Books

Have you ever been walking at the beach and wondered what that pebble or rock is, or do you ever wonder what stories rocks tell? If so, then this is the guide for you. The Field Guide to the Identification of...

A highly visual children's reference that explains what rocks and minerals are, how they form, and how they're used, as well as highlights astounding record breakers and amazing facts. 

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...

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...

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...

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.

Compact and easy-to-use, Nature Guide: Gems provides a thorough introduction and detailed, clearly illustrated profiles of hundreds of examples of precious metals, cut stones, and organics. Packed with stunning...

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...

Gold Panner’s Manual Author: Garnet Basque Publisher: Heritage House ISBN:  978-1927051375 Page Count: 144 Publisher’s Description: With gold forecast to reach $2000 an ounce by the end of 2012, and the...

Gold Panning In British Columbia Author: Jim Lewis and Susan Campany ISBN: 978-1-927527-12-2 Publisher: Heritage House Page Count: 223 Publisher’s Description: Nothing lights up the human imagination quite like...

  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...

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...