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Informationen zum Autor SCOTT DAVID PLUMLEE has been making jewelry for over a decade and has led more than 150 workshops on chain jewelry at crafts venues nationwide. A world traveler and jack-of-all-trades! Scott has studied ancient cultures and craft designs all over the world. His work has been featured in Bead & Button! Wirework! and Art Jewelry magazines! and can be seen at www.davidchain.com. He is the author of Handcrafting Chain and Bead Jewelry ! Chain and Bead Jewelry Creative Connections ! and Chain and Bead Jewelry Geometric Connections . His studio is based in Taos! New Mexico. Many crafters are interested in, but intimidated by soldering. The author shows readers how to use easy at-home soldering techniques to create more than 30 intricate-looking earrings, bracelets and necklaces. He teaches jewellery makers how to combine simplified soldering and wire-wrapping techniques to create a range of chain and bead designs. Zusammenfassung Popular jewelry designer and instructor Scott David Plumlee shows readers how to create 24 intricate-looking earrings! bracelets! and necklaces at home with a new quick and easy soldering technique. An innovative new material is turning traditional soldering upside down. Scott David Plumlee! author of Handcrafting Chain and Bead Jewelry ! teaches jewelry makers how to use a revolutionary new soldering paste and a small hand-held butane torch to create a range of seemingly complex but easily doable chain and bead designs at their kitchen table--no elaborate! expensive studio required. Scott's ingenious methods! clear instruction! and inspiring designs will give any aspiring jewelry maker the confidence to master this formerly intimidating technique. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Introduction Exploring the Book Wire! Beads! Tools! and Finishes Wire Beads Soldering Tools Hand Tools Finishing Processes Essential Soldering Techniques and Problem Solving Paste Soldering Techniques Common Soldering Problems (and Solutions) Dimensional Soldering Problems Metal Colors Making Argentium Silver and Gold-Filled Head Pins Jump Rings and Basic Chain Patterns Jump Ring Theory Wrapping and Cutting Jump Rings Jump Ring Sizes for the Chain Patterns Working with Jump Rings Chain Pattern Tutorials Four Clasps and an Earring Back The Magnetic Clasping System The S-Clasp Argentium Silver Bar and Loop Toggle Clasp Coiled Bar and Loop Toggle Clasp Earring Backs Peace Symbol Designs Wire-Wrapping Basics Single Peace Necklace Double Peace Bracelet Triple Peace Earrings Byzantine Peace Necklace Globe Designs Globe Frame Globe Bracelet Triple Globe Earrings Byzantine Globe Earrings Byzantine Globe Necklace Propeller Designs Three-Ring Propeller Formation Four-Ring Propeller Formation Six-Ring Propeller Formation Three-Ring Propeller Earrings and Bracelet Four-Ring Propeller Bracelet Four-Ring Propeller Earrings Six-Ring Propeller Earrings and Bracelet Jens Pind Propeller Necklace Dharma Wheel Designs Dharma Wheel Formation Dharma Wheel Earrings Dharma Wheel Bracelet Doubled Dharma Pendant Two-Tone Dharma Pendant Figure Eight Designs Figure Eight Frame Beaded Eight Earrings and Bracelet Double Eight Earrings Repeating Eights Bracelet Resources Index ...
