Your expert metalsmithing jewelry guide with a silver lining
Expert jeweler and silversmith, Elizabeth Bone, offers a comprehensive guide to techniques, surface treatments, and innovations specifically designed for all jewelry makers working in silver. Unlike other silversmithing and jewelry making guides, Silversmithing for Jewelry Makers caters exclusively to the needs and interests of silver jewelry artisans. You will learn basic skills and specialized techniques, including filigree, chasing, annealing, engraving, etching, casting, and more. With over 20 years of metal jewelry making experience, Elizabeth bridges the gap between traditional and contemporary skills, offering the best of both worlds. Every valuable silversmithing technique for jewelry makers is included inside Silversmithing for Jewelry Makers.
Inside every section you'll find contemporary artisan profiles with galleries illustrating a range of beautifully crafted finished works. The handy resource section also features a how-to for selling jewelry in the contemporary accessories market. Whether you are an experienced jewelry maker interested in either exploring silver for the first time or taking your silver jewelry to the next level, you will love Silversmithing for Jewelry Makers' harmonious marriage between expert silversmithing techniques and a jewelry artisan's sensibility.
Introduction
Seciton 1: Materials
Main considerations when working with silver
Fine silver
Sterling silver
Tools and materials
Measuring and marking tools
Holding tools
Cutting tools
Shaping tools
Electrical tools
Section 2: Techniques and Tutorials
Basic Techniques
Hammering
Cutting
Filing
Shaping
Raising and boughing
Quenching
Stretching
Joins
Regulating
Making hinges
Making chains
Seaming
Soldering
Truing
Hallmarks or stamping work
Planing
Repairs
Designer profiles and galleries
Surface treatments
Annealing
Pickling
Using abrasives
Polishing
Chasing
Engraving
Etching
Oxidization and coloring
Forging
Curving wire
Making rims
Finishing
Sand casting
Cuttle fish casting
Designers profiles and galleries
Specialist treatments
Married metals
Working with stone
Metal clay
Filigree
Designers profiles and galleries
Resources
Weights and Measures
Courses and further reading
Tradeshows
Guilds
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments
Elizabeth Bone is an established jeweler who has been practicing for close to twenty years, specializing in working with silver with oxidized or gold-plated details. Elizabeth is a tutor at the London Jewelry School as well as visiting lecturer for other courses. Her work has been featured in a number of leading jewelry publications and she has established a reputation as an expert in her field of jewelry and silversmithing.