Handcrafted Metal Findings: 30 Creative Jewelry Components

By Jane Dickerson and Denise Peck

Book Overview

Metalsmiths reveal new findings in jewelry trends!

Following up their best-selling book Handcrafted Wire Findings, Denise Peck and Jane Dickerson give jewelers more techniques, more (and different) findings, and more inspiration. Handcrafted Metal Findings features 30 step-by-step tutorials for metal findings that require only basic jewelry-making skills. Working with precut metal blanks and thin-gauge sheet metal, Denise, Jane, and several contributing artists have created great-looking findings? head pins, bead caps, bails, charms, connectors, cones, and more--all without a lot of effort.

All the metalwork can be done with basic tools--no saws, no flex shaft, no oxy/acetylene tanks. Metal pieces are hole-punched, dapped, hammered, textured with stamps and tools, colorized, oxidized, and patinated. Construction techniques include simple soldering with a micro torch and cold connections such as riveting. Finished gallery pieces that incorporate some of the findings provide additional inspiration in this inspiration- and information-packed book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620336952
• ISBN13: 9781620336953
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Interweave Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.2"