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Leather Jewelry

Jewelers who haven’t yet added leather to their arsenal can look right here to see what they’re missing! Not only is it colorful, versatile, pliant, and elegant, but leather works beautifully as both a component part (combined with metal findings or beads) and as the single featured material. These 30 stunning projects, made from leather and fur, have a refined and pretty style that’s neither camp crafts nor biker tough. They cover the entire range of ornamentation: earrings, necklaces, bracelets, cuffs, rings, hair accessories and a brooch.

1 issue / $12.99 US
Marcia DeCoster's Beaded Opulence

The newest addition to the Beadweaving Master Class series presents 24 jewelry designs from renowned teacher Marcia DeCoster. They all feature the popular right angle weave stitch, and eager beaders will learn how to use it to create fabulous effects. These pieces, from the Etruscan Treasure necklace to the Fanfare bracelet, are fine art. Also Available: Diane Fitzgerald’s Shaped Beadwork.

1 issue / $24.95 US
Masters: Beadweaving

The Masters series offers an engaging and up-to-date survey of the finest contemporary work by approximately 40 leading artists in specific media. Beadweaving takes the spotlight here, and each highlighted master takes center stage in an informative eight-page feature that includes nearly a dozen gorgeous photos and a short essay by the curator placing the impressive work and its creator in context.

1 issue / $15.99 US
Masters: Gemstones

What awesome craftsmanship appears throughout this unique volume—the zenith of an art that marries the world’s most exceptional gems with exquisitely-honed metal designs. Approximately forty of the world’s top jewelers present expertly-fashioned settings that embrace a diversity of styles and techniques, including pavé, channel, invisible, gypsy, wire, and tension. Christoph Krähenmann’s creations display a fabulous fusion of Swiss artisanship and American ingenuity, old world elegance and contemporary chic.

1 issue / $15.99 US

Masters: Gold

All that glitters here IS gold—and it’s gorgeous! This addition to the popular Masters series focuses on a gold jewelry. Leading jewelry expert Marthe Le Van has chosen 40 of the world’s best goldsmiths, and presents their finest pieces. A short essay accompanies each eight-page section, along with choice quotes from the featured artists.

1 issue / $15.99 US
Metalworking 101 for Beaders

Metalworking 101 for Beaders provides all the information needed to start working with metal in a clear, visual way that’s fun and inspiring. Detailed advice about tools and materials, step-by-step photos of the latest techniques (including weaving, piercing, and making chain mail), and a dedicated and delightful teacher to guide you through it, will help you infuse new life into your creations.

1 issue / $11.99 US
Mixed Metal Jewelry Workshop

In this creative workshop, metal clay, one of the hottest trends in jewelry making, is combined with traditional metal forms to create fabulous jewelry. Twenty fun projects, professional instruction, and a gallery of inspirational jewelry will show jewelers and general crafters how to combine an easy-to-work with material with sheet metal, wire, and other embellishments. The result: gorgeous wearable art.

1 issue / $15.99 US
Mixed-Media Collage Jewelry

Crafting a piece of collage jewelry is more than just a creative act; it can also be a very personal journey when the materials include precious keepsakes and mementos. In these 25 stunning projects, readers can experience the pleasure of creating works of beauty and memory. The techniques are basic, and each project features three or more step-by-step photos along with an image showing the gorgeous final results.

1 issue / $11.99 US

New Directions in Metal Clay

Metal clay is the most exciting new material in jewelry design today: the procedures for molding and shaping are simple, the tools few, and the results stunning. CeCe Wire, a leader in the field, details all the newest innovations and clays, as well as the basics for beginners. She includes every form and formula, plus an extensive array of cutting-edge techniques that range from stone-setting to surface embellishment. Numerous color photos showcase diverse possibilities, including enameling methods such as champlevé, inlaying with epoxy resin, and silk screening. Twenty-five projects—some easy, some more advanced—include gorgeous beads, a bold contemporary brooch, and stacked rings made from silver and 22-karat gold.

1 issue / $17.95 US
Orbital Necklace eProject

To make this stunning necklace, you wrap tiny beads into baubles of silver wire for just a dash of color. As a bonus, you also get instructions for the Celestial Orbit Pendant and Earrings, which use the same simple techniques to achieve the same dramatic results. From the Lark Crafts book Elegant Wire Jewelry (printed book ISBN: 978-1-57990-908-6), (eBook ISBN: 978-1-60059-914-9).

1 issue / $2.99 US
Red Crystal Cluster Ring eProject

This red-hot ring sparkles like a crystal. It’s easy to make with just coiled wire and 100 fire-polished beads. From the Lark Crafts book Boutique Bead & Wire Jewelry (printed book ISBN:978-1-60059-094-8 ), (eBook ISBN: 978-1-60059-910-1).

1 issue / $2.99 US
Right Angle Weave Earrings eProject

Combine long bugles with other beads to create elegantly dangling earrings in three different color schemes. From the Lark Crafts book Bugle Bead Bonanza (printed book ISBN: 978-1-60059-388-8), (eBook ISBN: 978-1-60059-742-8).

1 issue / $2.99 US

Simply Beautiful Beaded Jewelry

50+ step-by-step beading designs for necklaces, bracelets, accessories and earrings -- most of which can be finished in a single afternoon. Includes over 30 variation ideas so readers can customize projects to their style.

1 issue / $15.99 US
Totally Twisted: Innovative Wirework and Art Glass Jewelry

Wireworking is one of the hottest trends in jewelry, but all-wire jewelry can be monochromatic and the cost of silver may put all-silver-wire jewelry out of the reach of many. Wire and lampwork artist Kerry Bogert creates her signature colorful wire jewelry by combining sterling silver and colored wire with glass beads to add a pop of color in designs from elegant to whimsical. Although in the past colored wire has been considered less sophisticated, Totally Twisted shows you how to use colored wire for a high-end look. In addition to her signature lampwork beads, Kerry uses Czech and other glass beads to show how glass and wire can be combined to great effect. Accompanying the designs for earrings, bracelets, and necklaces, Totally Twisted includes wirework tips and tricks to make wirework easier and more successful. Learn how to make your own clasps and wire components along with techniques from coiling to wire wrapping all shown in clear step-by-step photography. A master of color in jewelry, Kerry also shares her design tips for exploring color in jewelry design, plus gives project variation ideas to show how changing the colors in the same design can completely transform a piece.

1 issue / $17.95 US
Tradition with a Twist

Whether it's a Bostom Commons, Trip Around the World, Nine Patch, or Irish Chain, best-selling author Blanche Young and her daughter Dalene Young Stone show you how to give your favorite traditional quilt a new twist through the creative use of fabric. This delightful book has over 26 projects showing new streamlined construction techniques utilizing the rotary cutter and your sewing machine. The older methods are still valid, but the new techniques presented in this book were developed to use with the tools available to us today.

1 issue / $16.99 US
Twist Bracelet eProject

Make jewelry for every mood and occasion with the three color variations included in this project: metallic bronze and blue, festive yellow and orange, and opulent white crystal. From the Lark Crafts book Bugle Bead Bonanza (printed book ISBN: 978-1-60059-388-8), (eBook ISBN: 978-1-60059-742-8).

1 issue / $2.99 US

Whitby Beaded Earrings eProject

Elegant black earrings with elaborately beaded ovals like these may look like a challenge to make. They’re not! This project gives you detailed step-by-step instructions and illustrations for the right angle weave you use to create them, along with all you need to know about beads, threads, and tools. From the Lark Crafts book Marcia DeCoster's Beaded Opulence (printed book ISBN: 978-1-60059-292-8 ), (eBook ISBN: 978-1-60059-739-8).

1 issue / $2.99 US
Wrap, Stitch, Fold & Rivet

Making gorgeous handcrafted jewelry can be an amazingly simple process that even beginners will quickly master—as long as they have this guide by their side. Written by an experienced artist and teacher, and generously illustrated with attractive how-to photos and drawings, it demonstrates a wealth of easy techniques in superb detail. Twenty dazzling projects—including a twisted wire choker, bangle bracelet, bead pod pin, and mixed metal earrings— are created by wrapping, stitching, and folding metal, and by making cold connections with basic screws, bolts, pop rivets, eyelets, brads, and nails.

1 issue / $15.99 US
Semiprecious Salvage

Discover the excitement of reclaiming remnants of the past and reinterpreting their beauty in wearable works of mixed-media art!

1 issue / $17.99 US
30Minute Birdsong Earrings eProject

A photocopied bird silhouette, silver sheet, and sample laminate chips in the color of your choice . . . put them all together and in less than 30 minutes you've made these graphically striking earrings. From the Lark Crafts book 30-Minute Earrings (printed book ISBN: 978-1-60059-487-8), (eBook ISBN: 978-1-4547-0007-4).

1 issue / $2.99 US