The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques

This comprehensive and ambitious workshop reference book for jewelers brings together a vast range of skills, techniques and technical data in one volume, providing an essential one-stop look-it-up resource for both students and professionals. The focus is on detailed explanation - with clear step-bystep photography used extensively - which means that while this book contains the expert techniques aimed squarely at professional jewelers, it is also accessible to students of any level seeking an authoritative and comprehensive bible of their craft.

List of contents

Introduction . Section One: Tools, Equipment and Materials . Section Two: Techniques . Section Three: Designing Jewelry . Section Four: Reference

About the author

Anastasia Young is a practising designer, jeweler and artist whose work has been exhibited internationally. She is the author of The Jeweler’s Technique Bible, and teaches on the BA jewelry design course at Central
Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.

Product details

• Authors: Anastasia Young, Young Anastasia
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2010
• EAN: 9780500515143
• ISBN: 978-0-500-51514-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 220 mm x 260 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 1400 g
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Humanities, art, music > Art; CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Jewelry, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Beadwork, Gemstones, Jewellery and beadcrafts, Jewellery & beadcraft