Download or read book 500 Beaded Objects written by Terry Krautwurst and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the amazing evolution of beadwork from a simple craft to expressive art. Every stunning sculpture, vessel, figure, loomed and woven work, free-form installation, and piece of jewelry shown here in glorious color photos is gallery-quality and thoroughly unique. Jennifer Maestre's intricate, swooping pencil-point bead sculptures explore form, motion, and space. A. Kimberlin Blackburn has fashioned lush Hawaiian Island scenes out of glass beads and hand-carved wood. The ever-innovative David K. Chatt has entries ranging from the pointed commentary, "White Men in Suits," to vivid jewelry. For a little humor, try Valeria Harlow's masterful "Toe Mangler," a testament to every woman who has ever suffered in uncomfortable shoes. This amazing collection is truly state-of-the-art.
Download or read book The Beaded Object written by Mary Jo Hiney and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If the name Mary Jo Hiney is on the cover, the projects inside are sure to be fabulous.... Instructions, diagrams and photgraphs couldn’t be easier to follow. The projects include pins, decorative items like treasure chests, beaded fruit, embellished vases and bottles, ornaments, flowers, a pillow, wreaths, garlands, everyday adornments, bouquets, a lamp shade, a set of “bug” bobby pins and more.”—Creative Crafter.
Download or read book Creative Native American Beading written by Theresa Flores Geary and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 19 highlighted jewellery and accessory projects include a Huichol Lace Sun Catcher and a Ladder Chain Bracelet (perfect for beginners) along with advanced-level projects like the Waterbird Pendant and Sun Rosette Medallion.
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 French Beaded Designs written by Donna DeAngelis Dickt and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's amazing that objects so beautiful can come from such simple techniques! These French beaded flowers sparkle, shine, and surprise, and yet they're made just by stringing beads on wire and wrapping them around to form stems and petals. Some of these flowers serve as eye-catching ornaments; others are sublimely practical, such as napkin rings and tiebacks. Follow the well-illustrated instructions to craft wildflowers, roses, daisies, tulips, anemones, and hydrangeas. For each one, there's a "What You Need to Know" and "What You Will Learn" box as guidance. The dazzling items include Black Tie Candleholders, Forsythia Urn, Lamp Shade, Tulip Tin, Clay Pot Critters, and Mistletoe Ball."A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club."
Download or read book Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry written by Ray Hemachandra and published by Lark Books (NC). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This beautiful and inspiring book gathers photographs of 500 of the most breathtaking beaded jewelry designs created in recent years. The techniques the beaders employ are as varied as the aesthetic sensibilities they bring to their gorgeous creations and include beadweaving in every stitch imaginable, embroidery, quilling, loom weaving, and kumihimo braiding, as well as basic stringing, simple wirework, and fine metalwork. Sometimes, a bead maker's focal piece simply is set in a straightforward, unpretentious, and beautiful design. Virtually all of the world's most famous beaders who make jewelry have pieces included -- including Carol Wilcox Wells, Diane Fitzgerald, Marcia DeCoster, Jamie Cloud Eakin, Huib Petersen, Paulette Baron, Sabine Lippert, Sherry Serafini, Margie Deeb, Maggie Meister, Melanie Potter, Ann Tevepaugh Mitchell, Laura McCabe, Suzanne Golden, Jean Campbell, Rachel Nelson-Smith, Eva Dobos, and many more -- but we also present work from many artists who have never been published before. All together, this extensive, international, and fabulous survey of 500 pieces includes work from nearly 300 artists from 30 countries and reveals the striking vision and ambition of today's beading community. Every beader, jeweler, and crafter will want Showcase 500 beaded jewelry in their collection"--
Download or read book Bead Bugs written by Amy Kopperude and published by Creative Publishing international. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create 23 cute and clever bugs and little crawly critters out of beads, wire, and other craft materials with Bead Bugs! Each project is shown in step-by-step photos with clear instructions that anyone can follow. Variations of each project encourage the crafter to imagine all kinds of ways to make the bugs unique. Bead bugs and critters can be used in various ways—as ornaments, put on display, made into jewelry, made into mobiles, displayed in a terrarium, or framed in shadow boxes. In these pages, you’ll learn to create: - Dragonflies - Spiders - Butterflies - Hermit crabs - Scorpions - Sea horses - And more The possibilities are endless. Get your imagination crawling with this fun-filled book!
Download or read book The Art of Forgotten Things written by Melanie Doerman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a masterpiece that gives new life to found objects in The Art of Forgotten Things. Imagine necklaces and bracelets using one-of-a-kind components that hint at fragments of stories that exist only in the mind, evoking a mysterious past. Author Melanie Doerman will teach you how to take esquisite mementoes from history and make them into meaningful works of wearable art. The Art of Forgotten Things offers a brilliant new take on expressing your story within a jewelry design. Melanie shows how to create delicate beaded frames, clasps, nets, and components with seed beads and combine them with mixed-media elements for jewelry with an evocative look and feel. You'll also find an extensive techniques section that includes instructions for flat and tubular peyote, right-angle weave, bead netting, bead embroidery, and picot edges and fringes; basic jewelry techniques such as wire wrapping; mixed-media techniques such as foiling; and additional embellishment. Detailed step-by-step instructions are provided for each project. You'll learn about various types of beads used in the book's projects, from tiny seed beads to crystals, pressed glass, pearls, and more, as well as other materials, tools, and "treasures" that make each creation unique. In addition, Melanie explores using readily available materials and items that you might already have in your collection, along with directions for locating more unusual or vintage items. The Art of Forgotten Things is truly a one-of-a-kind masterpiece for all imaginative jewelry artists.
Download or read book Beading with Cabochons written by Jamie Cloud Eakin and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this gloriously photographed and illustrated manual at hand, beaders can create awe-inspiring jewelry. It's the only current, comprehensive guide to working with cabochons--a flat piece of rock or mineral--and it covers all the basics, along with a range of new creative techniques and hot trends. Find out which tools and materials to use, which beads work best, and how to wrap them round the stones. Craft turned, pointed, twisted, brick stitch, ruffled, or scalloped edges, or add decorative fringe. For something dramatic, combine more than one cabochon in a single piece. Or, instead of natural stone, use dichroic glass or other found objects. Make a glittering brooch, funky bracelets, a wearable art necklace, and other showstoppers.
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 Complete Photo Guide to Beading written by Robin Atkins and published by Creative Publishing international. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference fully explores the various types of beadwork, including beading on fabric, fringing, bead weavings, bead embroidery, and beaded jewelry. With easy-to-follow organization, this guide provides step-by-step directions and 500 full color photos for clear understanding. Basic projects provide opportunities for crafters to try the techniques, and galleries of unique beaded designs and creations by various bead artists offer beautiful examples and inspiration. It’s the only book you need to get started on beadwork. Begin your beading adventure today with The Complete Photo Guide to Beading!
Download or read book The Art Tradition of Beadwork written by Marsha C. Bol and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 1159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former professor and museum director offers a fascinating, in-depth look at the culture and history of beaded objects around the world. From a beaded dress found in an ancient Egyptian tomb to the beaded fringe on a 1920s Parisian flapper’s hem, humans throughout history have used beading as a way to express, adorn, and tell a story. Bol explores beadwork across the world and through the ages, showing how beading has taken on many different styles, forms, and purposes for different cultures. She looks at children’s clothing, puberty ceremonies, burials, emblems of social status and leadership, festivals, and many other cultural occasions that involve the use of beadwork. Images of artifacts and heirlooms as well as photography of people and their beadwork enhance the scholarship of this book for a beautiful, enlightening addition to art, history, multicultural collections everywhere.
Download or read book 100 Beaded Flowers Charms Trinkets written by Amanda Hinson and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perfect gift for aspiring crafters. Beads are perfect for making all sorts of tiny treasures: cakes and treats, fruit, flowers, fast food, holiday souvenirs, pets and animals, fairies, and more! This book will show you how to make everything from a tiny tea service, a micro monkey, and some minute flowers to the sweetest little ladybug. No matter what your level of beading experience, you are sure to find the perfect beaded miniature project in Amanda Hinson's 100 Beaded Flowers, Charms & Trinkets. Step-by-step demonstrations, from basic construction to more advanced techniques are covered, as well as inspiration for how to incorporate your designs into projects--including jewelry, accessories, and stationery.
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 257 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 The Art of Beaded Beads written by Jean Campbell and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beaders everywhere are discovering the extraordinary creative potential and pleasure of making unique, one-of-a-kind beads from existing beads themselves. This lushly illustrated guide. now in a paperback version, offers them a blast of inspiration, with 40 fabulous designs from today?s finest beadwork artists. Ranging from understated to pure dazzling glam, these projects showcase a range of innovative techniques. Among the standouts: a peyote-stitched Tetrahedron Beaded Bead; a Peek-A-Boo Bead, using steel nuts from the hardware store; and a cylinder-shaped Pi?ata Bead, decorated with smaller beads resembling tiny, colorful party balloons.
Download or read book Beading with Brick Stitch written by Diane Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing solely on brick stitch, this unique guide presents 10 exciting beading projects -- from tassels to necklaces -- along with detailed, illustrated instructions. The history of this elegant stitch -- in tribal Africa, during the Victorian era, and its use by Native Americans -- includes a look at brick stitch beadwork by contemporary artists. Descriptions of necessary tools and techniques including increasing, decreasing, and finishing offer beaders the expertise to create their own beautiful brick stitch works of art.
Download or read book Ear studs ear plugs or beads written by Anna K. Hodgkinson and published by Nicanor Books. This book was released on 2021-07-31 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short volume discusses a group of glass objects kept in the British Museum that date to the Egyptian New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) and are commonly referred to as 'ear plugs' or 'ear studs'. Ancient Egyptian ear studs from variety of materials appear in the archaeological record and are usually depicted as worn with a convex dome to the front. However, there is evidence to suggest that the glass objects discussed in this volume, and which are similar, but not equal, in shape to ear studs, were not designed as ear jewelery, but that they actually functioned as beads. The objects are flat-fronted and pierced latitudinally. The piercing, which is related to the manufacture of the objects on a metal rod,would have enabled the objects to be threaded and to be suspended vertically, either as parts of garments or as parts of bead chains.
