{"product_id":"9781800920057","title":"Design for Jewellery Makers : Inspiration, Development and Creation by Louise Seijen ten Hoorn","description":"A clear, comprehensive and practical 'how-to' guide and resource for all aspects of designing jewellery.?This book contains expert guidance on design and the design process, and includes step-by-step project briefs and themes for readers to use as a basis for developing their own ideas. It is suitable for all intermediate and professional jewellery makers, as well as those attending jewellery-making courses and who have taken up jewellery making as a hobby.?The book explores the design process in depth, from fundamentals of jewellery design such as practical considerations to high-level conceptual briefs. Included within its pages are:Inspirational contributions from 12 contemporary jewellery designers. A chapter of the book shows how 6 of them apply the concepts in the book to their own practice16 design techniques: a mix of drawing and model-making techniques including how to?draw facetted gemstones, sketching, producing a technical drawing, paper models, mould-making and casting5 technique-led projects: examples of how you can use basic jeweller's skills together with the design techniques to create a specific type of jewellery. These include?cutting out to make a band ring, press-forming for a brooch, and using repeated patterns for a necklace8 process-led design projects show different creative approaches to the same challenge. For example?6 different ways of connecting links without soldering, or 12 different ways of setting a stoneThe book finishes with 10 open projects - briefs and finished inspirational examples for the reader to try out and learn from.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306654904693,"sku":"9781800920057","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781800920057.jpg?v=1762801508","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781800920057","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}