Jewelry and related arts

Making Beautiful Beads – Glass, Metal, Polymer Clay, Fiber

Dec 21st, 2008 | By Stacey Apeitos | Category: Jewelry and related arts

A variety of techniques presented for true bead aficionados
Step by steps provided for beads made of wool fiber, paper, polymer clay, metal and glass
Inspiring gallery pages for all these sorts of beads except paper
A number of different artists contributed projects for this book.
I myself make beads from both wool (wet feltmaking) and [...]



Stamping Effects in Polymer Clay with Sandra McCall

Dec 21st, 2008 | By Stacey Apeitos | Category: Jewelry and related arts

Take a little square of foam core board, plug in your hot glue gun and pull out a rubberstamp. You’ll be amazed where you can go from here.
Sandra’s a queen of mixed media techniques. This book shows you how to make jewelry components by stamping hot glue, fabric, shrink plastic, polymer clay, glass and paper. [...]



Metal Clay and Mixed Media Jewelry by Sherri Haab

Dec 21st, 2008 | By Stacey Apeitos | Category: Jewelry and related arts

Just flipping through Metal Clay and Mixed Media Jewelry by Sherri Haab  will get your juices going.
Every photo excites me. I love this jewelry!
Haab revisits the basics of working with metal clay and then takes it to the next level introducing new colorful media.
The step by step instructions and photos seem clear; she even instructs [...]



Pretty Little Things: Collage Jewelry, Trinkets, Keepsakes

Dec 19th, 2008 | By Susie Jefferson | Category: Soldered jewelry and decor

Pretty Little Things: Collage Jewelry, Trinkets, Keepsakes by Sally Jean Alexander is one of the best books I have ever seen on soldered jewellery. Sally Jean has built up her business over many years, every piece made by hand. So she really does know what she is talking about!
Sally Jean uses vintage ephemera in a [...]