Hot Connections Jewelry Book Review

I was very excited when asked to review this new and timely how-to jewelry book authored by artist, teacher, and metal smith Jennifer Chin since nowadays artisans everywhere are expanding their art jewelry repertoire to include soldering precious metals and setting stones.

I own several soldering instruction books and DVDs so I was curious to see what Ms. Chin had to offer, and I was in for a real treat.  I felt Ms. Chin's personality shine through in her calm and reassuring narrative.  Her instructions are clear and easy to understand and I learned several neat soldering and fabrication techniques that I never learned in my year long immersion in a college level metalsmithing class. That in itself was priceless to me!

Ms. Chin presents her lessons in six chapters which are fully illustrated in color shots and clever pencil sketches. Each full chapter includes several project lessons of lovely and modernistic designs. I found the photography of Ms. Chin's and other artists work to be crisp and pristine in black and white, evoking the feel of museum pieces, but still accessible and inspiring to the budding jewelry artist.

Hot Connections Jewelry will definitely get your creative juices flowing, not to mention feasting your eyes on stunning wearable art that you too, are capable of creating after reading this valuable art jewelry resource!