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Ironwork: Techniques | 39 Carving Pins. Mary Finn. Accomplished wood- carver and teacher Mary Finn guides readers through the creation of five colorful pin designs: a sunflow- er, cardinal, bunny, Santa, and rose. Includes meth- ods 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 279 mm) •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 col- lection of works by 62 contemporary Chinese jew- elry 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 knowledge for using cloisonne, plique-jour, champlev, and basse-taille techniques on silver, gold, foils, and metal clay to make jewelry, vessels, portraits, and more • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •359 color and14 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 enameled copper wire, felt, polymeric clay, cloth, and paper. Chapters include a history of costume jewelry, techniques for using each material, tools and materials needed, glossary, and an artist’s gallery to inspire your own creative ideas. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 556 color images • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-4149-6•PB•$29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99CAD 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"x12" (228x304mm) •100 color drawings • 204 pp. • 978-0-7643-0330-2 • HC • $69.95 / £63.99 / 105.00 CAD Designing Jewelry: Brooches, Bracelets, Neck- laces & Accessories. Maurice P. Galli, Dominique Rivière, and Fanfan Li. The process of designing brooches, 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"x12" (228x304mm) •89 color drawings • 192 pp. • 978-0-88740-631-7 • HC • $59.99 / £54.99 / 85.00 CAD Drawing for Jewelers: Master Class in Pro- fessional Design. Maria Josep Forcadell Berengu- er and Josep Asunción Pastor. This book teaches how to use drawing as a means of expressing jew- elers’ creative ideas. Mastering this tool can be a great resource that can help jewelers to progress easily and steadily with designing jewelry and pre- senting their ideas and projects. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 763 b/w & color images • 192 pp. • 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 279 mm) • 252 color photos • 64 pp. • 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 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 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" x 81/2" (279x215mm) •110 images•48pp. •978-0-7643-2855-8•PB•$13.00 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD Fresh Floral Jewelry: CreatingWearable Art with Wendy Andrade, NDSF, AIFD, FBFA. Wendy Andrade. This instructional introduction to the world of floral design jewelry 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 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"x81/2" (279x215mm) •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, ted- dy bears, and old Saint Nick himself are provided, with easily followed instructions and clear color photography • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 208 color photos, 14 patterns •64 pp. •978-0-88740-832- 8 • PB • $12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD METALWORK & JEWELRY MAKING | Beads & Agate Jewelry to Create Yourself. Connie Wagner. Learn how to create earrings, a pin, a barrette, and a necklace, and various ways to embellish these projects to change their look. 170 color photographs and step-by-step instructions teach the process, and a photo gallery of other projects will inspire you • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •145 color photos •64 pp. •978-0-7643-2998-2•PB • $14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Beads & Strings Jewelry: A Step-by-Step Workshop. Ani Afshar. Chicago jewelry designer Ani Afshar teaches you step-by-step to weave jewelry with beads, fishing line, and wire. Learn to make a 10-strand bead necklace with clusters of various beads, a beaded coil choker with memory wire and fishing line, and seed bead loop earrings • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 123 color photos • 48 pp. • 978-0-7643-2731-5 • PB • $12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD Beads & Wires Jewelry: A Step-by-Step Workshop. Ani Afshar. Step-by-step meth- ods for weaving jewelry with beads and sterling silver wires. Create 5-strand and 3-strand necklaces and a 3-strand pearl bracelet with beads of your choice, or similar to those in the demonstrations. A gallery of Ani’s jewelry that uses the same techniques will inspire designs of your own • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 141 color photos • 48 pp. • 978-0-7643-2730-8 • PB • $12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 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 mak- ers adorn backs with items meant to comple- ment 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 • 91/8" x 8 1/8" (231 x 206mm) • 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, watchbands, and earrings, using wires, beads, and stones. Monkey, butterfly, and cross shapes are il- lustrated in this book, and you are encouraged to design your own styles • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 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 • 81/8" 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