Design for Jewellery Makers: Inspiration, Development and Creation

This book is a comprehensive and practical guide to designing jewelry, suitable for intermediate and professional jewelry makers, as well as those attending jewelry-making courses and who have taken up jewelry making as a hobby. It explores the design process in depth, with inspirational contributions from 12 contemporary jewelry designers and 16 design techniques. It also includes 5 technique-led projects and 8 process-led design projects, with 10 open projects for the reader to try out and learn from.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 20 May 2023
Publisher: Search Press Ltd

This comprehensive and practical guide is a valuable resource for anyone interested in designing jewelry. It offers expert guidance on the design process, including step-by-step project briefs and themes for readers to use as a basis for developing their own ideas. Whether you are an intermediate or professional jewelry maker, or simply someone who enjoys jewelry-making as a hobby, this book will be invaluable to you.

The book explores the design process in depth, covering fundamental principles of jewelry design as well as high-level conceptual briefs. It features inspiring contributions from 12 contemporary jewelry designers, showcasing how they apply the concepts in the book to their own practice.

The book includes 16 design techniques, a mix of drawing and model-making techniques, that will help you develop your skills and create unique jewelry pieces. These techniques include drawing facetted gemstones, sketching, producing technical drawings, paper models, mold-making, and casting.

Furthermore, the book offers 5 technique-led projects that demonstrate how to use basic jewelry-making skills together with the design techniques to create specific types of jewelry. These projects include cutting out to make a band ring, press-forming for a brooch, and using repeated patterns for a necklace.

In addition, the book features 8 process-led design projects that show different creative approaches to the same challenge. For example, it explores 6 different ways of connecting links without soldering, or 12 different ways of setting a stone.

To conclude, this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to learn and improve their jewelry-designing skills. It offers a comprehensive and practical approach to the design process, with step-by-step instructions, inspirational examples, and valuable insights from experienced jewelry designers. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced jewelry maker, this book will help you take your designs to the next level.

Weight: 656g
Dimension: 245 x 229 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800920057