The Complete Jewelry Making Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques: A Beginner's Course for Aspiring Jewelry Makers

Very informative book, good description and guidance. Good photos to walk you through the work. Could have added better pieces to create but a good book for my library.

I bought this book with the intent of learning to make jewelry to sell. I got more than I bargained for. This book not only metal working techniques, but soldering, working with wire, and beading. It also teaches you about finishing and polishing, the tools you will need, and how to set up your area. I would definitely recommend this book.

I have taken a beginning level jewelry making course and find Jinks McGrath's book to be a very useful supplement to classwork. It is particularly good on setting up a studio, identifying needed tools and purchasing or ordering materials. The soldering and bezel-making information interested me most and the book is very thorough in that respect. Other areas very well-covered are design and the related topic of measuring to achieve design aspirations. Finally, the work pictured throughout is lovely and inspiring, with nothing tacky or tasteless included. I like this manual very much and feel that it delivers exactly what the title promises.

This book is NOT a book of patterns and designs. It is purely a book that gives you some instruction and some ideas about almost every technique you could possibly use to make jewelry. It begins with the very basics about tools (bending tools, forming tools, measuring tools, holding tools, etc.), finding inspiration in nature and other methods, about precious metals (different properties of the precious metals) and non-precious metals, techniques such as annealing, piercing, cutting wire, quenching and pickling, soldering, polishing and finishing, and others. Each of these techniques seem rather complex when you are first starting them, so the one or two pages devoted to each is not enough for you to truly learn any of them. This book simply gives you the basic ideas if you think you might be interested. I like the book because you DO get an idea of all the wonderful techniques available to us, and you can get an idea of what they entail and if you might be interested in pursuing them further. There are only 3-5 photos demonstrating how to do the techniques (some as few as three!) which is definitely not enough for you to LEARN to do them.

Great descriptions and awesome projects, this combined with the complete metalsmith are excellent learning tools. I definitely enjoyed all the projects. As an aspiring jeweler I often look to books like this for tips, inspiration, and ask alternative views and methods to work with metal on a jewelry level. This book provided an excellent source for all of that. I do not recommend that you use one text or the other for learning metallurgy but this one is definitely worth a look. Definitely consider checking out from the

This book is PACKED full of everything you need to get started making jewelry. Not only does it tell you the tools youll need, but it also puts an 'importance value' on them, so if youre on a budget, you can get the NEEDS now, Maybes later and the 'would be nice's 'later. Covers metals, bench setup, soldering, bending, fixing, melting, etc... A GREAT BOOK FOR A BEGINNER, OR REFERENCE FOR A SEASONED SMITH.

It seems that all the studios that offer classes are either to far to drive or are very costly, but I love to make jewelry and I'm always thirsty for more knowledge. When I saw this course at Amazon I was so excited because, #1it was 30% off, and 2nd the description sounded like a book I would really enjoy. Now that I have the course book i'm so glad, its written in a style that is easy follow. I am greatly benefitinq from the purchase, and better yet so are my clients.

Not a comprehensive course in the sense of "How to..."; "Steps 1 - 34 for the beginner". Excellent pictures and overview of: - What an aspiring jewelry maker should consider as they begin the jewelry making craft - offers a detailed shopping list of items you will need. - provides simple descriptions of key terms, tools and processes. Good luck to all who want to learn. But this is no 101 - perhaps Unit 1 of the 101 .

Well rounded and full of useful information for beginners on their journey in jewellery creating. Great as a reference book too if a few steps have been forgotten in a certain method.

Not useful for Handmade

O livro é ótimo para quem está iniciando ou começou recentemente um curso de ourivesaria. É bom também para aqueles que tem curiosidade em conhecer esse mundo. O livro é completo, mostra detalhadamente desde as ferramentas, até o processo de solda e polimento.

Books format is excellent and easy to follow. Information really helps with inspiration when you learn the techniques. Best book on this I have found so far in my jewellery making journey

El libro está genial, tiene muy buenos ejemplos y ejercicios de las distintas técnicas de joyeria