📿 45 Fresh Jewelry Designs: Wire Style 2 Review

First review: It's a good book but I liked the first one much better. Still a worthwhile purchase. UPDATE: Accidentally bought the book again in 2016. She still gets 5 stars for the designs but only 2 stars for the instructions because none of the steps/methods have illustrations or photos, just text which is almost useless. for us visually oriented people.

I have to agree with other reviewers that this book didn't inspire or stand out in any way. I thought it would be a great sequel to Wire Style 1, which really inspired me with new consumables and new techniques, but this book, Wire Style 2, was just a disappointment. There wasn't a single part that I found generally interesting, exciting, or fresh. Spit out ideas with bad instructions. Boring. I am a jewelry enthusiast - lots of techniques - and I love textbooks, design books etc. This is not a

I am a mid-range wire jewelry manufacturer. Although I have many books on wire jewelry, I still like to get more books just for inspiration and to discover new techniques. I saw good reviews so thought this would make a great addition to my collection. Unfortunately it isn't. I would describe some of the designs as unnecessary embellishments. Not necessarily terrible, but just not worth the time. I found a few items that I had never seen before, but I didn't always like the way they were…