Product Description
Design for Jewellery Makers by Louise Seijen ten Hoorn
"Your clear, comprehensive and practical 'how-to' guide and resource for all aspects of designing jewellery."
If you are looking for some expert guidance on design and the process this book is for you! It includes step-by-step project briefs and themes which can be used as a basis for developing your own ideas! Suitable for intermediate and professional jewellery makers as well as those attending jewellery making courses and those who have taken up jewellery making as a hobby.
Included in this book:
- Inspirational contributions from 12 contemporary jewellery designers. Including a chapter which shows how 6 of them apply the concepts to their own practice
- 16 design techniques: a mix of drawing and model-making techniques including how to draw faceted gemstones, sketching, producing a technical drawing, paper models and mould-making and casting
- 5 technique-led projects showing how you can use basic jeweller’s skills together with the design techniques to create a specific type of jewellery.
- 8 process-led design projects of different creative approaches to the same challenge. For example 6 different ways of connecting links without soldering, or 12 different ways of setting a stone
- The book finishes with 10 open projects briefs and finished inspirational examples for the reader to try out and learn from.
Paperback with 208 pages.
About the Author
Louise Seijen ten Hoorn trained at the Royal College of Art, she lives and works in London where she creates one-off pieces, small production lines and commissions from her studio in Pimlico.
Louise works predominantly in metal, as well as materials such as plastic, rubber, and textile to create jewellery, objects and small sculptures.
Her work has been exhibited in the UK as well as worldwide in the USA, Lithuania, Portugal and The Netherlands.
Besides being a jewellery practitioner, Louise teaches short courses in design and jewellery making at various Adult Education Colleges in London.
