Helpful Score: 2
Amateurish. That's the best way to describe this book.
I am a full time artist, and wire work (while not the focus of my art) does factor into my art. Normally, I believe that you can learn something from any reference book, no matter how poorly written or ill conceived. Today I was proven wrong.
Ms. Peterson's book contains very very basic information; anyone with a modicum of knowledge about this subject will be disappointed. Why? 1) Many of the gauges of wire she chooses are a bit on the fine side to hold up to normal wear and tear in my opinion. 2) You can tell a lot about a person's experience with how their cut ends look. Hers look like a beginners. They are neither filed nor tucked nicely in several of the photographs. 3) She uses glue to secure some of the bits in one project. Glue in fine jewelry making is a total no-no, and the use of it hearkens back to popsicle stick projects in day camp. 4) Another project is brass screen wire wrapped earrings, yet within the steps on how to make said earrings, she does not indicate that one should file down rough edges on the screen before wire wrapping. This is not something a beginner will necessarily think of to do.
Anyway - she has nice photos that show many steps of each project, but how this author got onto TV shows and the like is beyond me. I can only hope that it wasn't because of her wire work.
I am a full time artist, and wire work (while not the focus of my art) does factor into my art. Normally, I believe that you can learn something from any reference book, no matter how poorly written or ill conceived. Today I was proven wrong.
Ms. Peterson's book contains very very basic information; anyone with a modicum of knowledge about this subject will be disappointed. Why? 1) Many of the gauges of wire she chooses are a bit on the fine side to hold up to normal wear and tear in my opinion. 2) You can tell a lot about a person's experience with how their cut ends look. Hers look like a beginners. They are neither filed nor tucked nicely in several of the photographs. 3) She uses glue to secure some of the bits in one project. Glue in fine jewelry making is a total no-no, and the use of it hearkens back to popsicle stick projects in day camp. 4) Another project is brass screen wire wrapped earrings, yet within the steps on how to make said earrings, she does not indicate that one should file down rough edges on the screen before wire wrapping. This is not something a beginner will necessarily think of to do.
Anyway - she has nice photos that show many steps of each project, but how this author got onto TV shows and the like is beyond me. I can only hope that it wasn't because of her wire work.
