Making Jewellery

Jewellery crafting techniques to cater for all tastes.

If you're looking for inspiration to create extra special Christmas presents, this selection of books should be perfect. They are full of projects that keen crafters can personalise to suit the wearer.

Charmed
A charm bracelet is the ultimate in meaningful jewellery and in her first book, accomplished contemporary jeweller, Gabriella Sellors, shows you how to design and create your own beautiful pieces. Using a wide variety of inexpensive materials and charms such as faux pearls, freshwater colour pearls, glass, semi-precious stones and silver and gold, Gabriella has designed 50 projects. Whatever the occasion, whether it is for friendship, a birthday, love, or a bride, you can create charms for bracelets, earrings, bags and mobiles. Also includes a glossary of charms and their meanings.

You can purchase this book from all good bookshops or buy Charmed: 50 Bracelets, Necklaces and Earrings to Make and Give online at Amazon.

Wire Jewellery
An entirely new approach to jewellery-making, this book by Chrissie Day teaches you how to create dramatic, eye-catching wire and bead jewellery using newly developed techniques, including crocheting with wire and using pre-knitted wires. Includes 35 step-by-step projects ranging from delicate crystal and wire bracelets to fun, informal pieces such as coiled wire earrings in brightly coloured wire.

You can purchase this book from all good bookshops or buy Wire Jewellery: Crocheted, Knitted, Twisted and Beaded - 35 Stunning Step-by-step Projects online at Amazon.

Big Bead Jewellery
Author of Vintage Style Bead Jewellery, Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell, now brings you Big Bead Jewellery which included 35 easy-to-make projects. Deborah shows you how to make modern statement jewellery, reflecting the growing trend of ethnic, raw, crystal, African, Venetian and handmade bead jewellery. Taking a modern organic approach and allowing the natural shapes and colours that are unique to each piece to dictate the design, this book shows you how big beads really are the new fashion injewellery./p>

You can purchase this book from all good bookshops or buy Big Bead Jewellery: 35 Beautiful Easy-to-make Projects online at Amazon.

Beaded Daisy Chain Jewellery
Fresh, colourful and pretty, beaded jewellery is fun and easy to make. Beaded Daisy Chain Jewellery guides you through the basics of the daisy chain technique to create a collection of stylish accessories. An inexpensive and accessible craft, you don't need any specialist tools to make these stunning pieces - simply beads and beading thread. With easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step diagrams, you will achieve professional results in no time. Inside this book you will find 50 inspirational projects including necklaces, chokers, brooches, bracelets and trinket bags.

You can purchase this book from all good bookshops or buy Beaded Daisy Chain Jewellery: 50 Designs to Make online at Amazon.

Art & Craft of Making Jewelry
Packed with hundreds of colour how-to photographs, images of contemporary work, and time-tested tips, this spectacular guide will become an essential addition to every jeweller's library. All the basics are comprehensively covered - sawing, piecing, soldering metal - along with advanced skills such as granulation, enamelling, stone setting, and simple casting. Every unique project reinforces the techniques. Each chapter features a substantial gallery of contemporary pieces.

You can purchase this book from all good bookshops or buy Art and Craft of Making Jewelry: A Complete Guide to Essential Techniques online at Amazon.

Contemporary Bead & Wire Jewelry
Created by today's finest artisans, these pieces all showcase the incredible diversity of interesting beads and wire types available today. From glistening coppery pink flower pins and exotic "Bollywood Dreams" earrings to the gleaming amber "trapped in honey" pendant and the rajah bangle that recalls the jingling ankle bracelets from India, all the pieces in this collection are easy to make.

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