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JEWELRY MAKING | 39 Carving Pins. Mary Finn. Accomplished woodcarv- er and teacher Mary Finn guides readers through the creation of five colorful pin designs: a sunflower, cardinal, bunny, Santa, and rose. Includes methods for creating blanks, carving the piece, adding texture and other details, painting, finishing, and attaching a pin to the back • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 180 color photos•48pp. •978-0-7643-1548-0•PB•$12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD Chinese Contemporary Jewelry Design. Bifei Cao, Foreword by Shannon Guo (Guo Xin). The first book to offer an in-depth look at the forces shaping contemporary jewelry in China, this arresting collec- tion of works by 62 contemporary Chinese jewelry artists offers the variety and energy that China has to offer the field. Cao, an internationally renowned artist residing both in the US and China, puts the work in context for the Western jewelry world. • 8 1/2"x11"(215x279mm)•350colorandb/wphotographs • 320 pp. • 978-0-7643-6028-2 • HC • $60.00 / £54.99 / 86.00 CAD Contemporary Enameling: Art and Technique. Lilyan Bachrach. The techniques explained are for vitreous, or hard, enamels on metal. More than 30 experienced enamelists share their specialized knowl- edge for using cloisonne, plique-jour, champlev, and basse-taille techniques on silver, gold, foils, and metal clay to make jewelry, vessels, portraits, and more • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 359 color and 14 B/W • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-2355-3 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / 56.95 CAD Costume Jewelry. Elvira López Del Prado Rivas. With illustrated, step-by-step instructions, learn how to make various pieces of costume jewelry with enam- eled copper wire, felt, polymeric clay, cloth, and paper. Chapters include a history of costume jewelry, techniques for using each material, tools and mate- rials needed, glossary, and an artist’s gallery to inspire your own creative ideas. • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •556 color images •144pp. •978-0-7643-4149-6•PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Creative Variations in Jewelry Design. Maurice P. Galli, Dominique Rivière, & Fanfan Li. Step-by-step instruction through the creative drawing process for twenty-five different styles of jewelry sets, with four variations for each. From each specific design idea, you will see jewelry being developed in silver and gold, old gold, gold with diamonds, and platinum with precious stones. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304mm) •100 color drawings •204pp. •978-0-7643-0330-2•HC•$69.95 / £63.99 / 105.00 CAD Contemporary Maasai Beading: 21 Simple Projects Based on Traditional Designs. Becca Marais. A beautiful look into the ancient Maasai tradition of beading! Learn fromskilledMaasai artisans, who teach you to make 21 of their own beaded designs as you read their personal stories. TheMaasai of the Loita Hills of Kenya established RedTribe Beadwork, a female empowerment enterprise in which the women create, market, and sell their beaded jewelry. • 81/2" x 10" (215 x 254mm) •200+color photos •128pp. •978-0-7643- 6552-2 • PB • $26.99 / £24.99 / 37.99 CAD Behind the Brooch: The Art of Backs & Clasps. Lorena Angulo. The focus of this book is on the side of the brooch we usually don’t notice: the reverse. Clever brooch makers adorn backs with items meant to complement the front. The backside may even have a unique, intricate design all its own. When you flip a brooch over in your hand, find a surprise message or a hidden pattern • 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" (231 x 206 mm) • 604 color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-4559-3 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Braided Wire Jewelry with Loretta Henry. Loretta Henry. Braided wire produces pretty, deli- cate-looking jewelry, including pendants, pins, watch- bands, and earrings, using wires, beads, and stones. Monkey, butterfly, and cross shapes are illustrated in this book, and you are encouraged to design your own styles • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •color photos • 64 pp. • 978-0-88740-867-0 • PB • $12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD Brazilian Bracelets: Making Friendship Bracelets & More. Florence Bellot. If you love making meaningful gifts for friends or just desire to accessorize with style without breaking the bank, this book is a must-have. Choose from more than 20 projects and 75 variations • 8 1/8" x 9 1/8" (206 x 231 mm) • 133 color photos and drawings • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-4557-9 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Designing Jewelry: Brooches, Bracelets, Neck- laces & Accessories. Maurice P. Galli, Dominique Rivière, and Fanfan Li. The process of designing brooch- es, bracelets, necklaces, and accessories is carefully explained, illustrated, and explored in this volume. The beautiful and practical step-by-step format clearly demonstrates the jewelry designing process. Lavishly illustrated with 89 hand-drawn renderings in full color. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 89 color drawings • 192 pp. • 978-0-88740-631-7 • HC • $59.99 / £54.99 / 85.00 CAD Drawing for Jewelers: Master Class in Profes- sional Design. Maria Josep Forcadell Berenguer and Josep Asunción Pastor. This book teaches how to use drawing as a means of expressing jewelers’ creative ideas. Mastering this tool can be a great resource that can help jewelers to progress easily and steadily with designing jewelry and presenting their ideas and projects. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 763 b/w&color images •192pp. •978-0-7643-4058-1•HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD Enameling. Connie Wagner. Step-by-step instruc- tions and 252 color photos guide newcomers to enameling through 8 different projects, including creating test enamel tiles, reversible earrings, brace- lets, multiple piece pendants, a flower pin, enameled beads, and words with enamel. Features different techniques, including scrolling and sgraffito, count- er enamel, and stenciling. Common mistakes are identified with ways to fix them • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •252color photos•64pp. •978-0-7643-3444- 3 • PB • $14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Fashion Jewelry to Make Yourself. Renate Bosshart. More than 100 jewelry designs made with simple techniques. These are amazing, unique piec- es that will complete any woman’s wardrobe with startling effects. The design palette ranges from simple to extravagant, from carefree to richly precious. Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions are includ- ed which will produce beautiful handcrafted jewel- ry • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •142 color photos, 70 drawings•128pp. •978-0-88740-874-8•PB•$24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Felt, Fiber, and Stone: Creative Jewelry De- signs & Techniques. Suzanne O’Brien. A discus- sion of materials and techniques in crocheting, making felt flowers, and beading, with instructions for making chunky brooches, earrings, necklaces, and funky cuff bracelets. There are 12 projects de- scribed step-by-step and illustrated photos, with 23 additional projects in the gallery. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 350 color photos • 88 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3668-3 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Flower Jewelry. Ani Afshar. Take a jewelry making workshop with designer Ani Afshar, who will teach you step-by-step to make an elegant flower brooch, a flower lariat necklace, and flower dangle earrings with colored beads and fishing wire. A gallery of similar styles Ani has made with different beads and colors will inspire you to keep creating • 11"x81/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 110 images • 48 pp. • 978-0-7643- 2855-8 • PB • $13.00 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD Fresh Floral Jewelry: Creating Wearable Art with Wendy Andrade, NDSF, AIFD, FBFA. Wendy Andrade. This instructional in- troduction to the world of floral design jewel- ry making is the first of its kind. Learn how to make beautiful, intricate jewelry with wire, beads, and little else to resemble foliage in which to set your orchids, succulents, and many more floral varieties. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 414 color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-4411-4 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Making Simple Felted Jewelry. Marsha Fletcher. Make a brooch, necklace, wrap-around bracelet, and accessorize a purse and a hat. These fun, wool jewelry pieces are sure to freshen up all wardrobes. Step-by-step directions and basic techniques are demonstrated through 113 color images, along with 4 featured projects • 81/8" x 9 1/8" (206 x 231 mm) • 113 color images & 1 b&w image • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-3570-9 • PB • $9.99 / £9.99 / 13.99 CAD Making Wood Jewelry: Southwest Style. Thomas Freese. A fun guide to creating simple wood- en jewelry. Craft pins, beads, pendants, and earrings evoke delightful desert art. With practical safety tips and a discussion of the best tools, anyone can get started. Design discussion and many project photo- graphs will launch you in creating exquisite jewelry perfect for gifts. Explore techniques for wood burn- ing, inlayed stones, and repurposed exotic woods • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •152 color photos •64pp. • 978-0-7643-3414-6 • PB • $12.99 / £11.99 / 17.99 CAD Mastering Contemporary Jewelry De- sign: Inspiration, Process, and Finding Your Voice. Loretta Lam. This valuable guide from instructor and expert Loretta Lammakes jewelry design both attainable and under- standable. The basic principles are explained to aid starting designers, and each section has breakout exercises enabling any level of jewelry artist to experiment with the concepts before applying them to works. • 10 1/2" x 9" (228 x 266 mm) • 200 color images • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-5919-4 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD How toMakeWonderful Porcelain Beads and Jewelry. Vicki Kahn. More than 100 color photos and clear instructions guide readers through the creation of porcelain layered beads, beads with inclusions, mille- fiori beads, necklaces, earrings, and buttons • 11" x 81/2" (279 x 215mm) •104 color photos • 80 pp. • 978-0-7643-2377-5 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / 28.95 CAD Making Christmas Jewelry in Polymer Clay. Bridget Albano. Festive necklaces, pins, and earrings of your own making. Patterns for endearing angels, Christmas trees, gifts, holly, gingerbread men, teddy bears, and old Saint Nick himself are provided, with easily followed instructions and clear color photog- raphy • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •208 color photos, 14patterns•64pp. •978-0-88740-832-8•PB•$12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD