DESIGN FOR JEWELLERY MAKERS
Design for Jewellery Makers is your clear, comprehensive and practical ‘how-to’ guide and resource for all aspects of designing jewellery.
Intended for beginners and experts alike, this highly visual guide explores every aspect of the design process in depth: from the fundamentals of jewellery design, through practical ideas and advice for exploring materials, all the way to high-level conceptual briefs.
30 contemporary jewellery designers offer inspirational examples and advice.
16 design techniques, including paper and wire modelling, mould-making and casting, accessible ways to sketch jewellery and how to produce professional-quality technical drawings.
5 technique-led projects where traditional jewellery techniques inspire the designs for band rings, brooches and necklaces.
8 process-led projects to explore fun and creative approaches to stone-setting, materials, surface decorations and more.
10 open projects – briefs and finished inspirational examples to try out and learn from.