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This eBook covers the history of the ancient technique of filigree jewelry making and gives very clear instructions on how filigree is made, and how it can be combined with enamel. Filigree is a group of individual lace-like intertwined wires of gold or silver, soldered together to form a pattern. Topics include: tools and materials, making filigree wire and jigs, soldering preparation and technique, pickling, making filigree jewelry, gold plating and more. 110 pages, 67 b&w photos and diagrams, 3 pages of color, soft cover.
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This remarkable early 1860 book (written over 160 years ago!) is 179 pages of solid, interesting information. It is remarkable how much of it remains useful and interesting. The author was a pioneer in using electroforming for making things, and contributed to what was then an emerging field of science and art. This book is as original as it gets. The insights (such as electoforming is the result of accidental observations) are pithy, strong and incredibly early. If you are interested in the history of our field this is a must-have book. Really interesting stuff. Chapters include... [read more]....
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This 1904 book is 141 pages packed with serious information for metal workers. It covers basics like chiseling metals, filing, scraping and construction with thoroughness not seen in contemporary books and sources. It has a section on basic lathe use and screw cutting which is really clear and instructive and finally excellent, deep, superb chapters on blacksmithing tools and principles. A book not to be missed. There are 88 really great illustrations in the form of clear, strong, line drawings and a number of photographs. Chapters with in-depth detail include [read more]....
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I've always loved this 1916 book. It informed me at the start of my career and taught me much about the workshop, making chasing tools and more. The book is completely full of excellent drawings, wonderful pen and ink sketches, first of tools, then a bench with all dimensions, then a series of step-by-step projects, 23 of them.
This book is Manga for jewelers. It is like watching a video, each step is artfully drawn, a wonderful visual cartoon for goldsmithing. Each sketch is accompanied by distilled, clever, text. The projects chosen contain all the skills one needs for making jewelry and basic silversmithing. There are great tips on riveting, soldering, sawing, and so on. I really can't over-emphasize how wonderful and readable the drawings are. The details of... [read more...]
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This 1902 book is the third edition. It is 98 jam packed pages of great chasing and repousse information. The author taught many people (including royalty) to do repousse and chasing as a hobby pastime, a recreation. It is clear that at the turn of the century the upper and middle classes pursued hobbies such as painting, drawing and repoussee work (today people watch TV)..... [read more...]
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This book is an essential for anyone interested in chasing and repousse designs and details.
This 173 page 1881 book is intended for silversmiths to work from as well as to educate the public. The images are of electroformed reproductions of what was considered the best of English silversmithing at that time. The reproductions are exact and painstakingly made. It reveals what, in 1881, was considered the best silversmithing in the world. The works were assembled from many colleges at Oxford, Cambridge and Ireland, as well as from numerous city collections and corporate collections. It is a pretty exhaustive list, and shows what was considered valuable and treasure in the culture at that time. [Click to read more...]
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An illustrated text book for teachers and students in the manual arts: This is a 1908 book by one of North America's really important metals writers at the beginning of the 20th century. He was an educator, writer, influential in the arts and crafts movement. (One of the tools I am proudest of owning is an engraver's ball that once belonged to Augustus Rose)... [read more]....
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Published in 1894. This heavily illustrated book, many photographs and line drawings which cover chasing and repousse in depth and with subtlety. The hundreds of excellent line drawings of tools, stamps, and more are excellent. The tool end images are especially clear. There are many photographs of complex chased trays and other objects. This is a great book, and essential for a serious jeweler and chaser. File Size: 68MB, 164 pages.
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A series of Twenty-four autotype reproductions of original designs for vases, ewers, salvers, etc. Selected from the collection in the national art library, South Kensington Museum
This significant 1871 book has wonderful drawn (etchings) images of major silversmithing objects. It is primarily a book of images for teaching, learning and reference.
File Size: 16MB, 32 Pages [read more]....
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This 1913 book does a very good job of describing gem materials, sources, rules, working methods and evaluation criteria. It is 117 readable, interesting pages. The author's goal was not for it to be the authoritative book but rather to have the most useful and interesting information, to provide stories for his employees to use in selling jewelry. He was synthesizing from the books and the field out there at his time to make it understandable and interesting. Recommended ! A good book..... [read more...]
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