Creating Jewellery in Wood
In 2019 Sarah King published her first book Creating Jewellery in Wood published by Fil Rouge Press in the UK , available direct from Sarah King (please email sarah@sarah-king.co.uk for more details). It will be added to my online shop in due course. The USA version entitled Creating Wooden Jewelry is published by Fox Chapel Publishing and is available on Amazon US. There is a German edition entitled Kreativer Schmuck Aus Holz is available on Amazon.de.
Introduction to wood as a contemporary jewellery medium
Suitable for beginners or professionals
Step by step imaginative + contemporary jewellery projects
Section on shaping (carving woods of differing hardness and thicknesses, turning, carving cork, curving veneers, lasercutting)
Section on Constructing (cold connections, linking mechanisms, laminating, riveting, making findings, threading, setting)
Section on surface techniques (silver & pearl inlay, painting + staining, gilding, electroforming, sandblasting, Shou Sugi Ban)
Profiles of 4 Studio Jewellers using wood (Inni Parnanen, Terhi Tolvenan, Beppe Kessler and Lina Peterson)
Taking a sustainable approach
Information on sourcing tools and materials
