mixed

metals
creating contemporary
jewelry with silver, gold,
copper, brass, and more

danielle fox & melinda barta project name 1

2 mixed metals
 gold-filled
gold-plated
brass
metallic lucite beads

adorning
aphrodite
Bright brass floral bead caps morph into
olive-branch crowns when strung around
the rose Lucite beads used in this fit-for-
a-goddess necklace. Ambrosia anyone?

Materials tools
8 erinite 6mm crystal rounds Crimping pliers
12 gold-painted 9mm Lucite rounds 2 pairs of chain- or flat-nose pliers
16 dusty rose 10x14mm vintage Lucite Wire cutters
ovals
1 brass/pink/blue 38x49mm brass
pendant with rose-and-blue polymer Finished size
clay inset 16½"
20 raw brass 12mm leaf bead caps
1 gold-plated 17mm round box clasp
1 antique brass 3x4mm oval jump ring
2 gold-filled 2mm crimp tubes
2 gold-filled 3mm crimp covers
19½" of gold satin .018 beading wire
adorning aphrodite 3
4 mixed metals

Materials for necklace:
8 metallic frosted clay size 8˚ seed beads
6 powder blue 4mm (small) potato pearls
5 powder blue 6–8mm (large) potato pearls
3 mottled 13x15mm lampworked egg beads
2 antique glass 12mm irregular rings
1 sterling silver/glass 14x32mm “good egg”
photo charm
2 natural brass 6x4mm flower spacers
2 pewter 10mm bird-print rounds
4 sterling silver 12x4mm nest beads
2 sterling silver 18x8mm bird beads
5 Thai silver 8x13mm maple leaf charms
4 sterling silver 9x13mm egg-and-nest links
3 raw brass 17x16mm bird links
4 natural brass 17x16mm bird charms
1 sterling silver 20mm bird cut-out charm
thai silver
sterling silver
gunmetal
brass
pewter
metallic seed beads
feather
your nest
A medley of bird-themed beads and
charms were carefully collected for
this sweet bracelet and matching
pair of earrings.
tools
1 sterling silver 12x24mm bird toggle clasp Wire cutters
Chain-nose pliers
5 natural brass 7x2mm petal bead caps
5 natural brass 24-gauge 1½" head pins Round-nose pliers
7 natural brass 22-gauge 2" head pins
4 sterling silver 4mm jump rings Finished size
1 sterling silver 6mm jump ring 7"
3 antique brass 4mm jump rings
4 antique brass 7mm jump rings
5 natural brass 4mm jump rings
9 natural brass 5mm jump rings
1 natural brass 7mm jump ring
2 natural brass 9.5mm etched jump rings
6½" (19 links) of antique brass etched 7x11mm
oval chain
6" of gunmetal 24-gauge craft wire
feather your nest 5
project
gallery

fool for gold

necklace

comet & cupid

bracelet

we heart pewter
necklace

6 mixed metals
first lady
earrings

silvered buds
earrings

rosies posies
necklace
enamel amour
necklace

silver shade bracelet

project gallery 7
with mixed metals!
mix it up
change up your jewelry repertoire with metal! Create fabulous
contemporary jewelry featuring a variety of metal beads, charms, chains,
and findings with Mixed Metals. The editors of Stringing and Beadwork magazines
show off their design skills with a range of unique projects featuring various
kinds of metals. Projects are constructed using basic stringing and wirework
techniques that are accessible to beginners, while the boutique style designs
will captivate the more experienced beader.

Insider readers will find:

+ A detailed how-to jewelry basics section covering all techniques
needed to create projects in the book: stringing, crimping, knotting,
wireworking, oxidizing metals, and more
+ 30 original jewelry projects featuring matching sets ranging from
necklaces, bracelets, and earrings
+ Chapters devoted to each type of metal (gold, silver, base metals, faux
metals, and mixed metals), their properties, shopping tips, and care
and cleaning information danielle
Fox is the editor of Stringing
Most metal jewelry books focus on creating the metal components either magazine and author of Simply
with PMC, wireworking, or metalsmithing. Mixed Metals is so much easier, Modern Jewelry. Prior to working at
focusing on making jewelry with pre-made metal beads, charms, chain, Interweave, she was an editor at
and components combined with accent beads using simple stringing and House Beautiful magazine in New York
wireworking techniques. No metalworking required! City and an editor at Colorado Homes
& Lifestyles magazine in Englewood,
Colorado.

melinda
barta is managing
editor of Beadwork and Stringing
magazines and the former projects
editor of PieceWork magazine. She
has a BFA degree in fiber arts
Paperbound, 8½ x 9, 128 pages
and a minor in apparel design
110 photographs, 20 illustrations from Colorado State University
ISBN 978-1-59668-092-0 and is the author of Hip to Stitch
$22.95 (Interweave).
May 2009