Metal Magic: Etch, Pierce, Enamel, and Set Striking Jewelry

Author(s): Kim St. Jean

ART & CRAFTS

This book provides a unique approach to enamelling, piercing, etching, and more with 30 mixed metal projects that inspire adventurous designers to expand on their basic metalworking skills. Step inside Kim St. Jean's workshop as she teaches advanced beginner to intermediate jewellery makers how to create 30 mixed-metal and mixed-media projects that celebrate the process as well as the finished product. Readers will learn to build colour with enamelling, add detail with etching, create unique settings for unusual components, and more. St. Jean's organic, earthy designs belie an amazing attention to detail and professional craftsmanship that inspires her many fans.


Product Information

A former school teacher, Kim St. Jean now combines her love of teaching with her creative talent as a jewellery maker. Kim teaches metalsmithing and other j ewellery-making techniques at the William Holland School of Lapidary Arts, the Bead&Button Show, Swarovski's Create Your Style and other venues across the US.

General Fields

  • : 9780871164933
  • : Kalmbach Books
  • : Kalmbach Books
  • : 31 May 2012
  • : United States
  • : 01 June 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Kim St. Jean
  • : Paperback
  • : 739.27
  • : 112
  • : 500 colour photos