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techniques + projects for mixed-media jewelry
includes instructional
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Weave seed beads into a supple abric o sparkling glass. This piece eatures a combination o two Prj N
To change threads in this piece, which you will need to do about every inch in your beadwork, weave back through your nished work, and weave a new thread in. Try to avoid knots.
TECHNIquEs ANd ELEMENTs
•Edge binding •Ram’s horn or ball-end clasp
stitches, making it both fuid and strong. You’ll create the open “lacing” sections with one-row o right-angle weave, then alternate it with bars o square stitch. Ornament the piece with any fat button you like, or just let the structure shine.
MATERIALs
TOOLs
•10 g metallic gold size 11° Czech seed beads •4 g matte gold size 14° Czech seed beads
•Sharp scissors •Size 11 beading needle
•1 fat 10mm our-holed button •Gold size O nylon beading thread •Beading wax or conditioner
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This simple and elegant ring is embellished with a single pearl on an imbedded post and is an excellent Prj N
I you use sterling silver instead o ne silver or your wire, be sure to adjust your ring temperature down to 1200°F (649°C) to avoid damaging the alloy.
TECHNIquEs ANd ELEMENTs
•Metal clay head pin
example o how simple metal clay embellishment on the ends o orged wire can make a dramatic sculptural piece. You can make this ring in ne silver or gold or any other metal that you can draw in wire.
MATERIALs
TOOLs
•3” (7.6 cm) o 10- or 12-gauge ne silver or other precious metal wire •2” (5.1 cm) o ne silver 18-gauge wire
•Sharp scissors •Size 11 beading needle
•5 g o ne silver metal clay •1 to 5 hal-drilled pearls or other object to set in prongs •Jeweler’s epoxy (optional)
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Variations on the Mod Art Cu
Metal Clay Treasure Boxes
Felty Screwt Bracelet
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Embellished Flat Felt Flower
Rivet Post Ring
Puck’s Bracelet
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CONTENTs
basic echniques Wireworked connections Rolling and cutting Drawing beads Making head pins Sterling tubes Crimping Seed-bead stitches Square stitch Right-angle weave Herringbone stitch Edge binding Beaded crimp cover omponents/lements Clasps Simple metal clay clasps Ram’s horn clasp Ball-end clasp One-piece ear wires Ring ndings Rivet post rings Wrap band rings Poects Beadwork Corset Stitch Bracelet or Choker Modern Art Cu Bat-Ended Screwt Ensemble Riverbed Bracelet Felt and ber Felt Cupcakes Ensemble Felt Cup Flower Necklace Flat Flower Brooch Stringing Two Strung Bracelets Sculptural Tube Necklace Felty Screwt Necklace Wire and Metalwork Kaleidoscope Setting Cocktail Pod Ring Recycled Glass Necklace Treasure Box Pendants
TRANsfORM YOuR JEWELRY INTO TRuE ART fORMs!
Innovative jewelry artist Kate McKinnon takes you on a creative journey o techniques and projects in The Jewelry Architect as she uses a variety o materials and tools to create gallery-quality bracelets, necklaces, and rings. Beautiul color photographs and clearly written instructions will give you the building blocks to combine wirework, metal clay, beadwork, and traditional metalsmithing to create one-o-a-kind, wearable art pieces. Learn how to combine techniques and how to manuacture a variety o components such as clasps, hooks, earring ndings, and ring bases to customize your work. Revel in Kate’s signature style, an earthy mélange o metal, beads, and bers, as you make 16 gorgeous ashion-orward projects. In addition, The Jewelry Architect shares tips on the best ways reinorce beadwork, bind edges, string components, orm metal clay ring bands, use 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.
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Kate McKinnon is a mixed-media jewelry artist whose work ocuses on the engineering o how elements work together, connect, and grow into nished pieces o jewelry. She won her prestigious Rio Grande Saul Bell award in 2005 or her innovative design with the product and has taught and lectured internationally. Kate is the author o Sculptural Metal Clay (Interweave). She lives and works in Tucson, Arizona.
Paperback with DVD, 8½ x 9 144 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-176-7 $26.95, Available November 2010
