Frieda Munro is a tutor, technician and designer of jewelry, based in London. She lectures at Morley College and is a technician at Central St Martin's, advising students on the best techniques and machinery to use in their designs. She also runs her own studio. Her work can be seen at www.friedamunro.com
This book is written for amateur and professional jewelers. It is divided into an introductory chapter and five major sections: Shaping, Decoration, Wirework, Casting, and Stone Setting. Each section also has two divisions: Best Practice and Fix-Its. What is nice about this book is that it is extensively illustrated in color, and that it is quite detailed in its descriptions. Step-by-step procedures are the norm, with both color pictures and textual guidelines... The book is definitely geared towards the how-to-do-it-yourself (DIY) crowd, and would probably fit in well in most public libraries and technical colleges who have curriculum in this area.-- (03/01/2018)