After putting in her time playing bars, festivals and opening acts for bigger names, Robin Wren "Birdie" Scott has finally become a bona fide rock star with her latest album. Multiple Grammy nominations, legions of adoring fans and a hit single topping the charts, her career is exactly where she wan[...]
Imbalance is natural. The key is to make it purposeful. In "Life on the Wire," "New York Times" best-selling author Todd Duncan challenges the status quo in search of a better, smarter way to work and live. He profiles several people striking out to find "balance." You'll meet an entrepreneur, a bar[...]
Wire is a favorite design material for jewelry artists, allowing for the creation of simple loops and embellishments to more involved, intricate pieces. In Jewelry Studio: Wire Wrapping, Linda Chandler and Christine Ritchey-the best-selling authors of Woven Wire Jewelry and Getting Started Making Wi[...]
Silver jewelry is a classic accessory that never goes out of style. Crafters and jewelry makers will learn to create dazzling silver designs with Jewelry Studio: Silver Wire Fusing, an all-in-one guide to a no-muss, no-fuss version of silversmithing. Since less equipment is required-fine silver is h[...]
Wire jewelry is one of the hottest trends in jewelry making. Wire Style, from the editor of Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazine, is a collection of fifty contemporary, stylish, and absolutely wearable designs from an array of top designers in the field. Begin with a primer on basic tools and techniqu[...]
Wire is the hottest trend in jewelry making. 101 Wire Earrings gives wireworkers of all skill levels the information and inspiration to make innovative, stylish, and contemporary earrings. Following in the footsteps of Wire Style, author Denise Peck offers an inspiring selection of 101 stunning wire[...]
With a variety of metals including silver, copper, brass, steel, and colored wire, Wire Style 2 incorporates materials to fit any jewelry maker's tastes and budget. Inside Wire Style 2, you'll discover: A whopping 45 unique patterns for necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings, and pins. Detailed discu[...]
Why spend hundreds of dollars stocking up on expensive manufactured clasps, jump rings, ear wires, bails, and much more when you can get exactly what you need for a fraction of the cost? With Handcrafted Wire Findings you can learn how to make all of these things and more with your choice of materia[...]
No wire art jewelry experience? No Problem! Discover all you will need to know to start creating stunning wire art jewelry with Wire Art Jewelry Workshop. Bestselling author and designer Sharilyn Miller offers step-by-step instruction plus a bonus DVD to help you learn to make stunning wire art jewe[...]
What an enticing and popular technique "Twisted wire" allows even beginning beaders to fashion the most delicate, twining floral and filigree effects with ease. The results are amazing and quickly achievable, especially with this stunningly photographed introduction to the craft. In addition to the [...]
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 photographs and projects that will open up endless creative possibilities to every crafter. With this versatile[...]
Over the past ten years, crochet has developed in an exciting new direction, as many artists have begun using wire to crochet unique jewelery. Arline Fisch, an internationally acclaimed jeweler and one of the foremost experts in adapting textile techniques for metal, introduces this new form of need[...]
What has impressively strong colour and is easy to find, cheaper than silver and incredibly pliable? Steel wire, the hottest new jewellery-making material around. This title includes 35 edgy projects which include earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings and they're all perfect for the beginner. It [...]
This title comes with projects that are easy to make because no soldering is required - just basic wire shaping. Created by today's finest artisans, the remarkable projects in this best-selling volume showcase an incredible diversity of beads and wire types. The photographs alone will have beaders [...]
This is a gorgeous guide with detailed instructions to creating stunning wire jewellery. It explains all the basic techniques needed, from bending and wrapping to making simple spirals. Anyone will be able to craft the author's distinctive, stylish pieces. Boutiques, galleries and juried fairs every[...]
Drawing inspiration from historical treasures, Irene F. Petersen shows how to braid, twist and knit silver, copper and brass wire and jump rings into bracelets, necklaces and earrings. There's no soldering, no expensive equipment to buy and the easy-to-follow diagrams will have even beginners turnin[...]
A simple spool of 28-gauge metallic wire, a handful of beads, jewelry clasps and findings, and a size G or H crochet hook are all the supplies needed to create these ultra-elegant necklaces by Jacqui Harris.[...]
"Zero Dark Thirty "meets "127 Hours"--a riveting war journal from photographer Paul Conroy, who accompanied Marie Colvin (called by her peers "the greatest war correspondent of her generation") during her ill-fated final assignment in Syria.
Marie Colvinwas an internationally recognized American [...]
With its revolutionary fly-by-wire technology, the C-500 had become the freight airframe of choice. Until a routine delivery goes horribly wrong. Falling like a stone from six miles up, a brand new C-500 crashes in central France, killing two pilots aboard. When French officials take over this highl[...]
In this indispensable guide to readying your home retreat for any scenario, you will learn how to take proven designs for fortified structures and adapt them to your personal defense plan. A dedicated prepper and the author of Living on the Edge: A Family's Journey to Self-Sufficiency, F.J. Bohan ta[...]
Braced by shady federal agents, bounty hunter Barb Wire is forced to locate an old associate who the agents claim is the most dangerous man alive. With no choice but compliance, Barb learns that her former ally is not the man she remembers . . . if indeed he is a man at all
Ride the Wire The c[...]
Easy-to-do techniques at the comfort of your kitchen table! Authors Denise Peck and Jane Dickerson introduce simple wire- and metalworking techniques that have big impact. Working with precut metal blanks and thin gauge sheet, as well as with inexpensive and readily available tools, you can produce[...]