Making Metal Beads Techniques, Projects, Inspiration
Making Metal Beads Techniques, Projects, Inspiration by Pauline Warg is a comprehensive guide published by Lark Books in 2010. This reprint edition spans 160 pages and is presented in English. The book offers detailed instructions for jewellers to craft 30 unique beads using materials such as silver, copper, and brass, while also covering essential metalwork basics.
Readers will find a variety of techniques to enhance their bead-making skills, including surface embellishing and the addition of decorative elements. The guide features design ideas that encourage creativity, such as transforming commercial beads through methods like stamping, chasing, and dimpling. Additionally, it explores the use of cold connections for creating riveted and woven beads, along with variations in form using patterned or hammered sheet metal. A gallery of handmade beads serves as inspiration for crafters looking to expand their repertoire in jewelry and metalwork.
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HANDICRAFTS. With this comprehensive guide, jewellers can craft 30 stunning one-of-a-kind beads in shimmering silver, copper and brass. Crafters will build a repertoire of skills, from surface embellishing to adding decorative elements. A gallery of handmade beads provides inspiration. With this comprehensive guide, jewellers can craft 30 stunning one-of-a-kind beads in shimmering silver, copper and brass. An introduction provides metalwork basics, followed by design ideas and techniques. Transform commercial beads using simple stamping, chasing and dimpling. Use cold connections to produce riveted and woven beads. Create variations in the form by using patterned, textured or hammered sheet metal. Crafters will build a repertoire of skills, from surface embellishing to adding decorative elements. A gallery of handmade beads provides inspiration.
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