First I have to say that I came across this book while shopping for Marie Browning's book "Inspired by the Garden". After searching under her name, I discovered that she's quite a prolific craft book author, covering many different areas (metal, paper, soap, gift wrap, misc/general, etc.) I went to the library and borrowed nearly every book authored by her that they had on the shelves. After a look at Metal Crafting Workshop, I was hooked, fast! I now incorporate metal in my stained glass work. In addition, this book has proven very useful for our home-school art projects. I've used the Repousse Trio project paired with a study of the Statue of Liberty - the most famous example of copper repousse. We've also done some metal piercing of tin and copper while studying American folk-art; and just for fun we've gotten ourselves all tangled up in wire projects that turned out very cool! There are 40 different wrapped, hammered, stamped and embossed projects for sheet copper and tin, and wire, some incorporating paint, beads and jewels. From bookmarks to candle holders, vases, labels, journals, coasters, frames, framed art, mirrors, ornaments, lanterns, boxes, tiles and clocks, the list goes on... I agree with the first reviewer - this book is excellent for a beginner and should definitely be purchased ahead of Metal Embossing, a book I've also looked at and also consider better suited for someone well into the metal embossing experience. And, as I mentioned, Marie Browning's book offers many different metal working techniques, not just embossing.