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Jewelry Classroom is a practical and educational collection in which the processes and techniques used in jewelry are shown, in a detailed and very visual way. The content, rigorous and current, is accompanied by a large number of images and drawings that help clarify each of the processes shown. In this volume, dedicated to metal techniques, the bases of some techniques that constitute true crafts are explained, such as enamel, chiseling or gem setting. Current techniques such as the application of images on metal or the application of paints as a form of surface finish are also shown. In the last part of the book, step-by-step examples are offered of how to put into practice some of the processes explained in the first chapters.

This work explains with rigor and clarity the main processes of cabinetmaking, carving and work on the lathe, marquetry and the restoration of wooden objects and furniture. Articulated as a practical manual, it constitutes a detailed guide to develop the different woodworking processes. The first chapter shows the most common woods and explains their main characteristics, as well as the materials and tools necessary to develop each technique. The following four chapters correspond to the different disciplines. They show in detail the particular technical aspects of each one, as well as the practice, explained step by step, where four exercises are offered with the complete creation process, from the project to the finished work, and the restoration, establishing a sequence to progress in the fundamental aspects of woodworking.

This book deals with glass working techniques in the oven, presented in a didactic and appropriate manner for people interested in this specialty from a practical perspective. In its pages it is taught, after a brief review of its history, the nature of glass and its behavior, the materials and tools used and the processes that should be known before beginning the working techniques in the kiln, explained with its baking cycles. In the last chapter, as an example, the making of various objects with different techniques is shown step by step.

This book is a compendium of relief and intaglio engraving techniques, including additive techniques. After an initial chapter on the history of engraving, the difference between engraving and print is clarified, and the terms of printing, artist's signature, expert opinion and certification are developed, as well as the conservation of these fragile works on paper. The various techniques for engraving and stamping matrices are then broadly described. All of them topics of great interest both for those who are new to engraving, as well as for artists, art historians, collectors, gallery owners, restorers and, in general, for those interested in the universe of engraving.