The Jewelry Architect: Techniques and Projects for Mixed-Media Jewelry
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Innovative jewelry artist Kate McKinnon takes you on a creative journey of techniques and projects in The Jewelry Architect as she uses a variety of materials and tools to create gallery-quality bracelets, necklaces, and rings. Beautiful color photographs and clearly written instructions will give you the building blocks to combine wirework, metal clay, beadwork, and traditional metalsmithing to create one-of-a-kind, wearable art pieces.Learn how to combine techniques and how to manufacture a variety of components such as clasps, hooks, earring findings, and ring bases to customize your work. Revel in Kate’s signature style, an earthy mélange of metal, beads, and fibers, as you make 16 gorgeous fashion-forward projects. In addition, The Jewelry Architect shares tips on the best ways to reinforce beadwork, bind edges, string components, form metal clay ring bands, fuse rings, create head pins, and so much more. With The Jewelry Architect, you will learn how mixing techniques and media can create art-to-wear jewelry. Biography Kate McKinnon is a mixed-media jewelry artist whose work focuses on the engineering of how elements work together, connect, and grow into finished pieces of jewelry. She won the prestigious Rio Grande Saul Bell award in 2003 for her innovative design with the product and has taught and lectured internationally. Kate is the author of Sculptural Metal Clay Jewelry. She lives and works in Tucson, Arizona.
Foreword by Thomas MannIntroductionBasicsToolsSuppliesSetupTechniques/Components/ElementsOff-loom Beading Techniques Right-angle Weave Square Stitch Herringbone Stitch Edge Binding Crimping Wire and Metalwork Simple Links Simple Wire Hook Ram’s Horn Clasp Simple Handmade Ear Wires Wireworked Connections Metal Clay Boxes Metal Clay Plain Ring Sculptural Toggle Ring Findings Setting Large BeadsProjectsMod Art Cuff Corset Stitch Bracelet Ndebele Flower Earrings Riverbed Bracelet Matching Pearl Cluster Earrings and Pendant Felt Cupcake Necklace Embellished Flat Felt Flower Necklace Felt Cup Flower Brooch Two Strung Bracelets Two-strand Necklace Tube Necklace Felty Screw Big Bead Settings Cocktail Pod Ring Wireworked necklace Metal Clay Box Settings GalleryResourcesAbout the authorAcknowledgementsIndex
