Jewelry: Fundamentals of Metalsmithing
Tim McCreight presents the craft of metalwor king jewellery in this newly revised edition that will be of interest even to the most inexperienced beginner. ' This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1880140292
ISBN13:9781880140291
Release Date:September 1997
Publisher:Hand Books Press
Length:144 Pages
Weight:1.91 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 8.5" x 10.0"
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5 ratings
Great for the basics
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This book is great to review the basics of various techniques without too much fluff. Nicely organized, laid out and illustrated, and written well. I am learning metalsmithing, and it was very helpful in reviewing and complementing the techniques I've learned, and gave me some new ideas too.
Love the Book Fundamentals of Metalsmithing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Thank you for this amazing book! This book was recommended to me by a friend who does metal work jewelry and she told me that this was the only book one needed to get the job done! I believe she was right! Even a simpleton like my self can follow it! It's Amazing!
Fundamentals of Metalsmithing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This book is a required book for a college class I'm taking. Normally, required books are seldom used because the information is not up to date or not easy to understand. Tim McCreights book is excellant. It is instructive, and visually appealing. It includes great examples of metalsmithing projects of not only his work but many other contributing artists. It is inspiriring.
Wonderful book!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This book was a heaven send to me. It has beautiful pictures and very well written text and explanations. It's a must-have book if you are thinking about working with metal.
A fine, fine book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
The fact that McCreight has been teaching for 25 years really shines through. The little tips he slips in are great and his suggestions for improvising and making your own tools would save you the cost of the book in short order. There are flashes of humour and the illustrations are inspirational. One of the editorial reviews mentions that the book contains no projects. While strictly true this is slightly misleading. McCreight includes a number of step-by-step sets of instructions for achieving particular results, but doesn't arrange them into end-to-end projects - leaving you free to think up your own, which personally I prefer. One of the customer reviews also notes that the illustrations and text are not directly tied together. This is also true, but I was able to make the connections myself in 90% of cases. In the section on hinges, the illustrations show pieces with hinges, and so forth. They are there to stimulate your creativity rather than to tie in tightly to the text. If you buy no other jewellery crafting book, buy this one.
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