30 Minute Earrings

Showcases 60 modern projects that can be created in half an hour, demonstrating how to craft fashion rings using materials ranging from gold and silver to pink pearls and repurposed items, in a guide that includes contributions by such top artists as Joanna Gollberg, Sara Westermark and Boris Bally.

Showcases 60 modern projects that can be created in half an hour, demonstrating how to craft fashion rings using materials ranging from gold and silver to pink pearls and repurposed items, in a guide that includes contributions by such top artists as Joanna Gollberg, Sara Westermark and Boris Bally.

"60 necklace projects by 47 top jewelers in 30 minutes flat"--p. [4] of cover.

t60 ring designs with step-by-step instructions.

It takes just 30 minutes to make each of the projects in this book. While you're creating stunning bracelets, you'll expand your skills, flex your creativity and grow as an artist.

Imagine a material that looks and feels like clay and yet, when fired, becomes pure, solid gold and silver! That’s metal clay, and here are the fabulous techniques and instructions, lavish photos and projects that will open up endless creative possibilities to every crafter. With this versatile product, metalwork becomes easier and faster, and it’s simple to create meaningful gifts or add techniques to the forms you’ve already mastered. Combine the clay with lampworked and fused dichroic glass, enamel, and beads. Make exquisite jewelry, sculpture, carvings, and more. Try a great new liquid gold for coating silver objects. Among the glittering, gorgeous projects: an African Mask Pin, Groovy Flower Earrings and Ring, Puzzle Piece Bracelet, and a Twig and Leaf Condiment Spoon.

“There is really no better indicator you’re a mother than acquiring the ability to catch throw-up in a plastic bag, disinfect your hands, and immediately ask your friend to pass the beef jerky as you put on another Taylor Swift song and act as if nothing has happened.” This is the type of insight Melanie Shankle offers in this quirky memoir of motherhood. Written in the familiar, stream-of-consciousness style of her blog, Big Mama, Sparkly Green Earrings is a heartwarming and hilarious look at motherhood from someone who is still trying to figure it all out. Filled with personal stories—from the decision to become a mother to the heartbreak of miscarriage and ultimately, to the joy of raising a baby and living to tell about it—Sparkly Green Earrings will make you feel like you’re sitting across the table from your best friend. A must-read for anyone who’s ever had a child or even thought about it.

Poring through the beautiful images in this exquisite gallery of earrings is like stepping inside a jewelry store filled with remarkable pieces from the finest contemporary jewelers. The earrings range from the classic to the avant-garde and come from an international array of artists.