The Art of Setting Stones

The Art of Setting Stones

Author: Marc Keane

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press

Published: 2002-09-01

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1880656701

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A garden designer in Japan looks deeply into nature and composition to discover truth and beauty.


The Art of Setting Stones

The Art of Setting Stones

Author: Marc Peter Keane

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.

Published: 2002-09-01

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0893469866

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Philosophical essays on the beauty and meaning of traditional Japanese gardens. In Japanese gardens, composition follows from placement of the first stone; all elements and plantings become interconnected. These eight essays on Kyoto gardens similarly begin with keen description and build into richly meditative excursions into art, Buddhism, nature, and science. Landscape architect Marc Keane shows how Japanese gardens are both a microcosm of the natural universe and a clear expression of our humanity, mirroring how we think, worship, and organize our lives and communities. Filled with passages of alluring beauty, this is a truly transcendent book about "experiencing" Japanese design.


The Guide to Gemstone Settings

The Guide to Gemstone Settings

Author: Anastasia Young

Publisher: Herbert Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781408154991

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A complete and practical guide to setting precious and semi-precious stones in any metal, The Jewellery-Maker's Guide to Gemstone Settings is a detailed, technical guide to stone-setting for jewellers and jewellery students. It explores traditional, modern, and experimental approaches to stone-setting, from the purely functional to design-led solutions for securing stones. It takes the reader through the entire process of setting stones from choosing a suitable stone and designing and making the setting to seating and setting the stone. The extensive setting techniques are combined with step-by-step demonstrations, precise diagrams and images of contemporary work from international jewellers. A comprehensive reference section featuring an illustrated glossary makes this book the essential stone-setting resource for both students and professional jewellers. Demonstrations produced using 3D modelling software provide the most up-to-date reflection of current practice and technology and allow explanations of skills and techniques to be presented with expert accuracy. The perfect resource for jewellers of all levels.


Gemstone Settings

Gemstone Settings

Author: Anastasia Young

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-03-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1596686367

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Gemstone Settings is the most in-depth, technical guide to stone setting. Jewelry makers will enjoy an encyclopedic overview, which features an extensive summary of stone-setting and techniques for creating beautiful gemstone jewelry, from basic bezels and prongs to pave, carre, clusters, and numerous others--including cold joins, precious metal clay, settings for fragile stones, and settings that allow the stones to move. You'll also discover detailed information about stones and metals--including their suitability, gorgeous photos and illustrations for visual support, what makes a design wearable and durable, and detailed information on pre-made versus handmade settings. Step by step, learn how to set your most beloved precious, semiprecious, and organic stones with projects that range from elegant diamond masterpieces to earthy pearl or coral everyday favorites.


The Japanese Tea Garden

The Japanese Tea Garden

Author: Marc Peter Keane

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781611720150

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Impeccably written, erudite . . . likely to remain the standard work on the subject.--Kyoto Journal


Cutting for Stone

Cutting for Stone

Author: Abraham Verghese

Publisher: Random House India

Published: 2012-05-17

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 8184001754

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.


The Organic Artist

The Organic Artist

Author: Nick Neddo

Publisher:

Published: 2015-01-15

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1592539262

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is an art book which highlights the possibility of using natural, organic materials as art supplies and inspiration.


Mounting and Setting Stones

Mounting and Setting Stones

Author: Sonia Cheadle

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-11-11

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1789940982

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The essential guide to mounting and setting stones for jewellers of all levels. This book is a clear and practical introduction to mount construction and the processes of stone setting, suitable for both beginners and practising jewellers wanting to gain new skills. Through easy-to-follow and illustrated explanations, discover how different stones and cuts relate to their mounts, explore various setting styles, including tension, claw, gypsy, pavé and rub-over styles and with step-by-step instructions, learn how to fix the stone in place. With beautiful examples of work from professional jewellers, a detailed look at mount construction and a useful section on specialist tools and techniques, this guide reveals the skills and methods required for successful mounting and setting.


Japanese Stone Gardens

Japanese Stone Gardens

Author: Stephen Mansfield

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1462905986

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Gain some new ideas along with the principles and history of Japanese stone gardening with this useful and beautiful garden design book. Japanese Stone Gardens provides a comprehensive introduction to the powerful mystique and dynamism of the Japanese stone garden—from their earliest use as props in animistic rituals, to their appropriation by Zen monks and priests to create settings conducive to contemplation and finally to their contemporary uses and meaning. With insightful text and abundant imagery, this book reveals the hidden order of stone gardens and in the process heightens the enthusiast's appreciation of them. The Japanese stone garden is an art form recognized around the globe. These meditative gardens provide tranquil settings, where visitors can shed the burdens and stresses of modern existence, satisfy an age-old yearning for solitude and repose, and experience the restorative power of art and nature. For this reason, the value of the Japanese stone garden today is arguably even greater than when many of them were created. Fifteen gardens are featured in this book: some well known, such as the famous temple gardens of Kyoto, others less so, among them gardens spread through the south of Honshu Island and the southern islands of Shikoku and Kyushu and in faraway Okinawa.