Helen I. Driggs - Metal Jewelry Workshop: Essential Tools, Easy-to-Learn Techniques, and 12 Projects for the Beginning Jewelry Artist / Хелен И. Дриггс - Практикум по украшениям из металла [2018, EPUB, ENG]

Learn how to create exciting metal jewelry using just 12 simple, inexpensive hand tools—no jewelry torch required!
• 12 beautiful projects with step-by-step photos show exactly what to do and how the result should look
• 8 practice exercises help build beginner's skills and techniques
• Master the use of jewelers' tools one at a time by working through each lesson one by one
• Create exciting metal jewelry using just 12 simple, inexpensive tools and other materials readily available at craft stores, hardware stores, or around the house
• Author Helen Driggs has extensive experience teaching jewelry making to beginners, and explains the tools and techniques in an easy-to-understand way
• This beginner's guide to metal jewelry making shows how to create exciting wearable art using just 12 simple tools.

Part 1: Getting Started
Section 1: Jewelry Metals and Materials
Metal types
Metal Forms
Other Jewelry Materials
Section 2: Tools of the Trade
General Hand tool and technique categories
Workshop Safety
The Jeweler’s Dozen
Part 2: Working with Metal
Section 1: Preparing Metal
Cleaning and Degreasing Metal
Measuring and Pattern Layout
Jeweler’s Dozen Tool 1: B+S Gauge
Jeweler’s Dozen Tool 2: Millimeter ruler
Exercise 1: Adhering a Pattern to Sheet Metal
Section 2: Manipulating Metal
Jeweler’s Dozen Tool 3: Ring Clamp
Jeweler’s Dozen Tool 4: Basic Utility Pliers
Exercise 2: Bending and Shaping Wire with Pliers
Jeweler’s Dozen Tool 5: Utility Hammer
Jeweler’s Dozen Tool 6: Steel Block or Anvil
Exercise 3: texturing Sheet Metal with a Hammer
Jeweler’s Dozen Tool 7: Center Punch
Exercise 4: Predictable Punching
Section 3: Severing and Separating Metal
Jeweler’s Dozen Tool 8: Jeweler’s Saw
Jeweler’s Dozen Tool 9: Bench Pin
Exercise 5: Sawing a Practice Pattern
Jeweler’s Dozen Tool 10: Metal Shears and Wire cutters
Jeweler’s Dozen Tool 11: Hole Punch, Hand drill, or Rotary Tool
Exercise 6: Punching and Drilling Holes
Exercise 7: Sawing openings in Sheet Metal
Section 4: Filing and Abrading Metal
Jeweler’s Dozen Tool 12: Basic Hand Files
Exercise 8: Filing Wire, Sheet Metal, and Square Rod
Bonus Tool: Sanding with Abrasive Papers
Part 3: Projects
Section 1: Fabrication with Wire
Mastering Wire-Wrapped Bead Links
Making Jump rings with a Mandrel
Project 1: Easy Wire and Bead chain
Project 2: Hammered Jump ring and Bead Earrings
Project 3: Wild Wire Links Bracelet
Section 2: Fabrication with Sheet Metal
Project 4: Variable Earrings
Project 5: Wonky copper and Aluminum necklace
Project 6: Saw a Little, Saw a Lot Pendant
Part 4: Advanced Projects & Concepts
Section 1: Connections and Attachments
Custom Chain Designs
Making Handmade clasps and Findings
Project 7: Copper Boxcars necklace
Project 8: Oculus Stone Bead Pendant
Project 9: Riveted Bead Rings
Section 2: Tools to Take Your Techniques Further
Project 10: Domed and Layered Flowers Pendant
Dapping Block and Punch: Making curved Forms
Project 11: Summer treasure riveted Pendant
Rivet Hammer: A double-Duty Tool
Project 12: Tabbed Cabochon Pendant
Scribe: Precise Scores and Folds
No-Torch Connections and Captures Gallery
Glossary
Patterns
Resources