Silver Jewelry Making: An Easy & Complete Step by Step Guide

A thorough, comprehensive guide to silver jewelry-making-- recommended primarily for beginners! Pros: ~ Language is accessible and easy to read. ~ Includes step-by-step instructions for handling equipment. ~ Thorough. Goes through the whole process of silver jewelry making from gathering supplies, to techniques, to practice projects. It's set up similarly to a cookbook: the beginning sections introduces materials, tools, and techniques needed before beginning. A handy intermediate section, called "Some Projects To Try Out", gives the reader an opportunity to practice the new techniques learned. The final sections contain larger projects, like earrings, necklaces, and a ring. Each project begins with a list of materials and tools needed, and then guides you step-by-step through the creation process. Cons: ~ There are no pictures, which surprised me. They would have been very helpful to look at while going through some of the projects. *I received this product at a discounted price for an honest review, and make it my top priority to keep it that way. I will also update this review if anything about this opinion changes. *I received this product at a discounted price for an honest review, and make it my top priority to keep it that way. I will also update this review if anything about this opinion changes.

Silver Jewerly Making: An Easy and Complete Step By Step Guide is a really comprehensive guide geared toward beginners. The book starts with the tools and materials necessary for making jewelry. The author goes over different types of wire, findings and clasps explaining the usefulness of each one. There are guides for melting, soldering and casting silver that are very thorough along with some photographs to guide you in the tasks. The final chapter contains six beautiful jewelry projects you can try, and each one has a complete list of what you need as well as step by step directions that are very well written and easy to understand. The author really stresses safety which is nice! This was more than enough information for me as I just wanted knowledge about tools, wire, findings and clasps and how to use them correctly. I got a lot of knowledge from this book, and I highly recommend it if you're a beginner wanting to learn jewelry making techniques. ** I received the Silver Jewerly Making e-book at no charge in order to read it and provide some honest feedback about it. The statements made above are reflective of my personal opinion of this book and have not been influenced by anyone. Like so many others, I often look to product reviews when deciding on a purchase. Therefore, I never give anything less than the truth. Thank you for taking the time to read my review. **

This book goes through the basics of making silver jewelry. While it does not take the place of a class, it can help you master the background information so that you can focus on the hands-on portion in class. For example, the author goes over what tools are required. There are several kinds of pliers that are good to have when you're starting out, such as flat nose and needle nose pliers to name a few. There is also a jeweler's metal saw and different files that are discussed as well. This book will give you pointers on which version of these tools you should get and what to look for when purchasing these tools. Hammers, wire, and of course protection for your eyes such as safety goggles are also discussed in detail in this book. After a thorough grounding on tools has been provided, the book moves on to give the basics on the materials that should be used, like silver wire and sheet silver. There is also a thorough discussion on different kinds of clasps that you can purchase to finish off your pieces. Even if you don't plan on making your own jewelry, it's great to learn the different kinds of clasps, their names, and why they're used in a particular style of jewelry. When the tool discussion and materials information is completed, the author of this book launches into the different techniques. Here is where you will really appreciate the need for some one on one personal instruction or a class. Silver jewelry makers work with heat hot enough to melt metal, so it's important to learn from someone who knows how to do this safely and expertly. After talking about techniques, there are some sample projects that looks fun and beautiful. This is a great book to learn some terminology and figure out the next steps to learn how to make jewelry. I received a discount on this product in exchange for an honest review.

There is a lot of information in this book (Kindle edition) that is useful. It goes through the different tools needed, materials needed and differences in materials, such as dead soft wire vs. spring hard wire. It goes through some of the more common, non-amateur techniques in jewelry making, including soldering and hammering. Since they do go into more of the difficult things, not everyone will have the tools and pieces needed. I make a good bit of jewelry, mostly wire, but i don't have a kiln or torch to melt down silver to cast. This is a decent book for a specific type of jewelry making, which it does kind of give away in the title. It really is a step by step guide, literally each paragraph starting with Step 1, Step 2...The projects in this sound beautiful, unfortunately there are absolutely no illustrations or pictures to show either the steps or maybe more importantly, what the end product should look like. Just a basic sketch would give the reader some confidence that they had read the directions correctly. If i ever get the money to get the pieces needed for some of the techniques and projects in this book, i'll reread it. Until then, it's in my Kindle's archived section. I did get this book at a discount for reviewing it, but i have noticed that is usually on sale or free on Amazon if you get the Kindle version.

A lot of info about tools, techniques, etc...but, no pictures. Would be nice if there were photos to go along with.

Jewelry Making: An Easy & Complete Step By Step Guide to silver jewelry making by Janet Evans was so much fun to read. It was well written and easy to read and to follow. The first couple chapters are on Tools and Materials you will need to start making silver jewelry. Some things you will need to have prior to starting your first silver jewelry projects are pliers, a mat to rest the beads and coil on, silver jewelry pieces/mounts/fittings, beads or gems, and patience. After you get through the tools and materials, Janet Evans talks about the different methods of making silver jewelry like melting silver, enameling, and soldering. Once you have read up on all the different ways to make jewelry, there are a few projects that are described in detail in the end of the book. For each project the author lists the tools and materials you will need to complete the project as well as detailed steps to follow. Janet Evans also includes photos, that although they are small, they do help guide you with the project. I can't wait to get started making my own silver jewelry and this book Jewelry Making: An Easy & Complete Step By Step Guide to silver jewelry making is a wonderfully complete guide for any beginner jewelry maker. I was offered this item for free or at a discount in exchange for my honest and unbiased review based on my own personal use of the product, which this is.

I downloaded this ebook because i am very crafty person and i am always looking for new inspiration on how to keep my hands occupied. I have never tried jewelry making, but i always thought that it is a very fun and interesting project because you can do it the way you like it, and failure is almost impossible if you follow basic steps. This book is very well written, and i love the occasional picture that author used, however, i wish these pictures were larger. I am visual person and step by step tutorials or clear pictures can be very helpful, and i often decide from a picture whether or not i would like to make something, rather than have to imagine it. Especially right now, when i still have no idea of how to do things, but i would like to get visual examples. Otherwise this book is very well compiled, author organized it into several chapters, talking about different jewelry making methods, and tools you will need for jewelry making. Then there are several projects with pretty clear instructions on how to make it - but again, one star down because of lack of pictures! I wish there were more pictures, preferably with each recipe. Do not forget to be Creative! - so remember, you can't go wrong, because you just make it your own! I received this ebook for free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Silver Jewelry Making: An Easy and Complete step by step guide is perfect for anyone who is interested in making silver jewelry. It is a very thorough book that explains everything and anything you may need to make your own creations. The book starts off by describing all of the tools you will need, things like pliers, soldering torch and a vice grip. Then it gives a great explanation of all of the different types of wires and clasps you may use as well. It continues to explain different techniques used to give your pieces more of a unique look and create your own custom style. I did like that book not only told me the tools I would need but it actually gave directions on how to make numerous pieces, like earrings and necklaces. I did get the book in kindle form, which is fantastic! t really helps when I'm out and about looking for the specific tools to and I can show a picture or have a quick reference. I would recommend this book for anyone who is aspiring to be a jewelry designer or wanting to try something new. I did receive the book at a discount or for free for my unbiased review. My opinions and feelings about the product are 100% my own and haven't been swayed in anyway. If you liked my review and found it helpful, please feel free to give it a like.

Very basic text, no pictures or diagrams. It maybe cheap but there are better books available for a good price.

There seem to be very thorough and definitive, but the lack of pictures made it hard to understand what the author was thinking about.

It's obviously a leader into her other books and doesn't go into a lot of detail. Nevertheless, it's useful as a shopping list for tools and to get some idea of what's involved. At such a low price, you can't really go wrong as a beginner.

Nice book so far

I was curious about this because this is one of those hobbies that can be made into a business. Inside is everything that you need to getting started I can see how if you can start making pieces then you could visit craftmarkets etc. If this is you then you could have fun with this.