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Product Description
Learn how to create exciting metal jewelry using just 12 simple, inexpensive hand tools—no jewelry torch required!
- 12 beautiful projects with step-by-step photos show exactly what to do and how the result should look
- 8 practice exercises help build beginner's skills and techniques
- Master the use of jewelers' tools one at a time by working through each lesson one by one
- Create exciting metal jewelry using just 12 simple, inexpensive tools and other materials readily available at craft stores, hardware stores, or around the house
- Author Helen Driggs has extensive experience teaching jewelry making to beginners, and explains the tools and techniques in an easy-to-understand way
This beginner's guide to metal jewelry making shows how to create exciting wearable art using just 12 simple tools.
Wearing jewelry you made yourself means you can express your creativity, talent, and personal taste all at once. And it's easy to get started! Perhaps you've even tried assembling craft outlet beads and charms, and now you're ready to move to the next level.
Metal Jewelry Workshop features 8 practice exercises and 12 beautiful projects with step-by-step photos that show exactly what to do and how the result should look. By working through each lesson, you will master the use of jeweler's tools one at a time—and you'll create some beautiful pieces of jewelry along the way.
Experienced jewelry-making teacher Helen Driggs explains all the basics of materials and techniques with step-by-step, easy-to-understand instructions. This tried and true learning method will help you build a foundation of proper technique and let you excel without frustration—and without breaking the bank!
"You do not need to spend a lot of money on expensive materials to create beautiful jewelry," says author Helen Driggs, master jewelry and metalsmith artist. "There are many ways to achieve certain techniques in jewelry making, and many common household objects are easily substituted for expensive tools."
The artist also encourages the act of found art in jewelry making, as well as using sustainable products. "I often use re-purposed and recycled materials in my work because I care about sustainable products and reducing my carbon footprint on the planet," she says. When she isn't creating jewelry or writing for Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine, Driggs teaches jewelry making, providing courses both online and in person.
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