Perhaps Arline Fisch can't teach readers how to spin straw into gold, but she can show them how to weave with silver, knit with brass, crochet with copper, and braid with gold of various hues. With step-by-step instructions and how-to photos, she explains how to work each fiber technique in metal wire or strip. Each technique is illustrated with examples of handsome jewelry by accomplished designers.

Textile techniques in metal for jewelers, sculptors and textile artists.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

FISCH, Arline M.

Crafts & Hobbies

Van Nostrand-Reinhold Co.

Textile Techniques in Metal: For Jewelers Textile Artists & Sculptors

Lark Books

Crocheted Wire Jewelry: Innovative Designs & Projects by Leading Artists

Arts & Photography

Union Square & Co.

Over the past ten years, crochet has developed in an exciting new direction, as many artists have begun using wire to create unique jewelry. Arline Fisch, an internationally acclaimed jeweler and one of the foremost experts in adapting textile techniques for metal, introduces this new form of needlework and provides a wide range of exceptional projects from 16 international designers.

When you think of fiber arts, materials like copper, silver, gold, and steel probably don’t come to mind. But renowned artist and jeweler Arline Fisch has transformed this unlikely combination into a striking movement that is limitless in its formal possibilities and capacity for beauty. Showcasing stunning work that blends jewelry, sculpture, and clothing, Textile Techniques in Metal is the first and only comprehensive book on the innovative intersection of the fiber and metal arts.This richly illustrated book explains, in easy-to-follow language, a variety of methods and strategies for manipulating metals with techniques borrowed from textiles. The author provides detailed instructions for adapting techniques like,  • Knitting • Crocheting • Weaving • Basketry • Braiding • And lacemaking  With insightful historical information and numerous inspiring examples of work by the author and other talented artists, Textile Techniques in Metal will serve as an eye-opening reference for textile artists, sculptors, and jewelers alike.  Arline M. Fisch, Professor of Art Emerita at San Diego State University, is an artist and jeweler working primarily in precious metals. She exhibits work nationally and internationally.  Her work melds jewelry, sculpture, and clothing, and she incorporates the structure of textiles and fiber craft into metal-based pieces that are often inspired by ancient cultures and the natural world. Fisch is the recipient of numerous honors, including an honorary doctorate from Skidmore; a gold medal from the American Craft Council; the Lifetime Achievement Award in Crafts from the National Museum of Women in the Arts; and multiple Fulbright fellowships. Her work is represented in numerous museum and private collections. 

Textile Techniques in Metal: For Jewelers, Textile Artists & Sculptors

Graphic Design

Echo Point Books & Media

Arline Fisch is known as the leading American creator of jewellery as art. This introduces the most important aspects of her work, including the full-body jewellery that covers the wearer's body like armour.

Elegant Fantasy: The Jewelry of Arline Fisch (English and German Edition)

Bell, Robert

San Diego Historical Society

McFadden, David Revere

Rigby, Ida Katherine

Decorative Arts & Design

Arnoldsche

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