I just bought a copy of Mixed Media & Metal Clay Jewelry by Sherri Haab. If you are at all interested in Precious Metal Clay, it’s a great book. I have a couple of other books by Sherri Haab and I think this might be my favorite.
More about this book in particular: The layout and photography is crisp, clear and easy on the eyes. The individual photos are clearly labelled with the artist’s name. It’s surprising how few books on art jewelry have clear attribution for the pieces. It’s got a solid section on PMC basics and really great sections on: cold connections, making bezels and adding color to metal clay. The projects include combining metal clay elements with leather, polymer clay, resin, paint, transparencies & transfer images, concrete, ceramic and dichroic glass.
The contributing artists are fantastic. I was particularly excited to find projects by Robert Dancik and Wendy Wallin Malinow. Not your every day craft project designers. I really like the fact that there are more books available all the time that elevate the craft book arena into fine crafts. Lark Books series on The Art of Jewelry is a great example of this, and other publishers are coming along too.
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