Wire wrapping and soft soldering come together for jewelry-making magic! For too long, solder has been an afterthought in jewelry-making - used only for bezels and connections - but not anymore! In Soldered Alchemy, you'll learn new, creative ways to make solder the starring element of your jewelry. Twenty-four gorgeous projects with detailed photos walk you through the basics of decorative solder, bridging wire with solder, adding copper or vintage patinas and more.

Many crafters are interested in, but intimidated by soldering. Popular jewellery designer and instructor Scott David Plumlee shows readers how to use easy at-home soldering techniques to create more than 30 intricate-looking earrings, bracelets and necklaces. Scott David Plumlee, author of Handcrafting Chains and Bead Jewelry, teaches jewellery makers how to combine simplified soldering (using Argentium silver paste and a small hand-held butane torch) and wire-wrapping techniques to create a range of seemingly complex but doable chain and bead designs. The author's unique approach to combining beading, chain-making, wirework and soldering will appeal to a broad range of crafters.

Unearth treasures of the past to create stunning found-object jewelry. Embark on an expeditioner's journey back in time to uncover tattered silk, faceted stones and other forgotten items, and learn how to give them new life as a pendant, ring or brooch. Found objects can be beautiful both for the unique, unexpected look they add to your work and for the stories we imagine them to tell. In the pages of Semiprecious Salvage, you will discover the excitement of reclaiming remnants of the past and reinterpreting their beauty in wearable works of mixed-media art. Step-by-step instructions guide you through the basics of wirework and creating basic jewelry findings, then encourage you to don your boots and get digging as you mix and match elements to create one-of-a-kind treasures. You'll learn to: • Age modern "flashy" objects to create the distressed look of pieces with a past • Combine jewelry elements with new and vintage fabrics for a soft, romantic touch • Master the use of a soldering iron and a propane torch in crafting metal jewelry • Incorporate plaster and resin into your work for added depth and intrigue Reinvent your artwork with your own Semiprecious Salvage and start sharing the stories of your own found objects today.

"Make elegant imaginative jewelry by learning easy ways to join metal that don't require a solder or a torch."--From publisher description.

In his sophomore collection of poems, Donny Winter takes readers on a perilous adventure through a futuristic and dystopian world. His experimental free verse poems use science fiction, natural, and pop cultural images to metaphorically illustrate his experiences as a gay man navigating the different obstacles society presents after coming out. These poems create a cyberpunk inspired, symbolic world centered around the cyborg, Solus Arcane, who seeks to understand their existence free of oppressive forces and strives to unlearn the programming given to them by their oppressive creator. Together, our bodies are welded and soldered by the forces of those seeking to silence, erase, or oppress. Feats of Alchemy acts as a circuit board connecting us with pathways toward a self-sovereignty beyond artifice.

With a focus on science in the ancient societies of Greece and Rome, including glimpses into Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China, 'The Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World' offers an in depth synthesis of science and medicine circa 650 BCE to 650 CE. 0The Handbook comprises five sections, each with a specific focus on ancient science and medicine. The Handbook provides through each of its approximately four dozen essays, a synthesis and synopsis of the concepts and models of the various ancient natural sciences, covering the early Greek era through the fall of the Roman Republic, including essays that explore topics such as music theory, ancient philosophers, astrology, and alchemy.