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- Condition
- Used - Good
- Format
- Hardcover
- Dimensions
- 9.02 x 0.71 x 8.9 in
- Weight
- 1.85 lb
- Publisher
- Running Press Adult
- Publication date
- September 4, 1995
- Edition
- First Edition
Description
Covers acrylies, etching, inlaying, enameling, casting, stamping, blanking, patinating, oxidizing and chain making. Complete with instructions for designing and presenting jewelry concepts as working drawings. Step-by-step color photos make every instruction and entry easy to understand. Read more
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| Publisher | Running Press Adult |
|---|---|
| Publication date | September 4, 1995 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 176 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 3 |
| ISBN-13 | 63 |
| Item Weight | 1.85 pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.02 x 0.71 x 8.9 inches |
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Top Amazon Reviews
EXCELLENT resource book!
Format: Hardcover
This is an absolutely fabulous encyclopedia of jewelry making techniques. It has very clear instruction and beautiful photos. Anyone aspiring to be a jeweler would love this book. I highly recommend this book for anyone.
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2013 by Amazon Customer ellnbchristi.
Great book, test your interest in making "real" jewelry
Format: Hardcover
If you just want to buy pieces and put them together- this is not the book for you. If you honestly want to learn jewelers skills then you will be pleased with this book. I have really enjoyed this book and it has led to many new ideas. This one will stay in my library.
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2007 by Willi Welton
Overview - perfect for an encyclopedia
Format: Hardcover
McGrath produces books that are of high quality and this is another one; however, when it states in the title "Encyclopedia" believe it. It is organized alphabetically. Yet the images and some of the guidelines for several techniques are excellent. USE THIS BOOK AS A REFERENCE. Some of the images showing a specific process/technique can be followed through by the reader to produce an interesting piece of jewelry...but the author does not do this for you. It is definitely a book for the intermediate to advanced jewelry-maker/metal designer. The section at the end "Themes" are definitely high end pieces photographed beautifully. Some information is provided by the image that indicate what the process was behind the development/design of each piece, but not enough to truly be helpful if you wanted to design something similar. Reference - Excellent Guidelines/How Tos - good to OK Images - Excellent Creative process - OK to very good Overall Book Organization - alphabetical (so know the technique you want to review before trying to find it in the book) Recommended Level - intermediate to advanced jewelry designer/metal artist
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Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2008 by CLG
Great prices
Format: Hardcover
Good book for half the price!
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2024 by Amazon Customer
cute little picture book - not an actual how-to book
Format: Hardcover
This book has a few nice images of interesting pieces. The 'techniques' are just snippets of an a process, some outdated or at least not how I would do things. And to call this an encyclopedia is odd, but it's certainly more than a pamphlet. So most of the book had no value for me. I was reminded to use etching to prepare for enameling, so that one sentence was very useful. But to use any of these techniques, you would need to go on line to youtube, jewelry smith forums, chatgpt to get the needed details. And you could just asked those tools to show you jewelry techniques and skip this book altogether.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2026 by L. Hunter
Five Stars
Format: Hardcover
As a beginning jewelry student, I find this book very informative and inspiring.
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2015 by Amazon Customer
Beautiful book
Format: Hardcover
Very happy with this book. Although it was sold as used in good condition, In fact it is in New condition. If it was sold as new, I'd have no complaint! Great value!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2017 by igypzy
Good book for beginner / intermediate
Format: Hardcover
This is a thorough book with a lot of details and tips. It is not really encyclopedic, but it does cover most major techniques and subjects in enough detail to get you started. It contains enough details to make it a must have for the more advanced buyer. The book is also interesting to look at with beautiful pictures of works in progress for people that are not going to do some of the advanced techniques but are curious about subject. I bought this book and Tim McCreight's Complete Metalsmith: Professional Edition at the same time. I had done a little jewelry work in the distant past and wanted to set up my own workshop and do some more advanced work. After much research I picked these two books and think it was the right choice. McCreight's book is much more thorough and there is a lot of overlap, but a lot of times it helps to have two perspectives. This book does have information that is not in the other and it also has much better pictures. Highly recommended.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2011 by jcp