A fun guide to creating simple wooden jewelry. Craft pins, beads, pendants, and earrings evoke delightful desert art. With practical safety tips and a discussion of the best tools, anyone can get started. Design discussion and many project photographs will launch you in creating exquisite jewelry perfect for gifts. Explore techniques for wood burning, inlayed stones, and repurposed exotic woods.

Contains full-color photographs and step-by-step instructions for thirty projects to create wearable wooden jewelry pieces and includes tips and information on woodworking techniques and the basics of metalworking.

"The art of turning, veneering, carving, and fashioning jewelry of wood...from simply crafted katydids to complex helical mosaic bracelets...fans of fine art as well as...woodworkers will appreciate this compilation."--"Booklist." "Specialized techniques not often found in jewelry craft books...step-by-step instructions with diagrams and color photographs...suitable for general crafts collections."--"Library Journal." "Features jewelry that represents everything from simple earrings to pieces incorporating intricate marquetry and metalworking."--"Woodshop News."

A dazzling exploration of both traditional and contemporary jewelry. Spectacular photographs of the beautiful jewelry and sensitive portraits of the artists combine with an insightful, informative text to capture the spirit of this work and of the cultures from which it springs. Includes a collector's guide and a directory of sources. 210 illustrations, 155 in full color.

Contemporary Southwestern Jewelry reveals the captivating history of the art of American Indian jewelry making, uncovering the ancient techniques, tools, and materials that have made contemporary southwestern jewelry what it is today. Revolutionists such as Hopi artist Charles Loloma, Navajo silversmith Kenneth Begay, Mexican/Mission jeweler Preston Monongye, and other jewelers began using varied materials and techniques traditionally unknown to the southwest. Pardue has researched the history and contemporary forms of metalworking, gems, stone patterning, and more, plus has dedicated a portion of the book to emerging artists whose work is capturing attention today. As you explore Contemporary Southwestern Jewelry's stunning photography, let the art speak to you of how it came to be and what it represents, echoing a similar message still told by traditional Native American jewelry

More than 200 patterns inspired by the great early cultures of the American Southwest. Make pegboards, clocks, jewelry boxes, lampshades, shelves, and other wood projects extra-special by applying these marvelous designs.