The subtitle for this book is "innovative wirework and art glass jewelry," which says it in a nutshell.  Twist wires into a variety of shapes, make chains, findings, coils and even wire beads, then make them into jewelry with beautiful hand blown beads.

All the staged instructions for everything are at the beginning, and they are certainly easy to follow.  You need the right equipment, of course, and there is a list of this before the instructions.  "Equipment" is the right term, so if you don’t have liver of sulphur, a nylon mallet, tumbler and hammering block, to name a few items, some projects may well be beyond you.  The basic items, such as pliers and wire, ought to get you a long way, however, and the old saying about sledgehammers and nuts kept coming to mind.  There are some lovely pieces in here, very contemporary and funky, with lots of bright colors and fun twisty shapes.  The projects themselves also come with some staged and illustrated instructions, and good results ought to be possible however many tools you own.  If you live in the US, there is a handy list of stockists at the back, but overseas crafters might find many of the lovely beads featured not obtainable.  However, with the good instructions you find in this book, it ought to be possible after some practice to make up your own pieces.