Jewelry Making for Beginners

Get started making your own jewelry with this easy and fun guide, featuring techniques for beading, wirework, metalwork, enamel, and polymer clay.

Jewelry Making for Beginners covers it all through accessible step-by-step instruction, with each step illustrated and a complete list of tools and materials. Build your skills starting with the easiest projects and then you take it from there. The book includes basics for making necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, as well as making your own beads, simple seed beading, easy wirework, and much more.

This essential beginner’s guide includes:
 

• A list of tools you need to set up your jewelry-making table as well as ideas for adding your own personal flair to your designs 
• Projects for bead making, bead stringing, closures and clasps, polymer clay shapes, dangles, chokers, strands, bangles, rings, earrings
• A list of dos and don’ts for avoiding costly mistakes, plus quick fixes
• Loads of inspiration to learn follow and learn from