Making Wire & Bead Jewelry: Artful Wirework Techniques

Great book. Helps with tools, techniques, and ideas.

I am a jewelry maker (metalsmith and lampworker) but was never really interested in wire wrapping until I saw the jewelry that Janice Berkbile made. I took one of her workshops a couple of months ago and made a beatiful pendant that I just love. I always get comments on it when I wear it out in public. Anyway, wanting to learn more I pre-ordered her book back in February and I must say that it was worth the wait! This book is loaded with beautiful projects by two artists: Janice Berkbile and Tracy Stanely. The first 25 pages of the book discuss the tools and materials used, and explain the basic techniques in detail. This is then followed by the actual projects. There are 24 projects in the book. Twelve by each artist. The book is just loaded with great photos showing every step of the process. The instructions are clearly written and easy to follow. If you are a lampworker and want new ways to show off your beads then you will love this book. There is an 8 page gallery at the end of the book which showcases more of their work. Very inspiring!

I'm glad I purchaced this book. It has tons of "artsy" style tutorials and really cool techniques I haven't seen anywhere else. I've made about 3 designs from this book, the instructions were simple and easy to understand. Shipped pretty quick too. Great buy!

I've bought and gone through maybe half a dozen wirework and wire wrapping with beads books, and this one is by far the best in terms of technical depth and cool, quality, unusual and beautiful projects. While everyone has to learn the basics (perhaps from other books), other books often leave me feeling unsatisfied with the overall aesthetic and jewelers' quality of the final wirework or wire-wrapped piece. Not this book! This book reminds me (and shows me) what interested me about wirework in the first place. Probably more intermediate/advanced, but it's my favorite of them all.

This is a gorgeous book. I make lampwork and fused glass beads and baubles and was looking for a more creative way to present them. I've only tried one project so far, and it was a simple one, but it was fairly easy to follow and turned out great with the limited wireworking tools I have (just a regular hammer and some jewelers pliers). I've ordered some more tools and wire and I can't wait to make some more complex items. The instructions in the book are well documented and the photos are excellent and most of them have a few variations on the main project to give you some idea on how you can advance the concept being taught. I'm sure this book won't make me as awesome a wire worked as Berkebile, but it already will give me some creative concepts that I don't see very often.

This book has some great ideas for a beginner.

I feel bad giving it a bad review but I liked the few designs on the cover but most of the designs inside I don't like at all and it is definitely not for beginners! She should market it for intermediate or advanced.

This book is by Janice Berkebile and Tracy Stanley. I have had the pleasure of taking WORKSHOPS with both and found both of them to be excellent teachers. When I took from Janice, this book was not in existence. I just finished a workshop with TRACY and she told me to order it on Amazon, which I did. I took it to Staples and had the spine coiled so that it would lay flat while I worked. THIS BOOK IS AMAZING. It identifies all your tools, it shows step by step what you do to create what you want. I have now set up my workshop and at Tracy's suggestion, I PRACTICE everyday for whatever amount of time I have. It takes practice at any art to become proficient. I was lucky enough to get to take from the 2 authors, but I HONESTLY believe that with this book, I could have made some fun and amazing items.

ce livre est une bonne source d'inspirations ! bonnes explications claires et beaucoup d'illustrations ! bien utile pour la réalisation de bijoux de a à z

Belle photo, bonne explications.

テクニックがやや粗めのものが多いですが、 それがまた良い雰囲気を出している印象。 英語はさほど難しくないので、参考書に一冊あると便利です。

Covers just about everything you would need to know to make some gorgeous jewellery for yourself and your friends. Easy to follow instructions including telling you what materials and tools you will need for each project. Only downside if you can call it that is that the wire gauges are not familiar to what we know, but can be looked up with a conversion chart. Highly recommend this for all jewellery makers.

I like the book