Simple Soldering: A Beginner's Guide to Jewelry Making
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (945 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596685506 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This handy how-to guide is complete in its exploration of the craft of creating soldered metal jewelry, including tools, techniques, and 20 beautiful projects that beginners and enthusiasts can make at home.Author and teacher Kate Richbourg demystifies basic soldering for any home crafter, showing how to create sophisticated, polished, and professional-looking jewelry pieces through simple soldering techniques. Metalworking is generally regarded as a skill that takes years of dedication, requires a large studio space, and costs a lot of money. Most of all, having taught thousands of classes on soldering, Kate has a "you can do it!" attitude that shines through to help even the most reluctant jewelry maker fire up the torch with ease.Paired with an instructional DVD, Kate's expert teachi
"Simple Soldering: A Beginner's Guide to Jewelry Making, by Kate Ferrant Richbourg is a complete course in soldering It is taught with all the clarity and enthusiasm for which the author is famous. It is wonderful Each project has the charm of artisan style. I have never seen anything like it. I was knocked out by the method of learning devised by the author. Kate Ferrant Richbourg is not only one of our greatest instructors, she is one of our greatest designers." --Pretty Kitty Dog Moon
Moving beyond fear of soldering I don't think I've ever gushed over a jewelry-making book before, but I'm going to gush away over this one. I developed a fear of soldering after watching a classmate set fire to her hair in a community college metalsmithing class, and I hadn't turned on either of my butane torc. Great photos This book has great photos with clear, well written instructions. I just wish it didn't use so much silver. I teach high school and we only use base metals (copper, nickel, brass) so a lot of this isn't as applicable as I'd like because silver acts so different. But if you want . Monty R. Hughes said Good jewelry tips. Helpful information to fill in some gaps on various details that include not only soldering, but riveting and how to hand-make many things needed for jewelry purposes. This is a good first book for me with pretty easy instructions on many things.