The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques
London: Thames & Hudson, 2010
Author: Anastasia Young
Technical data: Hardback, 25.40 x 21.5 cm, 320pp with over 850 colour illustrations
ISBN/ISSN: 9780500515143

“The Workbench Guide Brings together a vast range of skills, techniques and technical data in one volume, to provide an essential look-up resource for both students and professionals.

• Jewelry-making materials from precious metals and gemstones to ‘smart’ plastics, vintage textiles and found objects
• Clear instructions and step-by-step photography
• Examples of cutting-edge jewelry pieces made by designers from around the world
• Practical aspects of making a business out of making jewelry
• Approaches to the creative process of jewelry design, from initial sketch to prototype.
• Workshop safety and procedures for outsourcing work to specialist external suppliers
• Exhaustive directory of tools – from simple hand tools to advanced machinery
• What to buy for a ‘beginner’s kit’.

Engraving / Chasing and repoussé / Fusing / Riveting / Enamelling / Drilling / Piercing / Cutting / Filing Annealing / Fold forming / Bending metal / Soldering / Pickling / Wire work / Hammering / Mounting and setting stones / Polishing / Stamping / Doming and swaging / Forging / Anticlastic raising / Hydraulic press forming / Wax carving and modelling / Casting metal / Casting resin / Casting plaster / Precious metal clay / Carving metal / Carving natural materials / Bending acrylic / Stringing beads / Chain Hinges / Findings / Catches / Etching / Rolling mill textures / Tooling leather / Hammer textures Reticulation / Granulation / Patination / Anodizing / Plating / Laminating / Gold leaf / Inlay / Mokume gane / Bezel or tube settings / Collet settings / Claw settings / Flush settings / Pavé and grain settings Channel settings / Illusion settings / Spectacle settings / Fancy settings / Gemstones / Metallic powders Stone shapes / Forming / Outwork / Inspiration / Drawing / Design / Photographing jewelry / CAD/CAM.

I would really recommend this book to many jewelers. It’s very clear and up to date and contains many step by step pictures as well as works by practicing artists - like me!

Rui’s work is the three rings in the middle.

500 Gemstone Jewels
Paperback: 420 pages
Publisher: Lark Books; 1 edition (April 6, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1600593410
ISBN-13: 978-1600593413
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inches

Introducing a book that shows my work that was published this year. Lark Books produce a really good series of jewellery books that focus on a particular type of jewellery. The variety is astounding, from high jewellery to contemporary which I hope means that it attracts people of all jewellery interests but at the same time exposes them to the different genres and styles.

Rui’s ring is the middle one. Freshwater pearl, silver and gold leaf. The shape is based on an aquatic insect egg.

Uncut diamonds, copper, silver and gold leaf. The sprouting elements are free moving but the attachment is invisible.