Rubber Stamped Jewelry

I was hugely lucky to take a rubber stamped jewelry class with Sharilyn Miller at Bead Expo in Santa Fe, NM, some years back. I LOVED the class, and I've used some of the techniques I learned over and over. This book is like a workshop only better. There is a wealth of info about tools, basic techniques, and shortcuts - things like how to make lovely, unique chain; how to make your own jump rings (a huge money saver!); eye pins and bead connectors you can create on your own; how to make coils, coil-beads, and handmade S-clasps. That's all before you get to the projects!There are all kinds of great ideas for using shrink plastic, including impressing the hot plastic with rubber stamps to mold its surface. With a little paint, you can have to look of 22 karat gold with lapis, or sterling silver with larimar - it only depends on your whimsy and supplies on hand. Especially good in this book are the suggestions for varying the projects and applying the techniques to do other things - It's not just a set of specific directions for a few things to make. It's a guideline for new ways to use materials in whatever ways you might dream up and find interesting.

Ms. Miller has amazing vision into designs of various media and it is great to see her compile some of her work previously published in Belle Amoire and other magazines...plus additional pieces not seen elsewhere. Going over the basics of jewelry construction is VERY basic for the most part (e.g. how to hold open and closed a pair of jewelry plies - with images!) and I feel this was unnecessary for the caliber of the book. Following this are tips on using stamps, polymer clay, shrink art plastic, metal, etc. and put them to use with jewelry designs. These sections are covered well for the beginner and good review for the intermediate to advanced practioners. Almost all steps discussed are complimented with a picture - nice to have. I had to balk at the work done using fibers, primarily as a component for the necklaces (i.e. replacing chain/beads with fibers). For the most part, this style just looked messy to me, although some may find it quite bohemian in appeal. The numerous projects were creative and often inspiring me to go in a new route with my own designs...and this fact is the key for a good book on design of any medium - inspriation/creativity. Some of the pieces/projects were a little much - too many charms, or dangles, and loose fibers - while others were simple, unique and what I would prefer to wear if I had the piece. Therefore - I would consider this book for the beginner to intermediate jewelry artist wanting to explore techniques and products other than just beads/pearls/gems/crystals/wire/chain for their designs. Plus it is great for those of us, me included, to use our abundant rubber stamp collections for implementation using various media (e.g. paper, shrink plastic, polymer clay, dominos, metal - my favorite) into our jewelry designs. I often forget this and by having this book near my work space where I make my jewelry, it is a great reminder when my creative process needs a boost.

This is great. I really liked the variety of items created with rubber stamps--I've been making jewelry for years and some of these ideas were new and exciting. Instructions were a little on the skimpy side, but for the most part, the great photographs make it easy to figure out. This is a definite library keeper.One thing bothered me in that it shows several pieces that are soldered around the edges and strung together. Looks great, but in reality, this is really hard to do evenly and in a way that doesn't snag skin or clothing underneath. More info on that would have made it five star.Other than that, all the tools and materials are shown and great.

I ran across this book in googlebooks and had to have it. I create wire jewelry as a hobby and would not have looked further than the title if I hadn't seen some pageviews first. Actually I don't do stamping at all, but the projects go far beyond that. The instructions are pretty step by step. I've found a couple non-fatal mistakes in measurements but these were easily figured out. A great reference book with ideas that are 'outside the box.'

I just received The Complete Guide to Rubber Stamping Jewelry today and I love it! The first part of the book concentrates on getting started with jewelry making which includes wire basics such as jump rings, eye pins, bead connections, etc. The rest of the book has clear cut instructions for making great rubber stamped jewelry out of glass, polymer clay, fun foam, copper and many other surfaces. The instructions are well written and they are best used by crafters who already have a knowledge of working with the materials used in the projects.This is Sherilyn Miller's best book and I highly recommend it for any one who loves to create unique rubber stamped jewelry.

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I bought this as a book to get me started with some basics. The first section is very detailed on basics other than stamping - some of which came in handy and I used immediately. I like the projects - although some are a little intimidating - such as the polymer clay projects - as I've never used that medium before. A little on the advanced side.

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I was really surprised of this excellent book. There are really great 20 projects, I am sure, I will make a lot of them. Every project has a really good description a lots of pictures. I love this book!!!