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Making Metal Jewelry: How to Stamp, Forge, Form, and Fold Metal Jewelry Designs is the essential guide to creating stunning metal jewelry pieces at home. Renowned metalsmith Jen Cushman shares her expert techniques and approachable instruction, opening up the world of metal jewelry making to beginners and experienced jewelers alike. With over 100 step-by-step photographs, detailed illustrations, and clear, jargon-free instructions, this comprehensive guide covers everything from choosing the right tools and materials to mastering basic techniques like stamping, forging, forming, and folding metal.

Inside Making Metal Jewelry, you'll discover:

  • Essential Techniques: Learn foundational metalworking techniques such as sawing, filing, soldering, and polishing, as well as advanced skills like forging, forming, and folding.
  • Comprehensive Material Coverage: Explore a wide range of metals, from copper and silver to brass and aluminum, and gain insights into their unique properties, workability, and color variations.
  • Creative Inspiration: Find inspiration from a gallery of stunning metal jewelry pieces created by Jen Cushman, showcasing the boundless possibilities of this versatile medium.
  • Troubleshooting Tips: Avoid common pitfalls and solve technical challenges with expert guidance, ensuring successful outcomes for your jewelry projects.
  • Project Gallery: Put your skills to the test with a collection of 20 step-by-step projects, ranging from simple earrings and pendants to intricate bracelets and necklaces.

Whether you're a beginner looking to explore the art of metal jewelry making or an experienced jeweler seeking to expand your creative horizons, Making Metal Jewelry is your ultimate resource. With Jen Cushman's expert guidance, you'll master the techniques, discover the materials, and find the inspiration to create your own stunning metal jewelry pieces.

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Stamp, forge, form and fold your way to stunning metal jewelry!

Discover the stunning beauty inherent in asymmetry, raw edges, rust and an intimate story as you explore the manipulation of metal your way. Jen Cushman will lead you step-by-step through 21 projects that unleash metal's wonderful potential for a style that is delightfully imperfect and organic. Even if you've never wielded a hammer before, Making Metal Jewelry will have you creating jewelry pieces you'll be proud to wear this weekend! Everything you need to know to get started right away awaits you inside.

  • Explanations of different types of metal, wire, patinas, metalworking tools, soldering basics and more.
  • Complete step-by-step instruction for a variety of jewelry pieces including earrings, rings, bracelets, necklaces and pendants.
  • Inspiring variations on several of the projects, and online links to additional project ideas.
Begin your new relationship with metal today. Let Making Metal Jewelry unleash your metalworking potential and start creating jewelry that's authentically you.

Author: Cushman, Jen Publisher: North Light Books Illustration: Y Language: ENG Title: Making Metal Jewelry: How to Stamp, Forge, Form and Fold Metal Jewelry Designs Pages: 00128 (Unencrypted EPUB) On Sale: 2012-12-13 SKU-13/ISBN: 9781440322563 Category: Crafts & Hobbies : Jewelry Category: Crafts & Hobbies : Metal Work