[TheForge] jewellery for blacksmiths

[Justin Fellenz]

I will look through em all, might get more than one. This is an excuse
to learn a little about something I know nothing about, so there's room
for more than one book. I was counting on you to narrow the search
though, which you have. 

Thanks, all.

JRF

--- Steve Smith <sos at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

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> keporter at comcast.net wrote:
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> >>Justin, it sounds to me like you need a book that covers a bit of a
> lot 
> >>of jewelery topics. I'd suggest this one as being very practically
> oriented: 
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> >>The Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight 
> >>
> >>Steve 
> > 
> > Steve
> > For about ten bucks you can buy a used copy of Metalwork and
> Enamelling (English spelling) by Herbert Maryon. What you would learn
> in jewelry classes, or from the books written by their teachers is
> nothing more than a few of the many methods carefully laid out in
> this tome. I have both books and consider The Complete Metalsmith to
> be fluff. Maryon was a master craftsman who restored the most
> difficult pieces in the British Museum, often reinventing long lost
> technics in order to do so. He was knighted for his work, and his
> book was reprinted for about eighty years. So, you can "pan for
> color" from authors like McCreight or go straight to "the mother
> load" by learning from Maryon. I would suggest the latter. It's what
> knowledgeable jewelers have been doing for close on a century (his
> published articles on jewelry technics preseeded the book).
> > Mike P.
> 
> This is truly a fine book. I don't know that it would help Justin out
> 
> that much, though.
> 
> Steve
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