Customer Reviews
Excellent book for all levels - By: Zoe, 28 Dec 2008 
Bead & Wire Art Jewelry is an excellent source of design & technical advice for jewelers of all levels. Designs are adaptable to suit the beads you wish to use, & variations are shown on most designs. There will be projects to suit all tastes, & the techniques are shownin good detail at the start of the book. Specialist tools are needed, but the projects do not require you to seek out unusual findings.
An ideal book for the jewelry-maker's library, serving as manual for techniques & infinite inspiration.
Imaginative but not for beginners - By: M. Callaghan, 21 Dec 2006 This book features some unusual & imaginative techniques & is well worth buying for those alone. The pendant section & some of the handmade clasps are well thought out & wire is used cleverlyin some of the bangles.
Technical explanations are clearly illustrated at the beginning of the book however, the projects themselves do not reiterate these techniques but refer you back to them by means of underlining & without giving you the page number. It's almost like having to follow a link but no window to open it in. This reference system makes this book very awkward to use for beginners & I think there are more adequate books for them to try . However, I have enjoyed this book & I would recommend it to more advanced jewellers for the interesting wire work. Beaders will be disappointed as there are only a few beading projects using very basic techniques.
