Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads

This is a great book. Many unique and beautiful pieces. Many hours of work to put it together. Linda is a talented artist and juror for art to show in her book. This book is a must and a great addition in any art and pmc library. It covers both. Also a great coffee table book. It took a long time to get it, the wait was worth every minute of it. Michelle Roth

Excellent .

Je voulais acheter ce livre, car les perles que j'ai pu découvrir, en feuilletant le livre sur Amazon.fr m'avaient enthousiasmée. Je suis assez contente de l'avoir, car les modèles sont magnifiques. Les modèles, ne sont pas tous de Linda Kaye MOses, la plupart ce sont des artistes qui ont collaboré à l'ouvrage, avec des créations de grande beauté. Les prémices du travail de la pâte d'argent ,les outils, et les étapes de la fabrication, sont bien expliquées,avec photos et textes. Mais l'originalité de l'ouvrage tient à la beauté des modèles,qui vont des réalisations simples,mais néanmoins élégantes et originales, avec des pierres, de perles avec de l'émail, et la présentation de modèles complets,qui accompagnent la création des perles. Le petit flacon de couverture, est montré pas à pas . Il bien mis en valeur dans la création du collier avec des perles d'améthyste. Les créateurs qui exposent au fil des pages de ce livre, ont de l'originalité , mais surtout un goût exquis. Les pendentifs , seuls ou avec des pierres , comme celui de la couverture, que fait à lui seul une grande impression. A ce que j'ai vu, il y a seulement des créations de colliers, et pas d'autres bijoux. La création des bijoux avec la pâte d'argent ,permettant un éventail plus large de possibilités de création, en fabriquant beaucoup de fournitures ,fait incursion dans le travail du bijoutier, qui crée ,lui-même presque toutes les pièces qui composent son oeuvre. En résumé, de très beaux modèles pour fabriquer des colliers,mais surtout des perles en PMC magnifiques.

Great info. Shown well.

The book starts out with a "How to Use this book" (in order of the projects presented), a brief history of metal clay, working with metal clay (it's properties, tools to use, drying methods, etc.), firing metal clay, repairs and finishing. It is all laid out in a very useful manner and is probably most beneficial to beginners (like myself). The thing about the info at the beginning of the book is there is very little information about safety. As I read through the book, there was lots of warnings about not cutting oneself with the tissue blade or craft knife. However, I have read in a couple places online about the concern of airborne particles while sanding clay for finishing purposes. I also didn't see anything about taking safety precautions while kiln firing the clay. The 15 projects are laid out in order from very simple (discs with appliques) to a very long multi-stepped Vessel Bead (it's the large bead on the front cover of the book) and everything in between. There is even a project where you use colored pencils on the bead and another that she goes through the process of enameling the bead. My favorite project is the paper lantern bead. I think that is really cool. However, the ribbon bead is a very close second. She also goes into some mold making techniques. The projects are laid out in very detailed step by step format and the photos are very clear, concise and show the steps in good detail. Tips are included in sidebars throughout. I really think that a beginner (like myself) could easily start with the first project and work their way up to the most difficult and involved bead. The one thing that bothered me about a few of the projects was the need to add hole supports. It is never explained if they were really needed to support the holes, clean up the look of the holes or if they are purely decorative elements. Most of the time the use of the hole supports made a nice looking bead look clunky. After the project section is the "Eye Candy" section aka-the Gallery of Artists' Metal Clay Beads. I just love the eye candy included in this book...*sigh* Last is the information section: glossary, PMC firing charts, firing surfaces, support materials, mold making materials, patina methods, and resources. Will I use the info from this book? Yes. Will I try some of these projects? Absolutely. Do I recommend running out to purchase this book today? Well...that depends on you. I do like this book, but it's not my favorite book on the topic. If you aren't sure whether you would like it or not, I would try getting it from your local library to peruse first. However, if you love to collect books about this topic, it's a good addition to your library.