Crafts In addition to precious and semi-precious stones, you can mount small ceramic pieces, enameled metal, coral, amber, and many other materials. You can buy ceramics, cameos, and intaglios, or with further training, you can make them yourself.

Two books you will find of great interest are Gem Cutting, by John Sinkankas, published by Van Nostrand in 1955, and Jewelry Making for the Beginning Craftsman, by Greta Pack, published by Van Nostrand in 1957.

Before you consider taking up jewelry-making as a hobby, think of its various facets. First, the necessary tools: the jeweler's saw, the files and the abrasive tools. Then, the various processes or steps involved in almost any project: careful measuring, creating the design, cutting, piercing, transferring the design to the chosen material; then such detailed steps as hard- and soft-soldering, pickling and annealing, oxidizing and buffing, polishing and lacquering, or casting, stone setting, working with wire. . . . Then, of course, you must think of the enormous pleasure in creating something truly beautiful!




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May 19, 2012