| Wire jewelry is one of the hottest trends in jewelry making.
Wire Style, from the editor of Step
by Step Wire Jewelry magazine, is a collection of fifty contemporary,
stylish, and absolutely wearable designs from an array of top designers in the field. Begin with a primer on basic tools and
techniques for getting started, then launch right into chic, beautiful designs
for bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and pendants handpicked from a collection
of top jewelry designers. Each project features a comprehensive materials list
and thorough step-by-step instructions, following in the footsteps of Stringing
Style and Stringing
Style 2. Fundamental wireworking techniques are explained in
detail, including wire wrapping, weaving, coiling, chain making, hammering, texturing,
and oxidizing. Readers will also learn how to wire-wrap found objects, make chain
mail, create spirals, straighten wire properly, pierce, cut, make jump rings,
make ear wires, and create clasps.
Projects are constructed with a range of materials, from precious metals to
plated and colored wire for an eclectic mix of funky and fabulous designs. Various
types of wire and chain are mixed up with stones, beads, and cords for an interesting
and assorted collection of designs. Wire Style has everything you need
to know to begin your journey or to perfect your wire-working skills.
Paperbound, 8½ x 10¼, 120 pages
150 photographs, 3 charts
ISBN 978-1-59668-070-8
About the author:
Denise Peck is a wire/metal jewelry artist and the editor in chief of Step
by Step Wire Jewelry, senior editor for Jewelry
Artist, and projects editor for Step
by Step Beads. She is a metalsmith with a bench jeweler’s certificate
and makes and sells her own jewelry.
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