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Whether you are already an experienced jewelry maker or are just familiar with the basics, this book will help you develop the skills you need to make some truly eye-catching pieces. Other crafters will beg to know what techniques you used to create glimmering gem window charms, beetle wing–embedded bracelets, and crystal-encrusted necklaces.

Some projects in this book will teach you how to use new products you may have never heard of to achieve effects you didn’t think were possible, and some projects will just use tried-and-true materials and techniques in creative and intriguing ways. You can customize many of these projects to be more or less attention-grabbing, but even a small ring or a single bangle can have the wow factor that this book is all about.

With projects ranging from earrings, necklaces, and rings to crowns, bracelets, and tassels, you’ll learn how to colorize crystals, incorporate feathers, create reusable molds, cast with resin, embed in clay, sew with wire, and more. Plus, throughout the jewelry glamor shots in this book, you’ll see a lot of extra pieces of jewelry that aren’t covered as step-by-step projects. But here’s the secret: by the time you learn all the techniques covered and make all the projects, you’ll be fully equipped to make these other pieces, too, or simply be inspired by them to make your own custom creations. You’ll be able to apply your new skills to create oodles of striking jewelry items and accessories.

So read on to learn how you can make stunning, wearable works of art that will really make people say, “Wow!”