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Rising Stars 2014
Rising Stars is a platform to view and collect some of the most exciting new crafts by emerging makers from crafts and applied arts programmes across the UK. Includes essay by Rebecca Skeels and work by UCA graduates Jessica Frost, Anum Khan, Lisa Larcombe, Hajnalka Rezes, Charlotte Stockley, and Julia Webster.
Designing and Making Glass Jewellery
Glass can add an unusual and ethereal quality to a piece of jewellery. Its transparency, colour and unpredictability make glass a unique material to work with, but it also presents its own challenges. This book introduces the techniques of working with glass to jewellers, and explains how to decide which is the most suitable approach for your design. It covers specific properties of glass, tips for design and ideas for assembling a piece. Hot forming - includes fusing, casting and pate de verre, as well as lampworking. Cold forming - explains how to shape a piece of glass and then bond pieces together Decorative - explains how to embellish your pieces, from painting to photography transfers and metal leaf inclusions. It is a practical guide but, with a wealth of stunning finished pieces, and also provides inspiration for jewellers of all experiences.
Designing and Making Rings and Bangles
Rings and bangles are timeless jewellery pieces; from simple elegance to bold creations, they make stunning statements. This beautiful book explains traditional techniques with step-by-step guides, and gives inspiration through stunning examples from leading jewellers. Written by two award-winning designer makers, it encourages jewellers of all levels of experience to express themselves and make unique pieces of jewellery to be worn and treasured. This new book covers the design process, from initial observation to developing, selecting materials and finalizing an idea. Detailed instruction is given on more elaborate ways of making and decorating work, including casting, texturing, etching, granulation, inlay and keum-boo. There is also a guide to using gemstones with a range of settings. Written both for beginners wanting to make their first ring or bangle and for the more experienced looking for inspiration, with advice on equipment and materials, step-by-step guides to traditional techniques including simple forming and soldering and an emphasis on the importance of finishing the ring or bangle and achieving perfection. Lavishly illustrated with 200 colour photographs.
Černá sanitka a jiné děsivé příběhy
Černá sanitka a jiné děsivé příběhy je sbírkou 136 současných pověstí, získaných od více než 60 vypravěčů z celé České republiky. Příběhy obsažené v této knize se vyprávějí jako pravdivé historky při nejrůznějších příležitostech. Svými vypravěči i posluchači jsou obvykle považovány za pravdivé, většinou se má za to, že je zažil přímo vypravěč, člen jeho rodiny nebo nejlepší kamarád. V knize naleznete strašidelné pověsti o vrazích a maniacích ohrožujících nevinné studentky na vysokoškolských kolejích nebo milence v autě, ale i příběh o vraždícím přízraku německého vojáka z druhé světové války...
J. V. Sladek
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Eliška Krásnohorská
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Colour and Textures in Jewellery
Decorative textures and colour are integral to the design of every piece of jewellery. This beautiful book covers a range of techniques and materials, which can be used to bring excitement, meaning and interest to your designs. Written by two experienced designer-makers and tutors, it encourages you to experiment, make samples, bend the rules (safely) and see what results are possible, before following the detailed technical advice to apply the techniques to your work. Topics covered include: embossing - techniques include hammering, stamping and roll printing to imprint a pattern, design and details onto the surface of the work. There are exercises that demonstrate a technique and experiment with the process, including a comprehensive guide to adding textures and colour to jewellery. It will be an indispensable reference for practising jewellers, designers, jewellery students of all levels and silversmiths, and includes design development sketches and examples of samples and finished pieces. Beautifully illustrated with over 750 colour photographs, it is written by Nina Gilbey and Bekkie Ora Cheesman, two experienced designer-makers and tutors.
Anticancer Research
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