Jewellery from Recycled Materials
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Description
Simple, illustrated and step-by-step techniques for creating jewellery from recycled materials.
This handbook considers the importance of using recycled and reused materials to minimise the environmental impact of your craft and increase its sustainability potential. Through treatment and presentation, and whilst balancing creativity and necessity versus choice, you can find ideas for making common objects valuable and precious.
The variety of projects included teach you how to make a necklace from tin, pendants from keys, use fabric for a cuff, and to use plastic, cardboard, cork and foam to make bangles, necklaces, earrings and brooches. There is also a handy and extensive list of scrapstores and suppliers of recycled materials as well as guidance to find free or cheap materials from other sustainable sources.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Ethos of Reuse and Recycling in Contemporary Jewellery Practice
Reuse within other cultures
Waiting to be used
Challenge
Process and experimentation
Sourcing materials
Places to explore
Practises within the mining industries
The notion of preciousness
2. Getting Started
Health, safety and environmental considerations
Basic tools
Cold-connection tools
3. Materials
Metals
Plastics and plastics techniques
Findings
4. Techniques
Basic techniques
Making cold connections
Other techniques
Applying heat-thermal bonding techniques
Textile techniques
Applying colour
5. Projects
Plastic
Foam
Metal
Cork
Fabric
Glossary
Useful Addresses and Websites
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 19 Aug 2021 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 112 |
| ISBN | 9781789940800 |
| Imprint | Herbert Press |
| Illustrations | 120 colour images |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Jewellery Handbooks |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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