Jewelry Design: The Artisan's Reference

Great book for inspiration, or just as eye candy! The photos are gorgeous and plentiful, and divided into sections--quite sensibly--according to jewelry type. It should be remembered, however, that this is very much a reference book, and not an instructional or "how-to" manual.

I love how this book is organized and the photography is beautiful. It's an excellent resource for any bench jeweler.

Great book for inspiration and ideas. Great pictures and well laid out! I would recommend this book to jewelry artists.

Wonderful book. I thought it well written and laid out. It talks about what to take into consideration when planning a piece and using certain techniques. Just what I wanted. HOWEVER! I ordered this book and one called " the jeweller's directory of shape and form" by the same author thinking that books with different titles would be different. NOT SO! Apparently in England there is a tendency to re-release the same book under a different title. The only difference being that one is hard cover and one soft.Buy the book, but buy only one!

The book is still very much a great reference for jewelry design 22 years after it was published. It is to the point, well illustrated with a minimum of irrelevant verbage.

Not a good book. Might be ok for kids. Fancy cover is the best nod

I also purchased the other Oliver book "Directory of Form and Shape" but only one is necessary as several of the same photos, projects and information are contained in both books. No fault of the seller, live and learn.

I am very happy I bought this book. I love the book and its content. I use it all the time in my work research and for techniques in my projects