Freeform Wire Art Jewelry: Techniques for Designing With Wire, Beads and Gems

by Gayle Bird

Overview

Twist, curl and wrap wire into one-of-a-kind jewelry!

Follow along with author Gayle Bird as she teaches you everything you need to know to create her signature jewelry designs. First learn the basics of color and design, then move into essential wire tutorials. From there, you'll work your way through 20 step-by-step jewelry projects, including earrings, rings and necklaces. By the time you finish the book, you'll be ready to design your own statement jewelry, complete with swirling wire and dazzling gems.

Features:

• Tutorials on the essential wire techniques, including spirals, curls and more.
• Chapter on design gives the foundation for creating unique pieces.
• Step-by-step directions for 20 projects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440241390
Publisher:	F+W Media
Publication date:	03/23/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	24 MB
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About the Author

Gayle Bird is an online education and course developer, writing and teaching curriculum for adult learners in various design subjects. She taught herself jewelry design and became a juried member of the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design in Nova Scotia in 2007. Her jewelry is sold in stores across Nova Scotia.

Editorial Reviews

"You can effortlessly work your way through Gayle's book, Freeform Wire Art Jewelry: Techniques for Designing With Wire, Beads and Gems because she covers the basics of wire jewelry making, techniques involved in wire jewelry making and clear and easy step by step instructions to her very own beautiful signature designs!" —Handmade Jewelry Club

"This book will suit those who like a more organic look to wire work and aren't afraid to go with the flow for spontaneous designing!" —Beading Gems

"The book spans 144 beautiful pages, and contains 20 projects of earrings, rings, pendants, necklaces, and even a chain. The book itself is a high quality paperback with the kind of spine that lays pretty flat so that you can have it open on your workbench while you work through the steps." —The Blue Bottle Tree

"Having now read Freeform Wire Art Jewelry , I am quite confident that with a little practice, and a lot of patience, I could conceivably create pieces that were not only appealing, but original and quite worth the effort. And I think I would enjoy it, too." —Like Madness in the Spring

From the Publisher

06/01/2015
Author Bird aims to teach crafters how to create jewelry using a freeform style of wire manipulating techniques. The first section covers fundamentals by outlining required materials and tools and explaining color theory and design principles. The author also makes budget-friendly recommendations for purchasing wire. The second part demonstrates how to execute basic wire working skills, with emphasis on the author's signature style of "organic" techniques. This freeform method looks like drawing with wire as curls, spirals, and loops create a graceful flowing effect. Wires are wrapped together, not soldered. The third section has 30 projects to make an assortment of earrings, rings, pendants, and necklaces. Each introduces specific skills and techniques that are repeated and expanded upon as designs progress to more complexity. Pieces may be plain wire, or incorporate beads and gemstones. The projects are clearly presented in a textbook-like, step-by-step format, with photos and accompanying text. VERDICT The amount and type of information provided here should enable readers to attain skills needed to assemble this eye-catching jewelry. Using the book, a wide range of hobbyists will be able to expand their artistic abilities and find inspiration to create and show off their designs.—Deborah A. Broocker, Georgia Perimeter Coll. Lib., Dunwoody

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