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Professional Goldsmithing : A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Jewelry Techniques

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Title: Professional Goldsmithing : A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Jewelry Techniques
by George McLean, Alan Revere, Barry Blau
ISBN: 0-9651049-0-7
Publisher: Revere Academy Books
Pub. Date: January, 1991
Format: Hardcover
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $69.95
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Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

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Rating: 5
Summary: Professional Goldsmithing.
Comment: What a brilliant piece of literature. Any person who has not used such a book as this is definitely missing out.The instructions and the models are very good, and useable, and will enable any who use this book to attain a very high degree of skill.

Rating: 5
Summary: A beautiful and useful book
Comment: This book is essentially a programmed course of instruction in jewelry fabrication. It is tightly focused on goldsmithing and nothing else - not casting, not stone setting, not surface treatments, just fabrication. This focus allows a thorough introduction to the field. The book uses a series of projects to develop your skills in an incremental fashion. The projects progress from a simple forged and soldered bracelet to an extremely challenging cluster ring. The project instructions are an artfully crafted combination of explanation, instruction, and full-color photographs. I used this book while taking a one-semester course in metals and it allowed me to work a full year beyond my expected performance level. This is, without a doubt, the most beautiful and effective "how-to" book I have ever seen, and rates about twice as good as the nearest example I have ever read in jewelry fabrication. Bear in mind that the author expects you to have a fairly well equipped jewelry shop available, including a rolling mill (flat, round and square wire rolls) a good torch and a drawbench with a good range of drawplates. I would still recommend going to a school to learn jewelry fabrication rather than trying to go it alone with just this book. Having said that, this is a wonderful book just to look at, even if you never build anything.

Rating: 5
Summary: Great instructional book on Goldsmithing.
Comment: Full of tips which would take years to learn in the shop. Well written, good photos, lots of projects. A definite must for anyone working in gold or silver at any level.

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