History,
Collecting and manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork
(paperback) 300 pages, colour (2008) £16.99 + £4.85 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here (Code no sp5017) This provacative and engaging survey presents stunning beadweaving from 36 of the leading artists working today. The diverse group of masters selected for inclusion reflects the incredible diversity of talent represented in today's beadweaving community, and short essays by Carol Wilcox Wells, herself a master beadweaver, places them all in context. Artists include Valerie Hector, Diane Fitzgerald, Laura McCabe, Marcia Decoster, Joyce J. Soctt, Cynthia Rutledge, NanC Meinhardt, David Chatt, Don Pierce and Virginia Blakelock, to name but a few. |
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork
(hardback) 416 pages, colour (2008) £17.95 + £ 5.50 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here (Code no sp4026) From Abalone to Zipper Stitch, this profusely illustrated encyclopaedic guide covers a broad range of beading subjects and presents factual entries on historical items and background, technical details and terminology and cultural customs. It includes a reasonably comprehensive A to Z listing of different kinds of beads and beadwork, gemstones, tools, materials etc. There is also an instructional guide on buying materials and mastering techniques, essential tables and charts on bead shapes, needle and thread sizes, birthstones, Mohs scale of hardness etc, and diagrams of 21 common stitches, knotting and finishing techniques and 3 blank graphs for peyote- brick- and square-stitches. |
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Beadwork - General Beadwork Techniques (MORE in this category)
(paperback) 128 pages, colour (2007) £17.95 + £ £2.50 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here (Code no sp3901) Following on from Diane’s very popular self-published booklets Zulu Beaded Chain Techniques and More Zulu Beadwork, this is a major book devoted to the techniques of weaving and stringing used by Zulu women. |
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Beads and Jewellery - Bead Jewellery (MORE in this category)
(paperback) 128 pages, colour (2007) £15.99 + £ 2.00 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here (Code no sp3903) Facetted beads and crystals are the jewellery designer's favourite element. In Create Jewelry Crystals (in the same series as Create Jewelry Pearls) the authors, who are the editors of Interweave Press Beadwork magazine, combine stories about the history, science and culture of crystals (with entertaining quotes, anecdotes and images throughout history) with gorgeous designs.Twenty glamorous wearable designs draw on a range of exciting techniques and the latest in crystal colours and shapes in 3 project sections - Classic, Special Occasion and Fashion-Forward. There is also a section on techniques and findings, and another on colour and size charts for crystal shapes and colours. . |
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(paperback) 120 pages, colour (2007) £15.99 + £ 2.00 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here (Code no sp3856) This book contains many luxurious designs to make and wear using pearls which have captured our imagination for centuries. The authors are the editors of Interweave Press Beadwork magazine and in this book they combine stories about these irresistable sensuous gems with gorgeous designs to inspire and delight the modern jewellery maker. They use natural and imitation pearls alike and have sections on Classics, Special Occasions, and Fashion Forward designs. 20 stylish designs for stringing and beadweaving, tips on selecting and caring for pearls, sidebars on the history, science and culture of pearls, and quotes, anecdotes and images of pearls through the years. . |
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Beadwork - Bead Crochet (MORE
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(paperback) 112 pages, colour (2005) £16.95 + £ 2.00 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here (Code no sp3803) This long-awaited book is a goldmine of information for beadworkers, scholars and antique collectors alike! It is the only book in print to offer an illustrated history of bead crochet snakes and the rich tradition of bead crochet as practised in Turkey and other parts of the Ottoman Empire, explaining how they were made and the fascinating story of snakes made by Turkish prisoners of war during WWI, and how to tell these from others made later. There is an extensive gallery of old, collectable items and also five new patterns for beadworkers who want to make their own bead crocheted snakes. Patterns include two necklaces and three bracelets. The projects also teach an alternative stringing method, bead single crochet stitch, increasing and decreasing beads, crocheting on two sides of a foundation chain and two methods of fastening on new thread. . |
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Beads and Jewellery - Bead Jewellery (MORE
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(hardback) 254 pages, colour (2005) £15.99 + £3.95 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here (Code no sp3618) The complete guide to choosing and using more than 600 beautiful types of beads from cut glass teardrops to wooden spheres and ceramic cubes! This book is intended to help you choose beads that are easily available in shops and by mail order, and gives you lots of information about them, and ideas what to use them for and what to use with them. A few designer handmade beads are also included - these are usually found at specialist suppliers' fairs or can be bought directly from the beadmaking artist. The beads are arranged into chapters by material and within the chapters by shape, Materials include glass, crystal, semi-precious stones, precious metals, base metals, clay, plastic, wood, other natural materials, other materials and findings. An extremely useful feature is a fold-out flap at the back of the book which has a key to the symbols used throughout the book so can be seen in conjunction with all the pages as they are consulted. |
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork (paperback) 40 pages, colour (2004) £4.50 + £1.25 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here (Code no sp3633) An informative and colourful book about all kinds of antique needlework and embroidery tools for the researcher and collector. Many of the tools are decorated with beads, including pincushions, pinwheels and emery cushions, needlecases, needlebooks, containers for beadworking, egg-shaped thimble holders etc, and examples are included in the text and photos. |
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Beadwork - General Beadwork Techniques
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(paperback) 160 pages, colour photos and b/w diags. (2005) £19.95 + £4.25 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here (Code no sp3401) A long-awaited and well-researched book, this is a must for all beadworkers to
have on their shelves as a guide, a reference and an inspiration. Excerpt from Lois Sherr Dubin'S foreword to the book: |
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History, Collecting and
Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork
(paperback) 420 pages, colour photos. (2004) £16.95 + £5.95 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here (Code no sp3304) A very substantial, heavy book crammed with page after page of luscious colour
photos of many beaded and beadworked objects made by different contemporarybeadworkers,
described as a showcase of gallery-quality works. |
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork
(hardback) 168 pages, colour photos throughout (2003) £39.95 + £6.75 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here This is a magnificent book!! It is heavy and glossy and packed full of sumptuous
colour photographs of antique beaded items dating from mainly the late
18th to late 19th centuries. As it is part of a Russian book series entitled
'Private Collections', this volume with complete english text features
museum-quality pieces from not only the author's vast collection of antique
beadwork, but also from eleven other private collections. |
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead
Jewellery and Beadwork
(paperback) 208 pages, colour photos throughout (2004) £20.50 + £4.25 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here This is a magnificent book full of colour photographs of antique Plains Indian
beadwork. As a permanent visual and textual record this reference volume
will be useful for the collector, scholar, researcher and beadworker alike,
but it is far more than this. It is a book which allows the author's lifetime
work in studying and collecting the material culture of Plains Indian
tribal groups to be shared with the reader. The artifacts are magnificent
- sometimes simple, often complex, using evocative, beautiful and intricate
beaded patterns to decorate weapons, clothing, special regalia, everyday
items and even items for sale. (Trade discounts available -- please enquire) |
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork
(paperback) 56 pages, colour & b/w photos (2004) £5.99 + £1.25 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here Through the ages men and women have used their costume to display status and
wealth and also to enhance physical attractions. This additional function
of dress was accompanied by a wide variety of complementary accessories.
In the 19th and into the 20th century, dress accessories proliferated
and take many forms. This book has amazing collections of jewellery, perfume
bottles, buttons, buckles, buttonhooks, hat pins, gloves, handbags, purses,
fans, parasols and many other attractive items, with later additions of
make-up and smoking accessories. |
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork
(paperback) 40 pages, colour and b&w photos throughout (2001) £4.50 + £1.25 Discount p&p offer! - click here An excellent value second edition of this old classic which features many new colour photographs of pieces of antique (and some contemporary) beadwork. The new images and increased page count make this book completely different to the 1st edition, and they compliment each other. Keen collectors of books on historical beadwork should have a copy of this book for the photographs alone! |
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork BEADS IN FASHION 1900-2000 (hardback) 534 pages, colour photos (1999) £32.50 + £5.25 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here History, techniques, preservation & collecting of beads in the world of fashion, especially beaded costume and accessories. |
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History, Collecting
and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork BEADED BAGS & MORE (paperback) 112 pages, b&w photos & diags (1998) £13.95 + £2.50 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here Facsimile edition of popular beadwork instruction books from the 1920's and one from c.1890. Knitted and crocheted beaded bags & a few lampshade patterns. (Trade discounts available -- please enquire)
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork JEWELRY FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT (paperback) 224 pages, 120 b&w & 54 colour illustrations (1996) £6.95 + £2.50 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here A fascinating & informative guide to the development of Western jewellery -- Palaeolithic to the present day. |
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork SENTIMENTAL JEWELLERY: Antique Jewels of Love & Sorrow (paperback) 40 pages, b&w & colour photos (1998) £3.95 + £1.25 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here Jewellery to remind the wearer of something, from death to famous events. Includes various types of beads, rings, brooches, pendants etc.
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork BEAD WORK (2nd edition) (paperback) 94 pages, b&w photos & illustrations throughout (1996) £10.50 + £2.50 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here The 2nd Edition is an extended version of the 1st (see below), including a lot more purse and necklace patterns.. A range of misers' purses & drawstring pouches and bags constructed onto frames. (trade discounts available please enquire)
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork THE BEAD EMBROIDERED DRESS (paperback) 28 pages, 42 illustrations/photos (1985) £2.95 + £1.25 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here Bead embroidery on costume: has good information on 'sweated' industries and tambour beading. |
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History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Bead Jewellery and Beadwork BEADWORK (paperback) 32 pages, b&w photos and diagrams (1994) £3.50 + £1.00 p&p Discount p&p offer! - click here
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