Chain Mail Jewelry: Contemporary Designs from Classic Techniques

I have just begun getting into chain mail jewelry making and found this book exceedingly helpful. There's no soldering required for the projects in the book, just pliers, which as a beginner, I appreciated since at the moment I have no interest in getting into soldering.The book begins with some basic information on chain mail jewelry, which gave me a good idea of what I was getting myself into. Then it proceeds into several projects ranging from basic, intermediate, and advanced. The pictures, and illustrated instructions were so precise that I, with no previous experience of any kind, quickly made two of the basic projects as well as one of the intermediate. Each project begins with a picture of what the design will look like at the end, a list of the items required for assembly, then launches into detailed step by step instructions, each illustrated to show you exactly what to do. This book is very well written, thoughtfully laid out, as well as clear and concise. In addition, the assortment of jewelry projects are both beautiful and varied, sure to appeal to pretty much everyone. The gallery section at the end showcasing artists' work provides inspiration for those wanting to make designs of their own. I highly recommend this book if you're getting into chain mail jewelry making.

I love this book! The instructions are clear and easy to understand. I have made the Hana-Gusari bracelet that is in the book and people stop me on the street to look at it. This is a must have book for chain mailers.

I found this book to be very detailed and the graphics make it easy for someone who has never done chain mail before to easily understand. I look forward to making some of the jewlery in the book. Wonderful book beautifully illustrated and explanations clear.

as my introduction to chain mail, i am utterly and completely addicted!! the book is quite informative, and the diagrams as to how to create each piece helps so much... makes it make sense!!!

This book is excellent for doing Chain Mail Jewelry. The designs are awesome and I thoroughly enjoyed doing some of necklaces. Anyone that is interested in doing Chain Mail Jewelry with Jump Rings, this is the book for guidelines and very thorough with information. The photography of the pictures were great too!