Making Metal Clay Jewellery

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Silver metal clay is an accessible, easy to use material that allows unique, hallmark-quality jewellery to be made at home with simple tools. This practical book introduces the various forms of silver metal clay and their relative merits. Packed with images; seventeen step-by-step projects; full instruction and advice, 'Making Metal Clay Jewellery' is an invaluable resource for all jewellers who want to learn and develop their skills with this versatile material. . Introduction to the simple tools needed to work with metal clay, avoiding expensive equipment . Full instruction to every stage of the process, with seventeen step-by-step tutorials . Techniques include making beads, rings, earrings and pendants, setting stones, and working with glass and metal clay . Various types of embellishment are covered, as well as using textures, stencils and cutters to create jewellery . Each chapter features a troubleshooting section advising on how to avoid mistakes or rectify problems AUTHOR: Julia Rai is an award-winning artist, teacher and writer well known in the international metal clay community. Her work has featured in a wide range of publications and she writes regularly for print magazines and online. SELLING POINTS: . A practical book to creating unique jewellery at home with this versatile and exciting medium: silver metal clay. . An invaluable resource for all jewellers who want to learn and develop their skills. . Gives full instruction to every stage of the process with seventeen step-by-step projects. . Covers many techniques including making beads, rings, earrings, setting stones and much, much more. . Superbly illustrated with 175 colour photographs. . Julia Rai is an award-winning artist, teacher and writer and is well known within the international metal clay community. 175 images

Julia Rai is an award-winning artist, teacher and writer well known in the international metal clay community. Her work has featured in a wide range of publications and she writes regularly for print magazines and online.