Download or read book The Art Soul of Glass Beads written by Susan Ray and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-04-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, a book that explores the origins and renaissance of lampwork glass beads and offers a one-on-one journey with fourteen exceptional glass bead artists as they create more than 20 projects. Step-by-step instruction and beautiful photography shows crafters how to create stunning necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and much more. This new reference gives an inside look at the artists' creative processes, including how they choose color and materials and how they add the finishing touches. Most importantly, they reveal how serendipity plays a role in their creative processes. Readers will be inspired to embark on an artistic journey to create magnificent works of art for future generations to behold.
Download or read book Creative Glass Techniques written by Bettina Eberle and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glass is one of the hottest topics in the world of crafts. This handsome how-to book introduces three essential and accessible techniques that have endless creative potential. CREATIVE GLASS TECHNIQUES covers 30 projects, from a simple plate to lampworking to fluted wine glasses, and more. Valuable for novice and experienced glassworkers alike. 160 color photos.
Download or read book The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking written by Kimberley Adams and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the popular craft offers beadmakers instructions for how to torch, wind, and cool beads; directions for creating various designs, including barrels, cones, and discs; and strategies for achieving a variety of colors and patterns.
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 A History of Glassforming written by Keith Cummings and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs and drawings, A History of Glassforming is a singular and important book for historians, connoisseurs, and students of glass.
Download or read book Passing the Flame written by Corina Tettinger and published by Bonzobucks & Books Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspiration til og trin-for-trin vejledning i at fremstille perler af glas
Download or read book The Moral Imagination written by John Paul Lederach and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Paul Lederach's work in the field of conciliation and mediation is internationally recognized. He has provided consultation, training and direct mediation in a range of situations from the Miskito/Sandinista conflict in Nicaragua to Somalia, Northern Ireland, Tajikistan, and the Philippines. His influential 1997 book Building Peace has become a classic in the discipline. In this book, Lederach poses the question, "How do we transcend the cycles of violence that bewitch our human community while still living in them?" Peacebuilding, in his view, is both a learned skill and an art. Finding this art, he says, requires a worldview shift. Conflict professionals must envision their work as a creative act-an exercise of what Lederach terms the "moral imagination." This imagination must, however, emerge from and speak to the hard realities of human affairs. The peacebuilder must have one foot in what is and one foot beyond what exists. The book is organized around four guiding stories that point to the moral imagination but are incomplete. Lederach seeks to understand what happened in these individual cases and how they are relevant to large-scale change. His purpose is not to propose a grand new theory. Instead he wishes to stay close to the "messiness" of real processes and change, and to recognize the serendipitous nature of the discoveries and insights that emerge along the way. overwhelmed the equally important creative process. Like most professional peacemakers, Lederach sees his work as a religious vocation. Lederach meditates on his own calling and on the spirituality that moves ordinary people to reject violence and seek reconciliation. Drawing on his twenty-five years of experience in the field he explores the evolution of his understanding of peacebuilding and points the way toward the future of the art." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004011794-d.html.
Download or read book Beads Body and Soul written by Henry John Drewal and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sights and sounds of the Yoruba cosmos are made manifest through the pervasive use of beads. This spectacular book represents a collaboration between art historian Henry John Drewal and Yoruba priest John Mason. From the forests of Africa a thousand years ago to the bustling cities of New York, Havana, and Salvador, today, Yoruba religion has used beads to convey the artistic spirit and deep connection to the other world that its practitioners feel. This illustrated volume traces the history of the beads, their use, and Yoruba aesthetics and artistry. .
Download or read book Creating Lampwork Beads for Jewelry written by Karen Leonardo and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-11-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CREATE - DESIGN - WEAR From tiny glass beads and pendants to rings and necklaces, Creating Lampwork Beads for Jewelry teaches you how to create them all. Lampwork artist Karen J. Leonardo and her network of fellow artisans share their secrets for creating stunningly beautiful lampwork beads. In addition, these talented artists give you complete instructions for incorporating the beads into your own artistic jewelry pieces. Ideal for beginning, intermediate and advanced lampwork artists, Creating Lampwork Beads for Jewelry features: • Guidance and tips for setting up your studio and selecting the proper tools • Detailed instructions with step-by-step photos for creating 16 different lampwork beads • 14 jewelry designs to incorporate your beads into necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings and pins
Download or read book Beaded Jewelry The Complete Guide written by Susan Ray and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-12-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your One-Stop Source for Beading Know-How Jewelry and beading expert Susan Ray, along with dozens of expert jewelry artists, bring you this complete tutorial for making your own jewelry to fit your personal style. Whether you prefer professional and polished, classic and elegant, or casual and comfortable, you will find the designs and information needed to complete your jewelry pieces using this book. You will also benefit from valuable lessons in: • Bead history • Bead sizing, definitions, weights and charts • Organizing and caring for your beads • Stringing basics • Preparing findings and closures, found objects and vintage findings • Creating beads with metal clay, polymer clay, lampwork and more • Stitching with beads • Selling your jewelry With so much essential information within these pages, Beaded Jewelry the Complete Guide is your one-stop source for everything you need to know about beading.
Download or read book Exquisite Beaded Jewelry written by Lynda Musante and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-07-23 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distinctive Designs Explore a wide range of jewelry-making techniques and build your skills to create beaded pieces that are nothing short of exquisite. Author Lynda Musante shares her wealth of experience to challenge you to develop your skills as a bead artist. She encourages you to stretch your imagination in your quest for distinctive jewelry to wear yourself or give as gifts. Featuring... • 30 projects and variations • Detailed step-by-step instructions • Helpful how-to photographs • Techniques for simple stringing, bead stitching and wirework • Gallery of inspirational jewelry by top bead artists
Download or read book Mixed Media Mosaics written by Laurie Mika and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-05-24 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine beautiful mosaic pieces with tiles that you easily create yourself! Mixed-Media Mosaics offers a fresh, new approach to a traditional art form. By making your own tiles from polymer clay, you control the size, shape, color and even the texture, resulting in beautiful finished pieces that include tabletops, boxes, jewelry and shrines. In addition to learning traditional tiling techniques such as working with grout and cutting glass tile, you'll also explore creative options for personalizing tiles: • Discover the magic of mica powders and the regal look they can give to mosaics • Learn quick and easy ways of adding paint to handcrafted and commercial tile • See how easy it is to create molds and cast your own relief tiles • Find ways to add personal meaning to your work with the addition of text tiles • Experiment with the addition of beads, jewelry and other embellishments by embedding them right into the tile! Whether you'd like to complete a mosaic tabletop for your patio, a jewelry box as a special gift, or simply experiment with jewelry, you'll find the inspiration you seek in Mixed-Media Mosaics. Start creating your custom mosaic pieces today.
Download or read book Advanced Glassworking Techniques written by Edward T. Schmid and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Easy Beaded Jewelry written by Susan Ray and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-11-24 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn, Sell, Teach From the novice beader who is just learning to string a bracelet to the experienced jewelry-maker who is already out selling and teaching the art to others, everyone can find something to love on the pages within. Experienced jewelry designers Susan Ray and Sue Wilke walk you through the basics and then launch into a plethora of engaging jewelry designs for you to replicate. Along the way, they offer tips and tidbits to make your beading experience as enjoyable as possible. Featured inside: • 75 projects showcasing bracelets, necklaces, rings, earrings, watches and miniature amulet bags • 300 gorgeous full-color photographs and illustrations to accompany easy-to-follow instructions • Extensive techniques section covering beading basics, necessary tools and tips on personal style, color choice and design options
Download or read book Glass Bead Inspirations written by Louise Mehaffey and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Creative ideas for making glass beads • 8 skilled beadmakers are given the challenge to create beads based on an inspiration--a color, a season, a painting, an emotion--to see what they will create • Resulting beads show the variety of creative responses • Includes step-by-step techniques for using other materials with the glass to create unique beads
Download or read book On Dolls written by Kenneth Gross and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the greatest thinkers and writers of our age meditate on play and the mysteries of inanimate life. This unusual literary collection contains writings from Baudelaire, Kleist, Rilke, Freud, Kafka, Walter Benjamin, Bruno Schulz, Elizabeth Bishop, Dennis Silk, and Marina Warner. The essays and reflections explore the seriousness of play and the mysteries of inanimate life - 'the unknown, spaces, dust, lost objects, and small animals that fill any house' - which have provoked many writers to take the side of these dead or non-human things, resulting in some of the most profound passages in literature. The collection is introduced and edited by Kenneth Gross. On Dolls includes contributions from: Heinrich Von Kleist 'On the Marionette Theatre', Charles Baudelaire 'The Philosophy of Toys', Sigmund Freud 'The Uncanny', Rainer Maria Rilke 'On the Dolls of Lotte Pritzel', Frank Kafka 'The Cares of a Family Man', Bruno Schulz 'Tailor's Dummies', Walter Benjamin 'Old Toys: The Toy Exhibition at the Markisches Museum', Elizabeth Bishop, 'Cirque d'Hiver', Dennis Silk 'The Marionette Theatre', and Marina Warner 'On the Threshold: Sleeping Beauties'.
Download or read book Torchworked Marbles Beginner to intermediate techniques written by Drew Fritts and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
