DESINGNING THE JEWELRY
FLAME WORKING
Flameworking will show you how to manipulate hot glass to make beautiful flameworked shapes and objects that you'll assemble into larger sculptural and functional pieces. These techniques are the most accessible way to begin working with hot glass and are fully explained in this groundbreaking book. If you already have some experience, you'll find many new flameworking techniques with which to express your artistic vision. The detailed and easy to follow exercises, brought to life by sophisticated projects, will enable you to build a series of skills with each one you complete.The Introduction present Glass Basics; Setting Up Your Studio; Healing "Devit," Creases, and Cracks; Color, Glorious Color!; and Glass Rods and Tubing.
1 Making Gathers, Experimenting with Gravity, and Fusing Rods; 2 Making a Leaf and Variations; 3 Embellishing Leaves; 4 Making Marias and Transitional Shapes; 5 Casing a Clear Rod with Color; 6 Making a Heart Shape; 7 Making a Fish Shape with Frit Color; 8 Making a Flower; 9 Making Icicles with Stripes; 10 Working with Tubing; and 11 Making a Candleholder.
The Projects include:
1 Versatile Plant Stakes; 2 Flowers with Leaves and Stems; 3 Colorful Suncatcher; 4 Kinetic Leaf Mobile; 5 Candlestick with Transitional Shapes; 6 Decorative Glass Candies; 7 Beads as Glass Sculpture; 8 Tall Candlestick with Fish Motif; 9 Heart Wall Sculpture; 10 Flower Candleholder; and 11 Fish Sculpture.
An 18-page gallery of flameworked glass pieces by contemporary artists provides inspiration and an appreciation for the versatility of glass as an artistic medium. If you want to learn to flamework glass or are interested in the tools and techniques involved in flameworking,.
An 18-page gallery of flameworked glass pieces by contemporary artists provides inspiration and an appreciation for the versatility of glass as an artistic medium. If you want to learn to flamework glass or are interested in the tools and techniques involved in flameworking,.
HOW TO DESING JEWELRY
Design is the element that adds something special to jewelry creation. Perhaps you have cut a beautiful gemstone and would like to set in a mounting this is more than the conventional bezel or prong setting. What can be done to give the mounting that special, individual look, you work a leaf or flower motif into the design .AND about geometric patterns, attractive animal shapes, the modern massive lookThe answers to these questions, plus a lot more helpful information will be found in How To Design Jewelry. 
In addition to having had many articles published on jewelry making, the authors have taught the subject, with design being part of their courses. Now they have compiles these instructions, including projects that will show you how through doing. In addition, you'll find a wide variety of designs that may be used as it or modified to fashion jewelry with that professional, artistic appearance.Contents include: Introduction, Bird Motifs, Design Ideas for Casting Models, Geometrics, Monograms, Floral Designs, Embellishment, Strings and Doodles, Movement, More about Movement, and Design and Repair. Illustrated with full color photo pages and black and white drawings.
In addition to having had many articles published on jewelry making, the authors have taught the subject, with design being part of their courses. Now they have compiles these instructions, including projects that will show you how through doing. In addition, you'll find a wide variety of designs that may be used as it or modified to fashion jewelry with that professional, artistic appearance.Contents include: Introduction, Bird Motifs, Design Ideas for Casting Models, Geometrics, Monograms, Floral Designs, Embellishment, Strings and Doodles, Movement, More about Movement, and Design and Repair. Illustrated with full color photo pages and black and white drawings.
