Guides you step-by-step through the process of using big gauge square wire to build a
contemporary pentagon shaped pendant with a featured gemstone. Demonstrates the skills
for forming-bending and joining wires, skills useful on other square wire projects.

Integrates basic wire wrapping skills with step-by-step special instructions for
forming two commercial level bracelets. Addresses the basics in equipment and
materials through the essentials of assembly, fabrication and layout techniques.

Offers an intensive, clearly illustrated series of lessons on various jewelry
drawing-rendering techniques, first published by Wykoff in 1981. Includes a wealth
of tips on determining composition, creating depth, and developing expressive textures.

A how-to tutorial describes ways to transform a few inexpensive hardware items
into a high-performance steam jewelry casting setup. Presents step-by-step directions
that allows you to realize the creative possibilities of professional level casting.

Demonstrates several advanced techniques for making mounted jewelry with silk and
fabrics, specialized processes that can produce commercial mountings that conform to
any shape, size or form of gemstone profile.

Offers solid information on making a series of DIY transfer jigs that enables
faceters to work with different rough gem challenges. Covers open transfers and
explains structure and use of "U" jigs, angle jigs, sliding jigs and standard
contemporary transfer jig.

Provides a complete, concise and step-by-step introduction to jewelry making that
features round wire. Covers fully all details from the basics of materials and tools
through the essentials of planning the mounting and then producing a finished piece of
pendant jewelry. Much faster, easier than conventional wire wrapping.

Offers illustrated text instructions - supported by animation videos - that
feature proper techniques for two separate design versions of wire wrapped
sharktooth pendant holders.

Showcases with text - and animation - the intracasies of using ordinary jump rings
to produce ancient Byzantine as well as box link chains for "WOW!" bracelets, neck
chains, etc. Instructions reveal the fast, easy "set assembly" technique used by ancients.

Reveals the main reasons why prong set gems often result in unsatisfactory,
unreliable results or outright failure. Step-by-step instructions by veteran
goldsmith describes proper preparation of prongs prior to setting actions.

Describes a complete procedure for using round wire to construct two ring
designs: a) a bead ring and b) a Tiffany type "pink ice" solitaire ring.
Features a new, easier approach to ring making with some wire wrapping involved.

Gerald Wykoff's popular novel of a falsely convicted burgler's imaginative
effort to take down single handed the Hope Diamond from the famed
Smithsonian Mineral Room. A full-length novel that also provides
extensive gemology instructions.

Reveals full plans and instructions for making and using special "offset
11 jig" which enables you to instantly write names in wire with each letter
precise in size and style. DIY jig can be made with small brad nails and
wood square.

Presents reader with wire wrapping technique for making attractive cages that
dramatize random stone output from tumbling machines. This ebook presents one
cage design then shows how to make variations for a variety of possibilities.

Offers an essential insight into using bezel bar and other metal strips to
produce commercial level jewelry. Examines use of glue, solder, mechanical
locking and application of setttings and jewelry findings.

Richly instructive ebook demonstrates ways to expertly perform up-down sizing
of rings, both band rings and rings featuring gemstones, using standard setting
tools. Insider techniques are showcased in step-by-step directons suitable for
novices and experts alike.

Learn to cut and polish specialized side-by-side fabricated cabochons by hand.
Describes the handheld cabbing approach to the art of cutting, preparing and
assembling unique cabochons using heretofore small, outcast cabochon leftovers.

Describes innovative ways - including new image transfer process - to
create rock and gem beauty, combining stones with artistic figurines and art
decor. Lapidary skills not as essential as imagination for artful application of
tumbled rocks, slabs, leftover shards, etc.

Offers plans for a DIY coiler plus step-by-step instructions for making consistently
sized large and small Egyptian and Peruvian coils. Provides tips on coil designs
for pendants, neck ornaments, belts, ear rings, even rings.

Here is a comprehensive how-to guide on making the articulated peg for Gerald
Wykoff's patented Calibrated Jamb Peg faceting machine. The ebook includes
instructions for making a standard DIY peg as well as assembling a Wykoff peg
kit. Includes material sources for peg parts.

Features how-to plans, effective use for a small DIY gold plating brush
perfect for small articles like jewelry. Just brush on a coating of 24K
gold, silver, nickel - even chrome. The small tool can be built at a fraction
of commercial gold plating systems - and works just as well.

Presents step-by-step techniques along with tool descriptions to perform
traditional pave gem setting as well as snap-in pave settings. Various
steps described with text and illustrations. Instructions also included
so you can learn to do cluster type settings.

Describes complete techniques to create remarkably delicate, colorful
commercial level wood jewelry using ancient Scottish heather techniques.
Replaces awkward, klunky wood look with refined pieces that rival opal in
color drama. Tool requirements are minimal and free wood stock is as close
as the nearest dead tree/bush. fully illustrated.

Complete step-by-step instructions in words and pictures for five unique jewelry
items designed for and made with round wire. Emphasis is placed on utilization
of inexpensive silver colored bundle wire to make a beginner-intermediate level
of pendants, rings and ear rings.

Most gem cutters or jewelry designers would like to take quality photographs
of their work but often lack good photo box/equiment. Still, why spend
hundreds of dollars for a commercial light box when you can make one
minutes - for pennies (yes, that's less than a nickel!).

The metal strip or bezel bar is often overlooked by many jewelry designers
which is unfortunate. Strips are easy to work, inexpensive - and fast.
Here are five traditional jewelry projects- rings, pendants, ear rings - with
how-to information on making them.

Here are five more unique jewelry designs - bracelets, pendants, rings, ear rings
- that can be produced using metal bezel bars. You'll be introduced to more
attachment techniques which include wire wrappng, metal cinching and glue for
fast production, quality items.

The bezel bar/strip designs in this ebook introduce the metal designer to geometric
jewelry designing. You'll find how-to instructions in words and pictures for
such items, among others, as a pentagon shaped ring, a triangular pendant

Includes coverage on two cross-over cabochon cutting method, Munsteiner-Fantasy
cabbing and advanced techniques in contemporary styles of cabbing such as
traditional, hollow cabs, cross over, tallow, doublet-triplet new approaches.

Describes complete techniques to create remarkably delicate, colorful commercial
level rare, exotic wood jewelry using a specialized wood grafting technique.
A highly complex looking piece of jewelry that is remarkably simple to produce.
Tool requirements are minimal and free wood stock is as close as the nearest
lumber yard's leftover "outcuts".

Explains the basics and master tactics of cabochon cutting and how techniques
with abrasive wheels can be fully utilized to achieve interesting shape/optical
effects, including "running the wheel" and tier shaping for best effect.

Divulges the 5 facts you must know to plan, set up and perform gem faceting,
especially with the Calibrated Jamb Peg, using text and pictures to answer
fully questions about the costs, the learning process, how and where to
obtain necessary equipment - and how to use it all effectively. A must read
if you're at the "I'm considering . . ." stage.

Unveils the techniques of TIM (Temporary Impression Molding), Gerald Wykoff's
unique process for making castable wax models of nearly any jewerly design.
Method covers model making in many kinds of media, all resulting in perfect
wax duplicate models which can be cast in precious metals.

When the metal surface treatment requirement doesn't really justify
up your gold plating apparatus - or if your shop lacks plating
capabilities - a quick answer to this problem can be resolved with
gold leafing. Do it right, though: the products aren't all the same.

You don't really need to invest big money in a commercial beading bowl (a
device for rapid threading of seed pearls and beads and the like) when
it's perfectly possible to make one for pennies - and the DIY model often
threads faster than the expensive ones.

You really need more than a set of jewelry working pliers when producing
wire and bezel bar jewelry. This ebook contains the how-to plans for
making several DIY metal working tools that are "just right" for those
complex and challenging situations a designer encounters.

The line between jewelry and pure art is a fine one but for wire workers
looking to produce something just a bit off center, here are how-to
instructions for making several wire art projects. You'll find crosses,
figurines, specialty projects and the like. There's 5-6 projects.