on projects and illustrated instructions with photos and drawings that provide step-by-step procedures and clear explanations.

Jewelry Lab uses brevity to ignite a passion for working the metals processes and learning about all the ways metal can be used. It provides aspiring metalsmiths and jewelry makers a way to learn fundamental techniques that is quick and fun. In addition to the basic skills such as sawing, drilling, soldering, and finishing, the book covers texturing, etching, rolling, coloring, patinas, forming, connections, findings, solders, bezels, rivets, and...

"The New Silversmith presents Nicole Ringgold's innovative, zero-waste techniques for hand fabricating nature-inspired jewelry pieces from sterling silver"-- Provided by publisher.

Craft metal has endless decorative possibilities. It is pliable and can be wrapped around or adhered to any surface you can imagine. This book is all about using colored craft metal—decorating it by means of embossing, cutting out designs, adding further color, taking away color and filling in 3D designs, and much more—to customize found objects for your home. You will learn more about the metal and supporting mediums, as well as how to use the...

If you're interested in making your own jewelry, wire wrapping is a great technique to start with. The jewelry is easily joined and decorated by shaping, twisting, wrapping, coiling, and weaving wire. In this jewelry-making guide, you'll learn how to create 20 projects that will progressively build your skills.

"In From Metal to Bicycle, early fluent readers learn how a bicycle is made, from producing steel from metal to workers welding the frame. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how this item gets to be the bike they ride for fun. An infographic illustrates the cycle with real photos and descriptions. Children can learn more about bicycles using our safe search engine that provides relevant,...

"Gives information about different tools, supplies, and techniques needed for making jewelry out of metal, as well as numerous step-by-step projects"-- Provided by publisher.

For apprentices and amateur metalworkers, this book is a practical, hands-on guide to engineering benchwork that teaches all the valuable hand tool skills and procedures for files, punches, hand filers, and more. Well-illustrated with concise technical diagrams, tables, and black and white photos, youll learn all the tricks and gain a solid foundation in the basics of engineering benchwork that will become second nature over the course of your career...