Jewelry Making and Design: An Illustrated Text Book for Teachers, Students of Design, and Craft Workers in Jewelry

Augustus Foster Rose · Antonio Cirino

Jan 1917 · Metal crafts publishing Company

Ratings and reviews

This is a great early 20th c work on design and fabrication for jewelers.From lapidary technique to design and manufacture using hand tools this should be one of the first early-modern ( after the invention of the pendant motor) D.I.Y. learners should download. It is illustrated, fairly complete( lacking only trendy metalsmithing techniques like mokume-gane,and the use of Japanese patinas!) and is not a beading lesson ( thankfully!) nor will it tell you that wrapping a wire around a crystal is making jewelry. It is for serious designers, and metalsmiths needing guidance in rendering & all steps of making a one off piece start to finish with items readily available from any vendor.I believe it can be had in print ( Dover books ?) but you may download it, print it out and have a far larger copy to hold and turn to if tactile experience helps you comprehend the instruction,.Equally you can refer to it,re-read it over and over and without having to plug something in to accomplish that. Or you can then search for a work on bookbinding if you are the hobbyist-of-the-month type. Nevertheless, it is a great book even with dated design & tooling terminology.