Precious jewellery from plastics
By: Christopher Bond
Series: Design & make; Design & make
Publisher: A&C Black Visual Arts
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781408134450
Subjects: Plastic jewelry; Jewelry making
Other titles: Precious jewelry from plastics; Design & make precious jewellery from plastics; Design & make precious jewelry from plastics
Description: Although many jewellers work with plastics, very little information is available on how to manipulate them. This book includes instructions on cutting, joining, laser, waterjet, heating and colouring. Jewellery with Precious Plastics requires no previous knowledge and covers everything you need to know about working with plastics.
Notes: "Methods and techniques"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Types of plastics; title: Damage and degradation; title: Selecting materials; title: Marking out patterns; title: Cutting plastics; title: Joining plastics; title: Forming plastics; title: Designing catches and fittings; title: Dyeing plastics; title: Other decorative finishes; title: Design and aesthetics; title: Precious plastic jewellery : projects; title: Examples of artists currently working with plastics; title: Appendix 1: Constructing a vacuum former; title: Appendix 2: Health & safety and environmental information quick reference chart.