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Creative Metal Clay Jewelry: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration
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Imagine a material that looks and feels like clay and yet, when fired, becomes pure, solid gold and silver! That’s metal clay, and here are the fabulous techniques and instructions, lavish photos and projects that will open up endless creative possibilities to every crafter. With this versatile product, metalwork becomes easier and faster, and it’s simple to create meaningful gifts or add techniques to the forms you’ve already mastered. Combine the clay with lampworked and fused dichroic glass, enamel, and beads. Make exquisite jewelry, sculpture, carvings, and more. Try a great new liquid gold for coating silver objects. Among the glittering, gorgeous projects: an African Mask Pin, Groovy Flower Earrings and Ring, Puzzle Piece Bracelet, and a Twig and Leaf Condiment Spoon.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 739
EAN: 9781600591822
ISBN: 1600591825
Label: Lark Books
Manufacturer: Lark Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2007-08-01
Publisher: Lark Books
Studio: Lark Books
SIMILAR ITEMS:
• The Art of Metal Clay (with DVD): Techniques for Creating Jewelry and Decorative Objects
• Metal Clay Jewelry: Projects. Techniques. Inspirations.
• New Directions in Metal Clay: 25 Creative Jewelry Projects
• Metal Clay Magic: Making Silver Jewelry the Easy Way
• Metal Clay for Beaders
CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Creative Inspiration - 
The photos and projects in this book are very inspiring. Without being able to get a 'real life' view of the pieces, the photography here is well done and is the next best thing. Cece leads you through a selection of projects that build on techniques and provide a way for beginners to explore the media and create wearable jewelry.
The details and explanations for the material and supplies and equipment are well done. The medium is still in the new stage so that every book has a beginning chapter or two on what you need to get started working. Cece's book is no exception and gives her preferences and techniques for metal clay. This book provides a good addition to a metal clay artist's library for that reason.
The one thing that I found lacking was the detail in the projects. Expecting the book to be a good how to for my students, I can't honestly say that I could recommend it for the beginner. Beginners need step-by-step photos (the best)or illustrations to answer the plethora of questions that are part of learning. The written explanations are good, but without pictures, there is just no way to know what a project should look like at each stage!
Therefore, I recommend this book for someone who is past the beginner stage in their exploration of metal clay. There aren't enough advanced projects to interest the experienced artist, but the photos are creatively inspiring just the same!
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Ms Wire's book Creative Metal Clay Jewelry is a nice little handbook of techniques and ideas for metal clay work. I have yet to try the medium, but I've gotten several books on the subject to get myself primed.
The author includes most of the general manufacturing techniques and materials descriptions that other artists do, but I found the designs for her projects were a little more inspiring and less daunting. I'm a major beginner with this art and need something simpler to begin learning the technique.
I was a little less impressed with the work of her guest artists than I have been with other books. The Penland Book of Jewelry: Master Classes in Jewelry Techniques has incredible if somewhat complex work by guest artists and Ms Wire's own book New Directions in Metal Clay: 25 Creative Jewelry Projects has wonderful work by both herself and her guests. Since it was primarily the "how to" aspect of the book I was interested in, however, I did not find this aspect necessarily a "put off." For a beginner, these projects are probably the ideal.
I was particularly pleased with the technique for woven work earrings and with the lost-burlap and lost-leaf techniques for producing texture and natural design. I'm definitely encouraged to get started and have the materials at hand now. Hopefully photos will follow.
Creative Metal Clay Jewelry Review -
An excellant book that is a great resource for new users and old hands of PMC. The inspiration I personally got from the book is awesome and has sent my creativity into a high.
The book is well written and illustrated perfectly.
Excellent book to inspire you to work with this magical material. -
CeCe Wire has a winner here, projects that will guide you from initial forays with this material through to more advanced techniques, such as ring making and sulptural pieces. A good solid Introduction on tools and equipment. The instructions combine both lovely photos and sketches which are easy to follow, even projects that are a photo of the completed piece and written instructions only are achievable. Whilst some of the finished projects may not suit all tastes ( what book does!!), it is the idea and technique that is useful, it can be adapted to a design of your own making. One of my favourites is the Twig and Leaf Condiment Spoon, I have made a set of these and the awe factor from my guests is wonderful when they are used. Nice to go outside just jewelry. I recommend three books to my Silver Clay students, this is one of them, with Sherri Haab and Tim McCreight being the other two. Well worth adding to your bookshelf.
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Best for Beginners, in my humble opinion -
I first borrowed this book from the library, and now I have finally been able to order it. I have used two other books on this subject, but I think CeCe Wire's book is best suited for me. I am a beginner with this material, however, I want my finished projects to have a certain streamlined sophistication, and I feel that of all of the books I have read on this subject, this book suits my needs and goals best. Ms. Wire has a wonderful grasp on the technical aspects of working with metal clay. Her projects are great for beginners, well illustrated and explained, but the final results are professional and stylish. One does not need to invest in many additional tools or materials in order to finish her projects. I also find that her projects and gallery of finished pieces provide a great springboard to encourage the reader to envision and create their own great jewelry pieces. There is a non-jewelry piece in here, but that does not bother me at all. It encourages the reader to consider other uses for metal clay, and who says jewelry must only be worn on the body? Why not create decorative objects as "jewelry" for the home? If you do not have a kiln, do not worry. I fire my pieces on my gas stove or with a small butane torch purchased from my local home improvement store. Also, I hear that bead and jewelry stores that have PMC or Art Clay Silver classes or paint-your-own-ceramics studios are often willing to fire your pieces for a reasonable fee. So give this book a try, I hope you will be as pleased as I am!
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