Stamped Metal Jewelry * Lisa Niven Kelly

Creative Techniques & Designs for Making Custom Jewelry. This comprehensive guide delivers an extensive, highly accessible technical workbook that teaches artisans of all skill levels how to pierce, texture, color, and hand-stamp sheet metals to construct stunning, customized jewelry pieces.

The Story: Written by prominent jewelry designer, popular online educator, and Beaducation founder Lisa Niven Kelly, this highly sought-after 2010 masterwork transforms a standard workbench into an exceptionally active, creative design workspace. Kelly completely looks past overly intimidating, expensive industrial metalworking processes or complex soldering setups. Instead, she establishes a thorough, technique-first strategy demonstrating that fabricating high-impact, professional-grade wearable art relies on mastering foundational striking mechanics and utilizing simple hand tools.The manual takes jewelry makers and hobbyists through a versatile learning landscape across its densely illustrated pages. The layout organizes metalsmithing education into clear, step-by-step skill modules - meticulously detailing tool selection, proper hammer velocity, stamping alignment loops, and lettering placement. The text unpeels exactly how to manipulate diverse sheet metals like copper, brass, sterling silver, and nickel, tracking precise guidelines to pierce clean holes, file smooth edges, forge interesting textures, and apply creative patinas to make custom typography pop.

Rather than focusing entirely on abstract theory, this slim volume functions as an active, highly practical project book. Kelly includes twenty unique, contemporary design templates - ranging from layered charm necklaces and stamped rivet bracelets to textured metal earrings - complete with comprehensive material checklists and clear visual construction guides. Published as a premium trade paperback by Interweave Press, this technique-filled resource serves as an essential showpiece for craft and hobby shelves, instructing the reader's mind on how to build an unbreakable internal sanctuary of handmade artisan expression.

Perfect For: Crafters, metalsmith artisans, and jewelry makers looking for an uncomplicated, highly visual reference book to master texturing and typography stamping techniques; boutique business owners seeking fresh ideas for personalized inventory lines; and library collections anchoring their DIY crafting and hobby guides.

Published 2010 by Interweave.

NOTE: includes the DVD, but it has not been tested.

Crafts & Hobbies / Jewelry Making / Metalworking & Smithing Basics / Hand-Stamping Design Manuals / Creative Craft Projects / Artisan Bench References