Joyeria

Name: Joyeria
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ISBN: 9781579903046

ISBN-10: 1579903045

ISBN-13: 9781579903046

Edition: 2007

Authors: Carles Codina

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This amazingly comprehensive guide to the jeweler's art is a goldmine of information--big, beautiful, and with hundreds of color photos. It's simply the handsomest, most complete sourcebook available, with its enlightening discussion of basic metallurgy (alloying, smelting, annealing, and pickling), and professional-quality techniques for cutting, piercing, soldering, and making closures and rings. Learn the tricks of the trade for enhancing surfaces; etching, combining metals, creating textures, adding color; engraving; enameling; and gem setting. Seven magnificently presented projects include a silver repousse pendant, an articulated gold bracelet with clasp, a multiple loop-in-loop…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Lark Books
Publication date: 8/28/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 9.25" wide x 12.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Introduction


Origins of Human Ornamentation


Contemporary Jewelry


Metallurgy


The Properties of Metals


Alloys


Melting


Annealing and Pickling


The Care and Recovery of Metal


Basic Techniques


Preparing Basic Shapes


Filing and Sanding


Piercing


Soldering


Other Types of Joins


Making Domes and Cylinders


Forging


Hinges and Hinge Structures


Closures


Jump Rings


Surfaces


Acid Etching


Combining Metals


Granulation


Creating Textures


Metal Finishes


Patination


Related Techniques


Chasing and Repousse


Urushi (Japanese Lacquer)


Enameling


Stone Setting


Wax Model Carving and Lost Wax Casting


Step By Step


Repousse Pendant


Brooch


Articulated Bracelet with Clasp


Gold Pendant with Chain


Multiple Loop-in-Loop Chain


Hollow-Construction Ring


Crocheted Chain


Glossary


Index


Bibliography and Acknowledgments