View Poll Results: Which Book should I read next ?

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    This reference book is great and usually on substantial discount on amazon.

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    aah, quick reply newby, I meant the Oppi Untracht! It's referred to as the bible in our house.

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    I have all the above mentioned books and in a way agree with Dano that stuff is duplicated, because they all cover the basics, but what I have found is that although they go over the basics, each of them have different ways of doing things and often you can have an aha moment when reading the basics of yet another book, because there is something that you didn't find in the others. I am always learning, and I often go back and read up on a technique and go to each of these books on the particular technique until I am really sure I have figured out how I am going to do it. Sometimes, I like Jinks' way, and sometimes I like Tim McCreight, depends, but I love each of these books for different things.

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    I've probably got most of the good books but the one I'd thoroughly recommend is this one Amazon.com: Jewelry Techniques: The Essential Guide to Choosing…

    It's the most amazing book and covers just about everything you need to know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by caroleallen View Post
    I've probably got most of the good books but the one I'd thoroughly recommend is this one Amazon.com: Jewelry Techniques: The Essential Guide to Choosing…

    It's the most amazing book and covers just about everything you need to know.
    Thats the American version - I've got the UK version called the Jewellery Materials Sourcebook which I think is currently on offer on Amazon.co.uk

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    The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques by Anastasia Young
    Covers all the basics but also more advanced techniques which at the moment are asirational for me. Good photographs and clear language.
    If you are a visual learner better to go to Andrew Berry's site.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Myosotis View Post
    Thats the American version - I've got the UK version called the Jewellery Materials Sourcebook which I think is currently on offer on Amazon.co.uk
    Oh yes, sorry, I didn't realise I'd got the wrong book. Oh, actually, I think we're talking about two different books. The Sourcebook is good but not as good as the one I recommended. It's not American. Anastasia Young is British.

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    Quote Originally Posted by caroleallen View Post
    Oh yes, sorry, I didn't realise I'd got the wrong book. Oh, actually, I think we're talking about two different books. The Sourcebook is good but not as good as the one I recommended. It's not American. Anastasia Young is British.
    Its the same book. I've checked my Jewellery Materials Sourcebook against the Jewelry Techniques book you linked to on Amazon.com and the only difference in the pages is on page 244 and 245 of yours it has US suppliers and on mine is has UK suppliers. It was re-titled for the American market. Sorry to be pedantic but that's just me. I know Anastasia Young is British, she teaches at Central St Martin's.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Jewelry techniques - anastasia young.jpg   Jewellery materials sourcebook.jpg  

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    So sorry, it's The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques. It's the best laid out and most informative book I've got. Even better than Oppi Ontracht or Jinks McGrath or even Tim McCreight, in my opinion. And, it's British.

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    Quote Originally Posted by caroleallen View Post
    So sorry, it's The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques. It's the best laid out and most informative book I've got. Even better than Oppi Ontracht or Jinks McGrath or even Tim McCreight, in my opinion. And, it's British.
    Yeah thats a really good book as well

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