Download or read book Collectible Beads written by Robert K. Liu and published by Ornament Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informative guide to decorative beads from around the world. Listing of bead societies, organizations and publications. Quarto.
Download or read book The Girl Who Smiled Beads written by Clemantine Wamariya and published by Crown. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The plot provided by the universe was filled with starvation, war and rape. I would not—could not—live in that tale.” Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. In 1994, she and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, fled the Rwandan massacre and spent the next six years migrating through seven African countries, searching for safety—perpetually hungry, imprisoned and abused, enduring and escaping refugee camps, finding unexpected kindness, witnessing inhuman cruelty. They did not know whether their parents were dead or alive. When Clemantine was twelve, she and her sister were granted refugee status in the United States; there, in Chicago, their lives diverged. Though their bond remained unbreakable, Claire, who had for so long protected and provided for Clemantine, was a single mother struggling to make ends meet, while Clemantine was taken in by a family who raised her as their own. She seemed to live the American dream: attending private school, taking up cheerleading, and, ultimately, graduating from Yale. Yet the years of being treated as less than human, of going hungry and seeing death, could not be erased. She felt at the same time six years old and one hundred years old. In The Girl Who Smiled Beads, Clemantine provokes us to look beyond the label of “victim” and recognize the power of the imagination to transcend even the most profound injuries and aftershocks. Devastating yet beautiful, and bracingly original, it is a powerful testament to her commitment to constructing a life on her own terms.
Download or read book Beads of Glass written by Cindy Jenkins and published by Hot Head Glass. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features biographical sketches and the work of glass bead artists. Illustrates lampworking techniques.
Download or read book Beads of the World written by Peter Francis and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beads are the oldest and most widespread form of art. They have been made from all materials in every corner of the globe. Their uses are innumerable. They do not just decorate people, but many other things as well. Moreover, they function as status symbols, magic charms, and are helpful to us in many other ways. While there have always been people interested in beads, the lack of information on them has restricted their collecting. A few years ago there were only a handful of small bead societies and very little on beads in print. That is now changing rapidly; bead societies are being formed at an astounding rate around the U.S. and abroad. As with all collectibles, as interest in them grows, scarce beads rise in price. What has caused the boom in bead collecting is that today there are far more resources for collectors than ever. These include bead societies, bead conferences, and other support groups as well as much more published information. The author of this book is responsible for a great deal of this. Though there are other books on beads, Beads of the World is unique for two reasons. For one, it covers the universe of collectible beads, including beads made especially for trade and those produced locally for personal use. Moreover, it is written in a highly accessible style from extensive personal, first-hand knowledge. Much of this book is the author's own work. It distills years of research to bring a comprehensive, global view of beads to brginning and experienced collectors and other studends of humanity. The detailed Appendix and Notes sections open up the fascinating "bead world" to newcomers and document past research for advanced collectors. The first bead price guide ever published will also prove useful.
Download or read book Beads Bodies and Trash written by David Redmon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beads, Bodies, and Trash merges cultural sociology with a commodity chain analysis by following Mardi Gras beads to their origins. Beginning with Bourbon Street of New Orleans, this book moves to the grim factories in the tax-free economic zone of rural Fuzhou, China. Beads, Bodies, and Trash will increase students’ capacity to think critically about and question everyday objects that circulate around the globe: where do objects come from, how do they emerge, where do they end up, what are their properties, what assemblages do they form, and what are the consequences (both beneficial and harmful) of those properties on the environment and human bodies? This book also asks students to confront how the beads can contradictorily be implicated in fun, sexist, unequal, and toxic relationships of production, consumption, and disposal. With a companion documentary, Mardi Gras Made in China, this book introduces students to recording technologies as possible research tools.
Download or read book African Beads written by Elizabeth Bigham and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This uniquely designed book and kit with a detachable plexiglass spine contains nearly 2,000 colorful beads and instructions to make a variety of jewelry items while learning about African culture. 100 illustrations.
Download or read book How Many Beads written by Nicola Edwards and published by Caterpillar Books. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the tallest thing in town, count all the conkers in the forest and see how a shark measures up to a seahorse! This interactive book of measuring and counting allows your child to explore scale in real-world settings and develop mathematical skills through play.
Download or read book World Beads written by Janet Coles and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophisticated glass baubles for Venice, intricate silver filigree from India, and intriguing batik back bone from Africa--dazzling and elegant beads from around the world have earned a passionate following among designers, collectors, and jewelry-makers alike. Beads have played a significant role throughout history for nearly all cultures, serving as adornments, money, and charms to bring luck or ward off evil. Now, with this definitive book written by the two biggest authorities in the field, Janet Coles and Robert Budwig, you can explore bead traditions from around the world. Learn all about the fascinating ways that these ornaments are made and used today as well as throughout history, and then put to your newfound expertise to work with thirty step-by-step projects for creating replicas of authentic, traditional beaded jewelry.-From Peruvian ceramic beads and pre-Columbian gold and rock crystal to silverwork from Bali, Janet Coles and Robert Budgwig celebrate the beauty, diversity , and traditions of beads. -Ideal for designers, collectors, jewelry-makers, and anyone with an eye for beads.-Richly illustrated with the stunning photography of Jonathan Lovekin.
Download or read book Beads of the World written by Peter Francis and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best and broadest reference on the origins and uses of beads available to date. Written to encourage collectors, it explores the importance of beads in their native settings in Europe, the Middle East, India, the Far East, Southeast Asia, North and South America and Africa. Beads of organic, stone, and glass materials are individually discussed, and newly revised values are provided to help the collector.
Download or read book The Worldwide History of Beads written by Lois Sherr Dubin and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first publication in 1987 as The History of Beads, this book has become the worlds definitive guide for bead lovers, collectors and scholars. Beautifully packaged with a new cover, this volume now available in paperback is a must-have for devotees of the first edition and for the next generation of bead obsessives and aficionados.
Download or read book The Language of Beads written by David D. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Masters Glass Beads written by Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beads written by Janet Coles and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the definitive book on the history of beads and bead-making techniques--with more than 350 full-color photos and step-by-step instructions for creating 30 beautiful, authentic beaded objects from a variety of world cultures. Projects include belts, earrings, and purses to a stunning collar necklace straight from ancient Egypt. Full color.
Download or read book The World in a Bead The Murano Glass Museum s Collection written by Augusto Panini and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting incursion into the Murano Museum's glass bead collection, documented by over a thousand images that transmit the very material essence of every single bead, wowing and intriguing the visitor page after page. After almost a century of oblivion, the collection is the subject of new analysis as it prepares to go on display again in the museum's new halls.The collection was put together between 1861 and 1883 by Abbot Vincenzo Zanetti and is representative of 19th century Venetian and Murano production. 0This book is the result of a meticulous and passionate research project whose starting point was essays on the Museum's collections written by Abbot Zanetti for International Exhibitions or to document the discoveries that leading glassmakers had developed in the first half of the 1800s. It reconstructs the attributes and provenance of each bunch of beads and every sample card, restoring their original splendour.0.
Download or read book Beads on One String written by Dennis Warner and published by Jw Outreach. This book was released on 2004 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Mama Didn t Tell Me About Menopause is a funny and poignant look at a particularily difficult time for a woman. You ll laugh, cry and even have some A-HA moments as you read this book again and again."
Download or read book African Beads written by Evelyn Simak and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Beads: Jewels of a Continent is the first book dedicated exclusively to African-made beads. In detailed chapters organized by material (bone and shell, wood and amber, stone, metal, glass) authors Evelyn Simak and Carl Dreibelbis trace the historical journey of bead making in Africa. Prefaced with an essay by Lois Sherr Dubin and accompanied by 163 color photographs, this magnificent book is a showcase for some of the rarest, most beautiful and most collectible beads in the world.
Download or read book How Many Beads written by Nicola Edwards and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the Montessori method of education this interactive measuring and counting book with a string-of-beads allows children to explore scale in real-world settings and develop mathematical skills through play. This interactive book of measuring and counting allows your child to explore scale in real-world settings and develop mathematical skills through play. Young learners can use the string-of-beads to measure different objects in the book. Which object is the tallest--a dog, a guitar, or a ladder? In the ocean, which animal is the longest--a shark, a turtle, a seahorse, or a fish? Children can also use the beads to count the number of butterflies in the air, figure out how many traffic cones are on the sidewalk, and discover how many marbles are on the page. My World is an engaging series inspired by the Montessori method of education where each title features hands-on, practical learning. Enthusiastic young learners can explore many exciting topics presented in creative, unique formats.
