Copper Jewelry Collection


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Inexpensive and readily available, copper is soaring in popularity as a jewelry-making material! This book is a unique collection of copper jewelry techniques and projects from Art Jewelry magazine. With tips, techniques, and projects assembled in a way that makes them easily accessible to beginning crafters, the skills showcased here include wireworking, metalworking, adding colors and patinas, etching, combining copper with metal or polymer clay, and more. Perfect for jewelry makers of all stripes, Copper Jewelry Collection is a must-have for the crafting room bookshelf.




Easy & Elegant Beaded Copper Jewelry


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You can make affordable and stylish copper wire jewelry with a few simple tools, some wire and beads. Learn more than 300 different link styles and how to create your own with step-by-step instructions and outstanding instructional photos!




Mixed Metals


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Utilizing stringing and wireworking techniques accessible to beginners, this mixed metal jewelry guide also offers boutique-style designs that will captivate the more experienced beader. With no metalworking required, detailed instructions are provided for 30 unique projects incorporating various metals such as silver, gold, copper, brass, PMC, and more. Techniques for distressing metal--such as using liver of sulfur, other patinas, and hammering--are included, as well as ideas for mixing metals and using faux metals. Background information is given on each type of metal, from common properties to shopping tips, care, and cleaning.




Copper Art Jewelry


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The premier reference for twentieth century designs in copper jewelry, this beautiful book has been praised by collectors, appraisers, and art dealers alike. Over 300 color photos show hundreds of examples of the jewelry. Original art work, advertising, identifying marks and anecdotes round out this exhaustive study.




Copper


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From Kazu Kibuishi, creator of AMULET, comes an irresistibly charming pair of characters! Copper is curious, Fred is fearful. And together boy and dog are off on a series of adventures through marvelous worlds, powered by Copper's limitless enthusiasm and imagination. Each Copper and Fred story in this graphic novel collection is a complete vignette, filled with richly detailed settings and told with a wry sense of humor. These two enormously likable characters build ships and planes to travel to surprising destinations and have a knack for getting into all sorts of odd situations.




Cool Copper Cuffs


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Copper is affordable, plentiful and easy to work with. In her second book Eva M. Sherman explores ways copper, copper wire and sheet metal can be transformed into numerous different styles of cuffs. She uses standard gauges of sheet and wire, along with common metalworking and wire working tools to create over 25 unique cuffs.




The Crafty Chica Creates!


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The Queen of Latina Style, Kathy Cano Murillo, is back with fantastic art and craft projects—including brand-new ideas and previous favorites—in The Crafty Chica Creates.




Metal Jewelry in Bloom


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Take a walk through the metal garden, and admire the delicate blooms and intricate details. Dogwood blossoms, orchids, daisies, wisteria, daffodils, sunflowers, and many more beautiful flowers are all crafted from metal and finished with embellishments, including gemstones, leather, crystals, and more. Readers will learn how to cut, pierce, and texture metal as well as make cold connections including wrapping and riveting. Any level metalworker will love the end results of flowers that are as light as the flowers they represent!




Wire Jewelry Masterclass


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This comprehensive guide to working with wire, focusing on the intricate and rewarding craft of wire weaving, will delight and inspire all levels of jewellery-maker. The 24 projects, ranging from elegant pendants to earrings, rings, brooches and bracelets, will appeal to a wide range of tastes and are grouped into beginner, intermediate and advanced sections so that confidence grows in the reader to feel able to move on a stage. Abby's experience running tutorials on this wonderful craft shines out in the clarity of the step by step instruction for each project and the invaluable tools and techniques section. To Abby, teaching is all about getting the detail right and taking out the guess work so the maker can concentrate on the end result of a beautiful piece of jewellery.