The Complete Book of Jewelry Making: A Full-color Introduction to the Jeweler's Art - Softcover

Codina, Carles

 
9781579903046: The Complete Book of Jewelry Making: A Full-color Introduction to the Jeweler's Art

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This amazingly comprehensive guide to the jeweler&;s art is a goldmine of information&;big, beautiful, and with hundreds of color photos. It&;s simply the handsomest, most complete sourcebook available, with its enlightening discussion of basic metallurgy (alloying, smelting, annealing, and pickling), and professional-quality techniques for cutting, piercing, soldering, and making closures and rings. Learn the tricks of the trade for enhancing surfaces; etching, combining metals, creating textures, adding color; engraving; enameling; and gem setting. Seven magnificently presented projects include a silver repoussé pendant, an articulated gold bracelet with clasp, a multiple loop-in-loop chain, and a square hollow-construction ring to die for.

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ISBN 10:  1579901883 ISBN 13:  9781579901882
Verlag: Lark Books,U.S., 2000
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