Making Fantastic Jewelry

by Paola Romanelli

Book Overview

Baubles, bangles and beads: have a little creative fun and soon you'll be wearing rings on your fingers, bracelets around your wrist and ornaments circling your neck. Craft these pretty jewels with the most unbelievably ordinary materials like: paper hardened and painted; tin foil rounded into shiny pearls; polymer clay turned into ear-rings; seashells strung together; pinecones hung on a wire; pieces of smooth wood knotted onto a necklace; and even foods Many of these fantastic and colourful pieces reveal the influence of Indian, African and South American traditions and work with nature's beautiful bounty. Fluffy white feathers, pendants of rice grains and Italian pasta rings on coloured cord recall Native American motifs.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806979410
• ISBN13: 9780806979410
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 10.5"

Customer Reviews

I Love this Book

I checked out this book from the library before buying it. The ideas are simple and easy to do. I bought the book for the basic ideas it suggests, and not for exact patterns/designs. So I guess if you have no imagination, don't buy the book! If you are a free spirited person and can think for yourself, with merely an idea tossed your way, then this book has some excellant advice and ideas. Also I am concerned about recycling and making my crafts with recyceled materials. This book fits the bill, as for suggestions and ways to go about doing that.