Arty Jewelry IV

Arty Jewelry IV features nine brand-new jewelry projects stepped out in numerous full-color photos and accompanying text, with designs ranging from enameled headpins and colorful cage beads to wire-woven vintage doll pendants and rings made from sterling silver spoons and forks. Readers will learn how to use a few basic jewelry tools to make stunning, original jewelry pieces including the author's creative Winged Things Earrings, etched copper tubing beads for necklaces and earrings, a hefty wire Grungy Bangle, and much more.

Arty Jewelry IV features nine brand-new jewelry projects stepped out in numerous full-color photos and accompanying text, with designs ranging from enameled headpins and cage beads to wire-woven vintage doll pendants and rings made from sterling silver spoons and forks. Readers will learn how to use a few basic jewelry tools to make stunning, original jewelry pieces including the author's creative Winged Things Earrings, etched copper tubing beads for necklaces and earrings, a hefty wire Grungy Bangle, enameled components for earrings, a big vintage button brooch that can be converted into a necklace, and much more. Arty Jewelry IV also includes an introduction to wire and metal working tools and materials, a beginning basics technique section, web links, and a resource guide.

I've been making artistic jewelry with wire and beads for several years now, and I thoroughly enjoy teaching others to do the same through my books and instructional DVDs. I also teach workshops in the Southern California area where I live, and occasionally travel across the US to teach for bead stores and at shows and conventions. Lately I've been teaching quite frequently in Europe as well. So far, I've taught jewelry making retreats in Cortona, Italy, in the south of France, in Montreal, Quebec, and in Santorini, Greece, as well as near Prague in the Czech Republic. What a joy to share my passion for jewelry making with other artists from around the world! My list of published books includes Stamp Art (1999), The Stamp Artist's Project Book (2001), Rubber Stamped Jewelry (2003), Bead on a Wire (2005), Contemporary Copper Jewelry (2009), Wire Art Jewelry Workshop (2011), and Arty Jewelry, Arty Jewelry II, and Arty Jewelry III (eBooks available on amazon.com, published in 2011). My list of instructional DVDs includes Tribal Treasures Bracelet Workshop, Rings of Beauty Workshop, Bohemian Bangles Workshop, and Ethnic Style Jewelry Workshop. To learn more about my workshops and retreats, please visit my own Web site.