Arranged in a Q & A format, this handbook covers all the basics: different types of beads, tools, materials, techniques for 18 easy projects (each building on the one before), and 14 more challenging ones. Incorporate knotting, use pressure crimps and stitching to make ornaments, jewelry, needlepoint, a wrapped candleholder, and more. “Benson takes the mystery out of basic beadwork techniques.”—Library Journal.
Jewelry With Wire: Necklaces Bracelets Earrings and More!
Learn to bend 20-gauge silver wire into swirls and curls to create fabulous jewelry. Add a few beads for color and you will be stunned at the results. The jewelry is so beautiful and striking that you will have friends asking you to make one for them.
Jewelry with a Hook: Crocheted Fiber Necklaces, Bracelets & More
Two hot topics in one book?crochet and jewelry! Here’s something special for crocheters who want to go beyond hats and afghans and for jewelry makers looking for new and adventurous ways to create jewelry. The 40 projects come from the finest contemporary crochet artists, and range from sleekly modern to whimsical, starched to felted, and boldly modern to daintily elegant. Create chunky rope bracelets out of large cord or a beaded tapesty pattern in a geometric cuff. Make a formidable design statement with a head-turning choker featuring a dragon and floral motifs.
Readers will be inspired by more than 25 outstanding stitched-bead projects from Bead&Button magazine in Beadwoven Jewelry. Instructions for making earrings, bracelets, and necklaces include easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and images. Various techniques—netting, herringbone stitch, peyote stitch, loomweaving, and more—are explained in detail to help readers complete projects that will appeal to experienced and novice beaders alike.
