Natural Settings is a well written tutorial guide with projects for using natural botanical jewelry by Dr. Sharon Wu. Released 18th Aug 2026 by Bloomsbury on their Herbert Press imprint, it's 176 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents (including supplies and products to do the projects).
This is a very well written and logically arranged tutorial guide featuring lots of intricate and attractive jewelry pieces which featuring resin embedded flowers and botanical elements. The projects are beautifully complex and unbelievably detailed.
The introduction covers tools, setup, materials selection, and safety. The practical tutorial chapters which follow include info on the process of mixing, embedding, forming, finishing, detailing, combining multiple elements, etc. The text is accompanied by plenty of clear, color photos throughout.
The project tutorial chapters include full projects with instructions. Each tutorial includes an introduction, list of tools and supplies, and step-by-step photo/text directions.
Five stars. Well written and illustrated. Very well photographed throughout. This would make an excellent choice for public or school library acquisition, gift-giving, activity groups, maker's groups, and for the home studio library.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes
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