This booklet presents seven beautiful jewelry projects made with inexpensive seed beads. From a simply strung multistrand necklace to netted earrings to a bracelet made wtih a daisy chain variation, these projects offer a wonderful array of ways to turn seed beads into appealing jewelry.[...]
Suitable for beginning and experienced needleworkers, this book contains over 500 step-by-step photos and designs from the world's best embroiderers. It brings to life the beautiful art of beading. It also provides advice on tools and materials, and includes helpful hints.[...]
Bead-opedia is a concise yet comprehensive guide to all things related to the craft of beading. Covering the basics, plus intermediate and more advanced beading and knotting techniques, this book will give you the know-how you need to create jewelry and accessories you'll love to make and wear. With[...]
The Glass Bead Game is an ultra-aesthetic game which is played by the scholars, creamed off in childhood and nurtured in elite schools, in the province of Castalia. The Master of the Glass Bead Game, Joseph Knecht, holds the most exalted office in Castalia. He personifies the detachment, serenity an[...]
Native American art has a timeless appeal that fascinates anyone who appreciates quality craft and design. The projects selected here are modern interpretations of traditional Native American patterns and techniques - they adopt methods, supplies and tools that are accessible to any crafter, while e[...]
Pixel art using melty beads is the latest cool craze to hit the crafting community. All you need to get started is a peg board, a bucket of beads, and an ordinary iron Discover how easy it is to create unique, eye-popping accessories and jewelry out of fuse beads. This creative how-to book shows yo[...]
Have you ever seen a one-of-a-kind bracelet crafted from leather and beads and wondered: Could I make something like that? Well, now you can craft your own beautiful beaded leather jewelry with help from this inspiring, hands-on book. In these pages, you will find: An overview of tools, materials, a[...]
Fashion Beads and Wire into Stunning JewelryJewelry artists look no further, Bead and Wire Art Jewelry is THE resource you need to bring together two of your favorite mediums - bead and wire. From simple stringing to extensive wirework, author J. Marsha Michler's detailed, step-by-step instructions [...]
Bead Chic, Chic You Bead Chic will show you how to take inspiration that you love and forge your own creative path. After learning basic jewelry techniques, you'll be launched into 36 gorgeous projects. Each project comes with a variation, so you'll learn how easy it is to adapt virtually any proje[...]
This is a versatile gem that collects together 20 projects. It teaches all the basic techniques in a comprehensive yet easy to follow manner. It provides a rich mix of projects for budding jewellers, from gold filigree earrings to a pearl-accented pendant. Based on the book "Contemporary Bead & Wire[...]
Wire and bead jewellery is one of the hottest subjects in jewellery-making today, and this book comes from two of the best-known teachers in the field, Janice Berkebile and Tracy Stanley. With beautiful designs, more than 500 how-to photographs that teach you visually, and accessible and accurate in[...]
Just about anything is fodder for Diane Hyde's eclectic, multilayered jewellery: found objects, quirky oddities, old images and vintage materials. Beaders will love exploring her whimsical style and learning how they too can create beautiful pieces from seemingly ordinary, everyday things. Diane rev[...]
Dallas Lovett's elegant-yet-graceful project designs capture the look crafters want now - sophisticated and stunning. He presents 25 of his most unique designs, all luxurious, with layered twists and showcasing the creative potential of silver wire and beads. A basics section covers every technique [...]
Jamie Cloud Eakin is a beading superstar - and in this follow-up to her bestselling Dimensional Bead Embroidery she explains the fundamentals of beautiful design, from picking the beads to choosing a palette. Through 30 gorgeous step-by-step projects especially chosen to show principles of construct[...]