Jewelry Making and Design: An Illustrated Textbook for Teachers, Students of Design and Craft Workers Paperback – Illustrated, June 1, 1967

I'm a crusty old jeweler who thinks they know everything and nobody is going to teach me anything. I have invented many revolutionary techniques that everyone has invented before me. This book though has some stunning examples of pendants, rings and necklaces which are paradoxically called problems. They are old school fancy and I am inspired like I haven't been in years. I hope you like piercing because most of the samples are intricate sawing patterns that you will swear at and will cause you to throw your jewelers saw across the room but they are actually worth the time and skill to learn how to make properly. Highly recommend.

This is an older book that is reprinted, and yeah for that. Nice to see we are using many of the same tools today. It has a lot of descriptions and pictures. It is not for beginners. You have to know how to solder and have a fully stocked bench. The pictures can be used for inspiration for your own designs if you like this style. It is interesting to see how they use wire, piercing, gravers, enamels and more to create lovely pieces. It is black and white so you have to imagine, but that is easy to do. The back section where they take flowers and insects and showing how they use them to inspire a line of jewelry.Cons are the black and white, if that is not your cup of tea and not everything will translate to how we do it today.

Good reference for techniques and design.

Rather old fashioned designs, not bad for kick starting your creative juices.

I love this Book!!!! and I think that every jeweler should have this book!!!!!! very professional, amazing designs.... :) :)

excellent basics of design, apparently now being copied by other writersA quite different view of design, older books can be very enlightening

Great ideas and simple to read and understand

Interesting book.