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Fabulous Jewelry from Found Objects: Creative Projects, Simple Techniques (Lark Jewelry Book) | 
 enlarge | Author: Marthe Le Van
Publisher: Lark Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 505897
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1579905625
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5942
EAN: 9781579905620
ASIN: 1579905625
Publication Date: May 1, 2005
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Product Description
After exploring the exquisite ideas and 35 projects showcased in this one-of-a-kind jewelry collection, you'll never look at "found items" the same way again. There are countless suggestions for recycling everyday objects, from electrical wire to soda cans, and uncovering their vast potential for beauty. Begin transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary by examining various metal types and forms, and the techniques for shaping and cold-connecting them. Select from a range of surface finishing treatments, and find out about special skills often used for working with stones, shells, plastic, wood, and bone. The wildly creative pieces include a driftwood brooch, a bracelet with wooden game pieces, and a pendant featuring old boat charts. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.
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 One Man's Trash is Another's Treasure August 3, 2007
This book is a well written, easy to follow tutorial on how to make art from what others may consider junk. Great photos, inspiring ideas and good writing make this book a must have for innovative jewelry designers.
 Spark your creativity! May 9, 2007
This was a gift for a friend who is always looking for ways to be creative. She also wanted to learn some basic jewelry making methods, and this seemed to fit the bill. She says she loves it and learns a little something new each time she tries a new project or modifies a project from the book!
 Fabulous Jewelry from Found Objects: Creative Projects, Simple Techniques (Lark Jewelry Book) January 9, 2007
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I found this book to be interesting and fun but not as inspirational as I had hoped. I'm sure that I will use the techniques in the future however.
Found Objects=Fun Book January 7, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Marthe Le Van has put together a fun collection of easy to locate "found objects", the designs are usually funky and are achievable if you have a gerneral understanding of jewellery making. With written directions only, no pictures of the step by step, this is not for a beginner. There is a good introduction, listing the tools and terms together with basic instructions at the start of how to do certain tasks - i.e soldering, wire wrapping etc. Loads of ideas from pencils, to toothpicks,fur, bone and broken records etc. I especially liked the Check it Out section contained in each project, this section gives a brief overview/history of the material used. Not all projects have a Track it Down Paragraph, but when it is listed it is very handy, listing ideas such as "The electrical wire in the brooch came out of an old radio". Gallery was good but not brilliant as it could have been. Overall a nice book,glad I added it to my collection. I am sure my Mixed Media Jewellery students will appreciate it.
Great for Inspiration, not Necessarily for Beginners April 1, 2006
47 out of 47 found this review helpful
Like all Lark books, this book is exceptional in it's choice of imagery. There are so many outstanding examples of found object jewelry, that this book is enough to give anyone's muse a hefty jolt of adrenalin.
I would like to emphasize that I do not believe this would be the best choice for a novice artist looking to learn techniques for making such assemblages. Many basic and advanced skills such as sawing, riveting and soldering are briefly covered, but I do not believe that they are meant to be the main focus of the book.
Projects included in the book list step-by-step instructions, but none show photos of the work in progress. This appears to be a major oversight, but it does allow the instructions be open to interpretation of the reader for future projects.
If looking to learn more about the various jewelry making techniques which could be used in found object jewelry, I highly recommend Joanna Gollberg's "Making Metal Jewelry: Projects, Techniques, Inspiration" which specifically covers cold connection techniques, (connections made without the use of heat) Tim McCreight's "Jewelry: Fundamentals of Metalsmithing" for cold connection and soldering techniques, or Carles Codina's
"The Complete Book of Jewelry Making: A Full-Color Introduction To The Jeweler's Art."
As a side note, I was quite amazed that no pieces were represented from two of the most prominent found object artists, Thomas Mann and Keith Lo Bue.
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