Amazon.com: Jewelry Making With Nena - Basic Jewelry Making Techniques : Movies & TV

A little drab, but still interesting to me as a jewelry designer. Great insight into another form of the art and design process I'm not used to as a bead stringer. Looking into more in depth aspects to wrangle the hubby into my biz such as metalsmithing and gemstone carving.

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Figgi

totally disappointed

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2007

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I bought this video hoping to be able to watch and learn. There are no close ups. Close ups are of finish products only. Steps by step images are much too far to actually see what she is doing. An individual is better off buying a book with images at least you can see a close up of a "how to image" and what the step should look like. She does give you lots of info but video is defintely not for beginners. I did have a friend who is jewelry maker watch the video and she was not impressed. I must say I was totally disappointed. Not all what I expected from a how to video.

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C. Elser

Skilled Craftsman, Unskilled Videographer

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2009

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The content of the video overall is good. Nena does a great job of walking through the steps for each project. But about 20% of the video is worthless due to the poor videography. As Nena holds up a piece to show the work, the piece is out of the frame. The entire soldering section is shot from so far away that you can't tell what she is doing. As long as you don't expect professionally shot video and sound, this DVD is right for you.

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Christi

Informative but can be much better

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2006

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The 3 basic projects using various techniques was very informative and well structured. HOWEVER, only a very small time of the film gives you an close up view of these techniques. No offense, Nena, but I would rather see what you're doing than watching you talk. I would seriously suggest firing your camera person.

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bluegreencrow

The best teacher out there.

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2007

Product Description

Jewelry Making with Nena Featuring Nena Galloway Potts, nationally renowned Metal Smith and Jewelry Designer as your host and instructor, On this DVD, Nena demonstrates the basic skills necessary for making fine jewelry pieces. This is a basic course in working with precious metals to make real jewelry. There is no beadwork stringing here! Nena takes you through the steps of basic design, cutting, filing, shaping, polishing, coloring soldering, assembly and finishing techniques using metals, stones, fossils and other media to construct beautiful artwork in the form of jewelry. This very comprehensive video will cover three different project utilizing these basic jewelry and metal smith techniques and will give you the skills and confidence needed to produce: A set of hammer formed silver earrings A sculpted silver bracelet with fossil setting A bezel setting to fit a cabochon quartz stone If you have ever wanted to take a jewelry making class that taught you the secrets of professional jewelers, this is the recommended choice. The DVD runtime is just over 2 hours (122 minutes) with each topic broken down into chapters for easy to access, step by step, follow along instruction on Nena's unique jewelry making style and techniques. There is additional Bonus Material on the DVD that can only be accessed from your computer DVD drive.

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