Junk Jewelry: 25 Extraordinary Designs to Create from Ordinary Objects

by Jane Eldershaw

Book Overview

Designed to make people look twice, Junk Jewelry s beauty lies in featuring otherwise ordinary items in artful, surprising ways. What looks like a metal cuff turns out to be made of safety pins; translucent hoop earrings are actually computer chips; and a drawer pull transforms into a pendant. As the world goes green, there s never been a better time to pack a visual punch with recycled materials and everyday objects or mementos found in a dresser,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307405176
• ISBN13: 9780307405173
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Potter Craft
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Fun and creative

Eldershaw has an amazing imagination! She teaches you how to recreate old jewelry, like turning an old chain necklace into a glittering necklace with as many dangling pieces as a charm bracelet. What is especially useful is her chapter on how-to projects. She shows "how to make a number of pieces form 'junk' that is not too hard to find"(p 37). Had you ever considered adding antique hardware to a necklace, for example? Or making a paperclip necklace? I bet you could share this book with your young daughter and really enjoy a day of making jewelry. LOTS of fun.

GREAT IDEAS

I found great ideas to refresh my old jewelery and to create great personalised gifts. Junk Jewelery is a great gift in itself.