James Bama: Sketchbook

The Encyclopedia of Wire Jewelry Techniques shows how to manipulate wire with a wide range of techniques to create structural pieces of jewelry.

Learn or brush up on the basic wire-working techniques, followed by more complex skills such as creating decorative shapes, links, and chains that can be incorporated into your wirework. Discover how wires can be knitted, crocheted, wrapped around stones and beads and used as the structure that will hold beads together. The first chapter concentrates on techniques that can be achieved with simple tools, than the second focuses on aspects of silversmithing: fusing, soldering, and healing wire, with tools that can be used in the home.

Clear explanations and photography will guide you through each stage of the techniques, and The Encyclopedia of Wire Jewelry Techniques will become an invaluable bookshelf resource whether you are an amateur or professional jewelry maker.

Close To 230 Sketches Reveal The Thoughts And Process Of This Legendary Artist. Travel Along This Lifelong Journey With James Bama, As he Chronicles The Lives of Those That Inspired His Art. This is The Story Behind The Paintings.

Numerous Sketches Provide The Background For Some of His Most Famous Fine Art Paintings. A Large Selection of Preliminaries Show The Many Ideas Recorded For Unfinished Pieces. This Book Represents The First Time Bama Has Opened His Sketch Archives To The Public.

Pencil Sketches, and Color Composition Drawings From His Entire Career Are Included. His Preliminaries Span Works From His Early Teens, Student Years And as a Professional Illustrator. However, The Majority of Works Feature His Fine Art Career: Native American, Western, Wildlife, Mountain Men, And Landscape Art Inspired by The Environment of His Wyoming Home. Also Included Are Works From His Travels to China, Mexico, Tibet and Turkey.