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Title: Indian Jewelry Making (Jewelry Crafts) by Oscar Branson ISBN: 0-918080-74-6 Publisher: Treasure Chest Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 Format: Spiral-bound Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding way to learn
Comment: I learned to silversmith using this book years ago. ...This book uses very basic tools and techniques - if American Indians could create jewelry using coal and coin silver - you can certainly do it with modern equipment (propane torch) and nice, smooth sheet silver. I just re-ordered myself. This book is well known in silversmith circles and definately worth your $!
Rating: 4
Summary: Bare Bones Bounty for making Southwestern Indian Jewelry
Comment: I am an amatuer Silversmith, given basic instructions by a Navajo Sliversmith. Once a beginner has the basics then this book and the Volume II companion is easy to work from. There is no in-depth presentations in the one or two page photo instructions. Each project is laid out on one page in an excellent color photoghraph. At the top of the page the project usually starts with a short decripition of the stock silver required, with the tools pictured. Through a progression on the page, the stock silver is shown moving step-wise to the completed work. Around the border of the page are usually several different completed examples. There is a short text with each step that guides that production. The project styles seems to be mainly Navajo, with some Hopi and Zuni. This book is very traditional Indian jewelry and represents more than 50 projects or variations of design. The front of the book contains a short history in pictured period workshops from the 1870's to the present. The back part of the book has a thumb nail outline of some of the Silversmithing techniques. The spiral binding allows the pages to remain open as a visual guide as you work. I would recommend this to anyone interested in learning traditional Southwestern Indian Jewerly design and hand manufacture. Once you try out Volume I you will buy Volume II.
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Title: Indian Silversmithing by W. Ben Hunt ISBN: 0020116802 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (P) Pub. Date: 01 October, 1971 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Encyclopedia of Jewelry-Making Techniques: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Techniques by Jinks McGrath ISBN: 1561385263 Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Turquoise the Gem of the Centuries by O.T. Branson ISBN: 0918080010 Publisher: Horizon Book Promotions Pub. Date: 01 June, 1975 List Price(USD): $3.98 |
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Title: Jewelry: Fundamentals of Metalsmithing (Jewelry Crafts) by Tim McCreight ISBN: 1880140292 Publisher: Brynmorgen Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Turquoise Unearthed: An Illustrated Guide (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones) by Joe Dan Lowry, Joe P. Lowry ISBN: 1887896333 Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers Pub. Date: 15 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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