6 • From the Editors
9 • Getting Started
71 • Gallery
121 • Suppliers: Where to Buy
14 • Filing/Sanding/Finishing
14 Technique
Finishing tools • Filing •
Cleaning & maintaining files •
Grit: what is it? • Finishing or
polishing: what’s the difference? •
Finishes and how to achieve them
17 PLUS: Make a Sanding Stick
18 Project
Simple Filed Silver Cuff by Karen J. Lauseng
20 PLUS: Take it Further: Use a Buffing Wheel
21 • Texturing
21 Technique
Stamps • Hammers • Work
surfaces • Roll-printing
22 PLUS: Take it Further: Chasing & Repousse
24 Exercise
Texture Sampler by Annie Pennington
26 Project
Stamped Bib Necklace by Taryn McCabe
30 • Sawing/Piercing/
Cutting
30 Technique
Sawing • Piercing • Other cutting techniques
31 PLUS: Sawing Ergonomics
32 PLUS: Sawing Troubleshooting
33 PLUS: Metal Piercing Chart
34 Exercise
Sawing & Piercing
Practical Exercises by Michael David Sturlin
35 Project
Pierced Leaf Silhouette Pendant by Julie Sanford
37 PLUS: Take it Further: Design Choices
38 Project
Pierced & Lifted Prongs by Michael David Sturlin
41 PLUS: Increasing Your Drilling Precision
41 PLUS: Take it Further: Incorporate a Bail
42 • Dapping & Swaging
42 Technique
Dapping • Swaging
44 Exercise
Dapping Practice: Dome Metal Sheet by Michael David Sturlin
45 PLUS: Calculating Disk Dimensions for Dapped Hemispheres
45 PLUS: Sanding the Edge of a Disk
46 Project
Formed Silver & Pearl Earrings by Jeanette Payne
50 • Patinas & Coloring
50 Technique
Patinas • Patina prep • Liver of Sulfur • Fumed Ammonia •
Colored pencil on metal • Additional patinas/coloring techniques
51 PLUS: Liver of Sulfur Additives
53 PLUS: Sealants: How & When to Use Them
54 Exercise
Color-on-Metal Test Tiles
55 Project
Colored-Pencil-on-Metal Earrings by Annie Pennington
58 • Etching
58 Technique
Etching with PnP paper
58 PLUS: Disposing of Etchant
59 PLUS: Resist Options
60 PLUS: Take it Further: Other Etching Options
61 Project
Etched-copper Flower Brooch by Reidin Dintzner
65 • Drilling
65 Technique
A bit about bits • How close is too close? • Incremental
drilling • Drilling on a curve • Deburring the hole •
Other tools for making holes
65 PLUS: Drill-bit Size Chart
66 PLUS: Take it Further: Invest in a Drill Press
67 Project
Drilled Tube Pendant by Hazel L. Wheaton
68 PLUS: Simple Square- wire Chain
69 PLUS: 4 Ways to Cut Tubing
76 • Making Findings
76 Technique
Ear wires • Ear wire variations
• Balling up wire • Balled Wire
Chart • Why make your own findings? • Pin mechanisms •
Other types of findings
79 PLUS: Plain & Wrapped Loops
80 Project
Textured Latch-back Earrings by Theresa D. Abelew
84 Project
Two Simple S-Hook Clasps
86 Project
Cold-connected Pin Backs by Erin Austin
79 PLUS: Pin Back with Modified Tabs
90 Project
Split-dome Earrings by Christopher C. Darway
92 PLUS: Wire Workability Chart
94 • Cold Connections
94 Technique
Wire rivets • Tube rivets •
Spaced Rivets • Tabs • Staples & Stitching
95 PLUS: Managing Riveting Size Issues
98 Project
Dapped Tab-set Earrings by Melody Armstrong
101 Project
Layered Copper Bangle by Eva Sherman
104 Project
Tube-riveted Spinner Ring by Jill L. Erickson
107 PLUS: Take it Further: Embellish the Shank
108 Project
Stacked & Stapled Pendant by Annie Pennington
112 Project
Spaced-rivet Paisley Pendant by Yvonne M. Padilla
115 • Forging & Forming
115 Technique
Forging • Forging tools • Forming
116 PLUS: Take it Further: Foldforming
117 Exercise
Wire Forging by Michael David Sturlin
118 Project
Forged Wire Bracelet by Deborah Fehrenbach
120 PLUS: How to Use Dividers
120 PLUS: Find the Center with Dividers
121 PLUS: Take it Further: Make Matching Earrings