Cloisonne Enameling and Jewelry Making

by Felicia Liban and Louise Mitchell

Book Overview

"The complete book on cloisonn enameling . . . encyclopedic in scope." Jewelers' Circular-Keystone. This critically acclaimed book discusses tools, materials, and processes for creating lovely pendants, rings, pins, buckles, and more. 164 illustrations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486259714
• ISBN13: 9780486259710
• Release Date: July 1989
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

excellent information

I am new at enameling and cloisionne and this book is an excellent source of instruction. Well written, good photos and details.

Enameling

The book is useful for a broad spectrum of initial enameling skills. While it doesn't delve into minute detail, enameling is a hands-on learning and application art. So I found the directions and and steps useful for my needs. I will take care of the details.

Dover reprint of good cloisonne enamel work

This is one of those books that you are giddy that Dover reprinted! it isn't for the very beginner in enameling but it will take the enameler thru all the steps for making some basic cloisonnes and then the settings and chains for them. The jewelry working/metal smithing section is worth the price of admission. The chain making section is old school just enough to get people thinking about the need for all the fancy gizmo's they sell today. I enjoyed the book as a whole. the B & W pictures are good being reprints. the project drawings, pictures and the wire bend diagrams are great. To bad more of the newer books don't include them. The resource pages were very complete and you will find most of them still doing biz and with web sites. If you have old Thompson Enamels you have picked up from some ole timer the list with numbers will be worth the cost itself. I own it, use it

Solid beginner information

Well written with many photos and a step-by-step guide for cloisonné. Sound advice and useful trouble shooting. It touches briefly on other techniques without enough detail information to use but enough to start an interest in expanding enamels and a few trial experiments.