Design and Creation of Jewelry (Jewelry Crafts)

Design and Creation of Jewelry (Jewelry Crafts)
by Robert Von Neumann, Von Neumann

Design and Creation of Jewelry (Jewelry Crafts)
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Author: Robert Von Neumann, Von Neumann
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-06
ISBN: 0801970679
Number of pages: 321
Publisher: Chilton Book Company

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Book Review: A Lot of Words...A Little Learning
Summary: 2 Stars

I bought this book on a recommendation from a very talented artist - she suggest I get this book and study it. She said she thought it was the best book on the market - even though it's slightly old. (I think this edition was written in the 1980s.)

I have a lot of respect for that artist - and I trust that she got a lot out of this book. I, however, did not.

Rather than a "how to" manual, which is how I learn, this book is more of a novel. It has a lot of information - but the style didn't mesh with the way I learn. At least I think that's what the problem is...I just know there seemed to be a lot of useful information when I scanned the headings, but it didn't hold my attention. I love art books - but this one is probably my least favorite. I didn't get much (if anything) out of it...but it could also be that it's above my comprehension level for jewelry making. I don't do wax or "fancy" techniques - like making gold and diamond rings - so maybe that's the issue. It makes me sad to give a review like this - I really did want to like it. I really thought I'd get a lot out of it...and apparently, many people do benefit from this book. (Just look at the reviews.) I much prefer Mark Lareau's "Getting Started Making Metal Jewelry".

I have tried to get into this book countless times - and just can't. I'll be giving it away. If you choose to purchase it, I really hope you get more out of it than I did.

Summary of Design and Creation of Jewelry (Jewelry Crafts)

"The Design And Creation of Jewelry" is a standard reference for hundreds of thousands of craftspeople, professional jewelry designers, and students of jewelry making. In the third edition of his perennial classic, Robert von Neumann refines, updates and expands his invaluable compendium of basic jewelry-making processes and techniques. And he leads both the beginner and advanced jewelry designer along the adventurous path of exploration and experimentation.

The author describes jewelry-making materials and tools, including directions for setting up and equipping the workshop, and such basic techniques as transferring designs to metal, cutting, stamping soldering, pickling, coloring, polishing, and applying fittings and findings. There is new information on heat coloring, electrochemical polishing, burnout (wax elimination), vacuum-assisted casting, making rubber molds, and the fascinating techniques of marrying metals and thin-guage lamination. Up-to-date material on electroforming and reticulation is also included.

Hundreds of new photographs and descriptive drawings clarify techniques, illustrate new tools and specialized equipment for the workshop, and show the work of scores of artists working in repousse' and chasing, annealing, casting, engraving, etching, filigree, inlay and overlay, enameling, niello, lamination, and granulation.

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