Teach Yourself VISUALLY - Jewelry Making & Beading
You've probably coveted jewelry you've seen in artsy boutiques and fashion magazines or envied friends who have the perfect bling to accent everything. With this book, you'll learn to craft designs that are chic but inexpensive. With hundreds of detailed photos, this book covers tools and supplies, bead stringing and weaving, wire wrapping, and more. Terrific projects will get you started and inspire you to create your own jewelry and beadwork designs.
Now readers can learn how to make sophisticated, professional-looking jewelry with readily-available materials. Intricate and distinctive designs are presented in beautiful color photographs accompanied by complete, step-by-step instructions. Includes complete materials lists.
The Magazine for Crochet Lovers.This is an absolutely gorgeous book, full of useful information and wonderful designs. There is a basic crochet section and jewelry-making terms and techniques sections that make the crochet/jewelry-making crossover easy. While much crochet jewelry is kitschy or crafty, the pieces in this book are exquisite. Close-up photography and clear instructions guarantee a successful foray into jewelry making for a crocheter of any level.
If gorgeous beaded jewelry always catches your eye, you’ll love making (and wearing!) necklaces, bracelets and earrings to suit your style. In this book, you’ll get 50 projects plus variations in designer Heidi Boyd’s simply elegant signature style. Flip through the pages of this book, and you’re bound to find lots of designs that strike your fancy.
Shapes open a world of possibilities for creating jewelry. Begin with the basic flat shapes: triangle, square, pentagon and hexagon, then move on to using these shapes in three-dimensional shapes such as a pyramid, cube, tetrahedron and more and open shapes like donuts. Patterns are also provided for ethnic jewelry such as the Tuareg Pendant and for natural motifs like the Trillium Necklace. The shapes are created with peyote stitch and cylinder beads with a thread and needle.
