Wonderful book. I thought it well written and laid out. It talks about what to take into consideration when planning a piece and using certain techniques. Just what I wanted. HOWEVER! I ordered this book and one called " the jeweller's directory of shape and form" by the same author thinking that books with different titles would be different. NOT SO! Apparently in England there is a tendency to re-release the same book under a different title. The only difference being that one is hard cover and one soft.
Buy the book, but buy only one!