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n this ultimate kids' guide to crystals and precious gems, kids will find everything they need to know about how gemstones are formed and where they are found in the world. It's also filled with unusual facts about some of...

2019 is the 150th anniversary of the periodic table, and this visual guide for children shows and explains every chemical element in dazzling detail. Kids can go on a visual tour of the 118 chemical elements of the...

A dazzling visual guide to precious and semiprecious stones, organic gems, and precious metals that showcases beautiful, specially commissioned images as well as science, natural history, mythology, and true stories of...

Working with stones for over 55 years, and living on Haida Gwaii since 1970 has equipped Dutes with remarkable knowledge and understanding of stones and local geology.

This book is the complete guide to simple soldering. Soldering Made Simple takes all the mystery and fear out of soldering so that amateur jewelry makers — even those who have never held a torch — feel...

Readers will learn to create various types of seed bead jewelry to imitate the look of rich metals. Metallic Seed Bead Splendor includes over 25 projects covering a range of styles from elegant to casual, all...

Teresa Meister's fine-scale wirework provides structure, and her beaded patterns bring on the color! Colorful seed beads, pearls, and crystals are used to create delicate jewelry components. Now link all these components...

Earrings are fast, easy, and fun! From big, shining hoops to demure dangles — and everything in between — this collection of over 100 designs is an approachable way to get started with jewelry making. Jewelry...

In this book, designer Josie Fabre shares several techniques that allow for much quicker creation of the Peyote stitch. While this stitch is often the first stitch learned by beginning stitchers, it is extremely...

Every jewelry maker will find inspiration for using a favorite focal bead, cabochon, or bead stash inBuild Your Own Wire Pendants. Whether using inexpensive craft wire, copper, or sterling silver, aspiring wireworkers will...

Wireworkers will create 23 truly one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces by learning to make decorative findings! Each component is made using nothing but wire and simple hand tools and wireworking skills. Beginners and intermediate...

After teaching this technique successfully for years, Steven is introducing all-new projects in this book. In a series of 25 small projects (pendants and beads), Steven will explore creating structural metal work (such as...

This project-focused book, with 30 projects, uses traditional wire working skills such as wrapping, coiling, and weaving to create colorful jewelry using the new colored craft wire. Using the improved color wire the beader...

With over 25 jewelry projects from Bead&Button and Art Jewelry magazines, Polymer Pizzazz 2, a follow-up to the praised Polymer Pizzazz, focuses on the various ways polymer clay can be...

Chain mail is a very hot topic, and those who enjoy the process are looking for new patterns and ideas to explore. Classic Chain Mail covers the basic weaves for beginners, but also adds unusual jump rings...

Polymer Pizzazz is the essential resource for learning to use polymer clay. This book showcases the many ways of using the material to create beads, pendants, brooches, and earrings. A variety of techniques, such as canes,...

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones provides both the connoisseur and the casual collector with a compact, easy-to-use volume describing more than 100 rare varieties of minerals whose beauty and...

'Gemstones of the World' is the most comprehensive and informative colour manual of the world's gemstones, illustrated by 1800 examples of stones, both rough and cut, in colour.

20 step-by-step bead and wire jewelry projects including earrings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets from popular craft author and magazine editor Sharilyn Miller.

Targeted to rock-crazy kids, this bold book is more energetic, more visually exciting, and more fun than anything else on the market—and with more information, too! Youngsters become geology experts as they browse...

In Play with Chain Mail, readers will learn how to master the elaborate on four classic weaves in 20+ projects of all sizes, including earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. The handy jump ring chart allows readers to use...

Designer Vanessa Walilko adds colorful aluminum scales, washers, and disks to aluminum jump rings for a fun and fresh new perspective on chain mail jewelry. With just a few techniques and easy weaves to master, even...

The Crystal Bible: A Definitive Guide to Crystals Author: Judy Hall ISBN: 9781582972404 Publisher: Walking Stick Press Page count: 400 Publisher’s description:Beautifully illustrated, The Crystal Bible offers a...

This follow-up to the successful Soldering Made Simple, Soldering Beyond the Basics expands the skills introduced in Joe Silvera's first book. Featuring subjects that beginners need to know, it focuses on topics such as the...

Jade Fever: Hunting the Stone of Heaven Author: Stan Leaming & Rick Hudson Publisher: Heritage House Publishing ISBN:  978-1894384858 Page Count: 208 Publisher’s Description: Beautiful, translucent, and...

Organic Wire and Metal Jewelry features an incredible breadth of styles, from delicate necklaces of sea glass, crystals, and pearls to bold cuffs and freeform rings. Jewelry makers will see firsthand the design potential of...

  Explore the potential spirals and tubes offer your jewelry designs Join Senior Editor Helen I. Driggs for Metalsmith Essentials: Create Spirals, Tubes, and Other Curves for Jewelry Making a jewelry making...

Come take the journey with Kay as she shows you how to begin adding solder, dapping, sawing and other skills from the metalsmith’s repertoire into your beading. Kay’s projects will also show beginner metalworkers...

Classic and contemporary jewelry-both are showcased in Irina Miech's amazing new book. A perfectly executed example of how the same technique can create two distinctly different styles, Miech clearly shows how the materials...

Metal Style: 20 Jewelry Designs with Cold Join Techniques Author: Karen Dougherty ISBN: 978-1-59668-282-5 Publisher: Interweave Page Count: 143 Publisher’s Description: Ignite your passion for metal jewelry without...

The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Jewelry Making Techniques is a comprehensive guide for jewelers who want to create modern, one-of-a-kind jewelry. All of the techniques are explained with step-by-step instructions and clear...

While the market has many books on solid, chunky wirework, there are few that teach lacy, intricate wirework done without soldering or casting. Melody's work is airy and lacy, and while the techniques may be similar to...

Enter the fantasy fairytale world of Green Girl Studios, where every charm has a story and each piece of jewelry is filled with magic. Jewelry artist Cynthia Thornton combines her love of storytelling with a wide variety of...

Advanced Beadwork Author: Ruth F. Poris Publisher: Golden Hands Press ISBN: 978-0961642204 Page Count: 148 Publisher’s Description:  A clearly written exploration of all major beading techniques, including metal...

DK Smithsonian Rock and Gem: The Definitive Guide To Rocks, Minerals, Gems and Fossils Author: Ronald L. Bonewitz Publisher: DK Publishing ISBN:  978-0756633424 Page Count: 360 Publisher’s Description: A...

DK Smithsonian Handbooks: Gemstones Author: Cally Hall Publisher: DK Publishing ISBN:  978-0789489852 Page Count: 160 Publisher’s Description:  The visual guide to more than 130 gemstone varieties. The...

500 Brooches: Inspiring Adornments For The Body   Publisher: Lark Crafts ISBN: 978-1579906122 Page Count: 360 Publisher’s Description: Never before has such an extensive and beautiful collection of brooches...