Imaginative but not for beginners
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This book features some unusual and imaginative techniques and is well worth buying for those alone. The pendant section and some of the handmade clasps are well thought out and wire is used cleverly in some of the bangles.
Technical explanations are clearly illustrated at the beginning of the book however, the projects themselves do not reiterate these techniques but refer you back to them by means of underlining and without giving you the page number. It's almost like having to follow a link but no window to open it in. This reference system makes this book very awkward to use for beginners and I think there are more adequate books for them to try . However, I have enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to more advanced jewellers for the interesting wire work. Beaders will be disappointed as there are only a few beading projects using very basic techniques.
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