Design & Make Mixed Media Jewellery: Methods and Techniques

Description

There are very few books currently covering mixed media jewellery, and this book provides a thorough and comprehensive introduction to all the materials and techniques you need to get you started in this exciting area of jewellery making. Designed like a 'tasting menu', this book will help beginner jewellers learn and adapt a wide range of techniques and skills to various types of materials through a series of making sequences, and learn how to incorporate these within their own designs. Materials covered include: tinplate and metal leaf, wood and pigment, metals and pigment, paper with metal, found objects, fabric and pigment, polymer clay and fibres, felt, wire, etc. The making sequences include sixteen projects using mixed media methods. In the final section are interviews with makers who share their knowledge and experience with the reader.

Joanne Haywood has been a teacher in the field of Art and Design since 2002. She teaches a range of subjects including jewellery design, life drawing, textiles, fashion and 3D design. Joanne is also a studio jeweller and her work has been shown in a number of galleries and exhibitions internationally. She has been featured in several books for both her jewellery and her textiles, and was a finalist in theTextile Directory Design Awards 2007.

'This vibrant, colourful 160 page book is a good introduction to materials and methods of working mixed media jewellery.' * www.karenplatt.co.uk (June 2009) * 'an inspiration to students of jewellery and a spur to jewellers who find that the design process often takes second place to other work in the studio.' * Findings, Autumn 2009 * 'a thorough introduction to a wide range of materials and techniques in this exciting area of jewellery making.' * Creative Beads and Jewellery (July 2010) *