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Books : Jewelry: Fundamentals of Metalsmithing (Jewelry Crafts)In association with Amazon.comby: Tim Mccreight  
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 739.27 EAN: 9781880140291 ISBN: 1880140292 Label: Hand Books Press Manufacturer: Hand Books Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: September 15, 1997 Publisher: Hand Books Press Studio: Hand Books Press Sales Rank: 36632 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Photos Intimidating - recommend a different McCreight bookI truly wish I would have purchased "The Complete Metalsmith" by T. McCreight FIRST and possibly this book second as an inspiration/idea/picture book of metal art possibilities. Now don't get me wrong, there is a lot of useful information throughout the book, in between the incredible metal art, and he does cover some of the safety issues in one of the appendices that pleases me. Another sticking point for me is that the details are sketchy in many of the metal application processes in this book. ... Read More Rating:  - Jewelry: Fundamentals of MetalsmithingInteresting subject and very well presented. Will be used by me as my reference guide for new area of endeavor I am beginning. Rating: - Great book on techniquesI would like to begin by also suggesting The Complete Metalsmith by the same author. There have been several comments regarding the lack of step-by-step projects. Many other books have them, and it's nice for a visual reference I suppose, but it also leads to a lack of creativity on the part of many readers as they will just go through the entire book reproducing the projects laid out for them as opposed to using them as a jumping off point. In my opinion, the author intentionally left out the step ... Read More Rating: - Well Written......and goes well with his DVD. The text is definitely geared toward beginners. However if you're new at this, the photos of jewelry (albeit lovely) are a little intimidating. I'll use this book as a reference source for techniques, but I'm looking to Stephen O'Keeffe's "Jewelry Making" for projects I can actually achieve. Rating: - JEWELRY, Fundamentals of Metalsmithingexcellent book for the beginner. It explains at length how to do the job. Browse for similar items by category:
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