Making Silver Jewellery

Silver is an exciting and versatile material for jewellery makers, both beginners and the more advanced, and nothing beats the satisfaction of creating and making your own designs. This book shows you how. Full of inspiring ideas and finished pieces, it explains over forty processes and encourages the reader to experiment with their own designs.

• An accessible introduction to making silver jewellery, with progression to more advanced techniques such as fold forming and keum-boo.
• Step-by-step explanations with bench tips from the author's own experience.
• Advice on the jewellery design process, including how to gather inspiration for designs and considerations for making wearable jewellery.
• A chapter dedicated to the surface finishing and polishing of silver to give your designs a professional finish.

Louise Mary Muttitt is a practicing silversmith, who trades as Louise Mary Designs. She has exhibited her work widely, including at the V&A and Goldsmiths' Hall in London, and accepts private commissions. She thrives on natural sources such as plants as inspiration for her designs and takes great care over the detail of distinctive pieces she creates.