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Build metalworking expertise by making beautiful fl owers. Each fl ower project
teaches traditional metalworking skills that transition from easy to more complex
as you progress through the book. Learn techniques and apply them on a small
scale for big results. Discover:
✿ A comprehensive tools and materials overview
✿ Easy to understand metalworking basics
✿ Step-by-step project instructions illustrated with clear photographs
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ISBN 978-0-87116-443-8 Melissa Cable
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From the publisher of Bead&Button,
9 780871 164438 0 64465 16443 1 BeadStyle, and Art Jewelry magazines
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Metal Jewelr y
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Metal Jewelr y
in Bloom
Learn Metalworking Techniques by Making Lilies, Daffodils, Dahlias, and More
Melissa Cable
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Kalmbach Books
21027 Crossroads Circle
Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186
www.Kalmbach.com/Books
© 2013 Kalmbach Books
All rights reserved. Except for brief excerpts for review, this book may not be reproduced in part or in whole
by electronic means or otherwise without written permission of the publisher.
Woven Leaf and Clasp was originally published in Jewelry Designs with Art Glass Beads, from Bead&Button magazine, 2010.
Lettered step-by-step photos by the author. All other photography © 2013 Kalmbach Books.
The jewelry designs in Metal Jewelry in Bloom are the copyrighted property of the author, and they may not be taught or sold without
permission. Please use them for your education and personal enjoyment only.
Published in 2013
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Manufactured in the United States
ISBN: 978-87116-443-8
EISBN: 978-0-87116-776-7
Editor: Karin Van Voorhees
Art Director: Lisa Bergman
Layout Artist: Lisa Schroeder
Illustrator: Kellie Jaeger
Photographer: William Zuback
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cable, Melissa, 1970-
Metal jewelry in bloom : learn metalworking techniques by making lilies, daffodils, dahlias, and more / Melissa Cable.
p. : col. ill. ; cm.
ISBN: 978-0-87116-443-8
1. Wire jewelry—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Metal-work—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Jewelry making—Handbooks, manuals,
etc. 4. Costume jewelry—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 5. Flowers in art. I. Title.
TT212 .C33 2013
739.274
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This book is dedicated to Lesley Mosler Robinett,
for whom my very fi rst fl ower, the dogwood, was
made. Thank you for encouraging me to leap.
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Contents
Introduction ........................................8
Chapter 1 Flower Fundamentals .............10
Getting Started ...........................................................12
Tool and Supplies .......................................................13
Choosing Petal Count ..................................................18
Determining Petal Shape ..............................................20
Applying Petal Texture ................................................22
Adding Petal Edge Dimension ......................................26
Embellishing the Petal Surface ......................................30
Forming the Petal Center ..............................................32
Riveting .....................................................................36
Adding Color ...........................................................38
Chapter 2 Forming Basic Flowers ...........40
Trillium ......................................................................42
Lily ...........................................................................43
Magnolia ..................................................................44
Dogwood ..................................................................45
Orchid .....................................................................46
Anemone .................................................................47
Cherry Blossom .........................................................48
Passionfl ower .............................................................49
Clematis ....................................................................50
Narcissus ....................................................................51
Daisy ........................................................................52
Daffodil .....................................................................53
Sunfl ower ..................................................................54
Dahlia .......................................................................55
Rose .........................................................................56
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Chapter 3 Advanced Techniques
for Flowers and Foliage ........................58
Crushed Flower Technique ......................60
Wisteria .....................................................................61
Carnation ..................................................................62
Pomegranates or Rose Hips ........................................64
Tube Flower Technique ............................65
Agapanthus ...............................................................67
Fuchsia ......................................................................68
Leaf, Branch, and Vine Techniques ...........69
Wirewrapped Branch and Vine .....................................71
Wirewrapped Wreath .................................................72
Woven Leaf and Clasp ...............................................73
Leaves with Wavy Edges .............................................74
Chapter 4 Metal Jewelry in Bloom ........76
Magnolia Earrings .......................................................78
Rapid Review: Creating Consistent
French Earring Wires, 79
Trillium Earrings ...........................................................80
Rapid Review: Jump Rings, 81
Linked Collar .............................................................82
Delicate Lariat ............................................................84
Charming Display .......................................................86
Rapid Review: Clasps, 87
Statement Piece ..........................................................88
Stylish Slide ..............................................................90
Dapped and Linked ....................................................92
Rapid Review: Bails, 94
Contrast With Leather .............................95
Rose Cuff ..................................................................96
Leather Panels ..........................................................98
Contrast With Faux Bone .......................100
Faux Bone Cuff .........................................................104
Ribbon-Laced Pendant ...............................................106
Templates ........................................108
Resources ........................................110
Acknowledgments .............................111
About the Artist ...............................111
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Introduction
I
remember when I made my fi rst then choose what works for you. To make this
metal fl ower. I had just spent the initial foray into metalwork as easy as possible,
day making bracelets with dozens of you will learn how to cut metal with metal
customers at my bead shop. We were shears in this book.
creating simple strung bracelets from Second term: limited investment in tools.
carnelian beads, pearls, and a beautiful silver Admittedly, as I have been making fl owers
bead with an image of a dogwood on it. We over the last eight years, I have expanded the
made over 1,000 bracelets that day to raise techniques I use (and the collection of tools I
money for the Melanoma International use). You’ll get a complete list of all my
Foundation in memory of my friend favorite tools, but most of the fl owers can be
Lesley (the dogwood was her favorite fl ower). made with just a few tools and supplies.
Inspired and invigorated by these new friends, Th ird term: no soldering. Many people
who so selfi shly gave up their time and talent, work at a kitchen table and do not have the
I sat in the classroom and created until the space or ventilation needed for soldering.
wee hours. Th ere is no soldering in this book, although
As I sat and beaded with these women, I experienced metalworkers can certainly adapt
not only had the pleasure of getting to know the designs into soldered projects. Instead,
them, but I also had the opportunity to really these fl owers are assembled using basic cold
understand what they did and did not pursue connections, such as riveting.
when learning to make jewelry. Th ere was a Fourth term: usable fi nished pieces. Not
passionate discussion about how each of them everyone works in metal all the time. Some
wanted to work more with metal. However, people dabble in wirework, bead stitching,
there was always something that stopped chain mail, and mixed-media work. Th ese
them—they didn’t have the tools or the room, fl owers can be incorporated into nearly any
or they feared the skills were too advanced. jewelry or artwork that you may already
Th e conversation stuck with me, and from that be making.
point forward, I dedicated myself to fi nding Fift h term (defi ned more by me than by
ways for students to learn to work with metal my students): create fl owers in a way that
on their own terms. serves both as a project lesson and a technique
So, what were their terms? First: No lesson. My goal is not to teach you to make a
jeweler’s saw! It is not my intention to feed dogwood blossom per se, but to make sure the
into the fear surrounding sawing metal. On techniques you learned in making the dog-
the contrary, I encourage you to learn how to wood can be applied to other fl owers or other
use a jeweler’s saw, and every fl ower in this metalwork you undertake. In fact, my real
book can be made using one. However, goal is for you to have the skills to make any
sometimes, you have to question why you are fl ower in the world—to be able to look at one
using the tool you are using. Is it just because and break it apart in a way that makes it an
someone told you to? “Is it the right tool for approachable project. Enjoy!
the job?” is the only question that matters.
Learn to use as many tools as you can, and
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