NEW JEWELLERY TECHNIQUES

A detailed and abundantly-illustrated reference that focuses on the innovative curved score folding for sheet metal techniques to create beautiful, dynamic three-dimensional forms, much like metal origami, in jewellery and metalsmithing. Anastasia Young and Paul Wells, both renowned London-based jewellers, authors and lecturers, have created a practical visual handbook on curved scoring and folding techniques applied to jewellery and metalsmithing for small objects. The book’s clear, hands-on approach, with explanatory photographs for each step, makes it an invaluable resource. Readers will discover a variety of ways to score and fold metal and give it different finishes, shaping flat sheets into to visually organic forms, including guides on the tools needed for each method. A final section contains useful resources, from a detailed analysis of score depth based on the gauge of the wire used to information about where to source materials and facts about metalworking and jewellery in general. The work of Anastasia Young has been exhibited internationally. Examples of her work are held in the permanent collections. Paul Wells is a silversmith and jeweller, renowned for his use of direct metalworking techniques with two Gold Awards for Technological Innovation.

Anastasia Young is a UK-based jewelry artist, author and lecturer whose work has been exhibited internationally. Young’s eclectic jewelry is often project-based and driven by a combination of ideas and technical investigation. she uses narrative to explore both the design of a piece and its display when not being worn. Examples of her work are held in the permanent collections of the Science Museum, London and Central Saint Martins Museum. Young is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins, where she lectures and taught short courses in jewelry making. Currently she lectures at the prestigious School of Jewellery in Birmingham. Having written three technical jewelry books (Thames & Hudson, A&C Black) which have been translated into seven languages, Young is well known as an educator and through her teaching and writing. In 2017, Anastasia was appointed to the board of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery, and is also the Technical Features Editor of its biannual magazine, Findings.