Beaded Jewelry: Wirework Techniques: Skills, Tools, and Materials for Making Handcrafted Jewelry. A Storey BASICS® Title

by Carson Eddy, Rachael Evans, Kate Feld

Overview

Show your style with handcrafted jewelry. Beaded Jewelry: Wirework Techniques has all the tips and tricks you need to make your own professional-looking jewelry using wirework techniques. Step-by-step instructions teach you how to select the best wire and tools for your project, while clear illustrations show you exactly how to bend, twist, and shape your way to beautiful loops, hoops, and head pins. You’ll soon be designing and creating unique and personal earrings, bracelets, and pendants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612124841
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	02/10/2015
Series:	Storey Basics
Pages:	88
Sales rank:	304,903
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Carson Eddy is the owner of The Boston Bead Company, with stores in Cambridge and Salem, Massachusetts. The Boston Bead Company offers an extensive calendar of classes and in-store demonstrations and maintains an online resource center, beadOpedia.

Co-author Rachael Evans has been a bead buyer, manager, and jewelry designer at The Boston Bead Company over the course of 12 years.

Co-author Kate Feld has worked as store manager and is currently the staff designer of The Boston Bead Company.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: Wire Basics
Wire Types - Wire Attributes - Selecting Wire for a Project

Chapter Two: Chain Basics
Chain Materials - Chain Treatments - Chain Styles

Chapter Three: Findings Basics
Clasp Findings - Earring Findings - Other Findings

Chapter Four: Tool Basics
Pliers and Cutters - Wire Shaping Tools - Measuring, Polishing, and Storage

Chapter Five: Wirework Techniques
Simple Loop - Wire-Wrapped Loop - Wire-Wrapped Bead Cap - Wire-Wrapped Link with Beads - Wire-Wrapped Link Chain - Briolette Wrap - Covering a Briolette - Making Basic Ear Wires - Making Head Pins and Eye Pins - Making Hoop Earrings - Working with Cones - Finishing Memory Wire - How to Open and Close Jump Rings - How to Use Split Ring Pliers - How to Use Wire Cutters

Glossary

Appendix: Types of Metal

Index

Editorial Reviews

03/15/2015
The latest installment of Storey's budget-conscious "Basics" series focuses on wirework techniques for jewelry making. The majority of the content by coauthors Eddy, Rachael Evans, and Kate Feld focuses on the accoutrements of wirework, with coverage of wire types and sizes, premade findings and chains, and basic wireworking tools. An overview of basic wirework techniques follows, with instructions for creating a variety of simple findings and wire wraps. As with other titles in the series, line drawings are utilized to illustrate important concepts. The coverage is surprisingly in depth given the brief format, and jewelry makers looking for a "just the facts" approach to choosing the appropriate wire for their project will find it here. VERDICT Wirework is a useful technique for jewelry makers, and though the bare-bones method won't work for everyone, this guide provides enough information to get beginners started.

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