Beadweaving and flowers just seem to go together. This book contains 9 sculpted floral designs for the intermediate to advanced beadweaver. You will find Wisteria, bouganvillea, gardenia, chrysanthemums, Orchids, water lily and more. Complete instructions for each project along with color pictures and diagrams to help you in your beadweaving journey through this floral garden. This book is intended for intermediate beaders who have knowledge of the basic stitches and would like a challenge to learn how to use them in a three dimensional floral project
Inspired by art history, this step-by-step guidebook features 17 designs influenced by the Gothic, Renaissance, Victorian, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco eras reinterpreted in the artist’s distinctive, contemporary style. Emphasizing a mix of vintage findings, beads, lamp work, buttons, and modern components, this jewelry brings a feminine mystique and sophistication to ordinary beadwork. Each project builds on simple elements to create sophisticated designs and incorporate off-loom seed bead weaving, stringing, and wirework.
The Art & Elegance of Beadweaving: New Jewelry Designs with Classic Stitches
“Elegant contemporary jewelry....What artist-author Wells and her 30 colleagues conjure up in more than 30 bracelets, earrings, and necklaces is nothing short of breathtaking. All the projects can be readily mastered by beginners....One hundred percent of the fundamentals, from graphic illustrations and charts to accompanying text and great color photographs.”
Elegant projects and detailed instructions for beaded bags, necklaces, brooches, pins and other decorative accessories with emphasis on finishing techniques.
Beadweaving Brilliance - Make Beautiful Jewelry as You Learn Off-loom Techniques
Just in time for holiday hand-made-gift-making, comes this beautifully illustrated book that shows crafters how to create colorful and unique beaded accessories. Using a single needle and thread, readers will learn a variety of stitches, including herringbone, peyote (also known as gourd), brick, square, right angle weave and African helix, to weave beads into a flat fabric or 3-dimensional object.