Making
Your Own Beads - Various Materials
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Beadwork - Embroidery/textile techniques (MORE in this category)
(hardback) 112 pages, colour (2007) £13.95 + £ 3.25 p&p (Code no sp3867) This book combines felting and jewellery-making techniques to create stunning earrings, necklaces, bracelets and other pieces. Learn how to craft a flat sheet of felt that can be cut or rolled, make sculptural shapes, add embellishments, including embroidery and beading, and more. There are 20 projects ranging in style from contemporary and playful to chic and sophisticated. . |
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Beads and Jewellery - Bead Jewellery (MORE in this category)
(paperback) 48 pages, colour (2007) £7.95 + £ 1.25 p&p (Code no sp3852) Fourth in Christi Friesen's 'Beyond Projects' series where detailed photos, step-by-step instructions and a quirky sense of humour make this series a great way to explore sculpting with polymer clay, no matter what the skill level. This book is full of feline fun. The big cats lions and tigers and pumas roar to life as focal beads, masks and sculptures. Not to be outdone, a parade of kitties and moggies will show who really rules. Throughout this book, embellishments of beads, fibres and surface treatments will make this a book you want to cuddle up with! |
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Making Your Own Beads
(paperback) 80 pages, colour (2005) £18.95 + £ 1.50 p&p (Code no sp3844) Comprehensive instruction book directly from the master artist who originated the kiln formed bracelet technique. Create 3-dimensional art glass bracelets using specialised techniques and tools which Jayne developed. She reveals her secrets using action photos and easy to understand instructions. Thirteen chapters covering tools, sizing, preparation, bracelet forming, adjustments, embossing, cane fabrication, pattern bar making, plus much more. These bracelets will offer glass fusers and jewellery makers alike a delightful way to expand their skills. . |
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Beads and Jewellery - Bead Jewellery (MORE in this category)
(paperback) 128 pages, colour (2007) £12.99 + £ 2.00 p&p (Code no sp3827) Step-by-step techniques for creating beautiful ornamental beads from polymer clay, a versatile and easy-to-use material which lends itself to a wonderful array of shapes and decorative effects perfect for making everything from simple spacers to elaborate feature beads. Techniques from conditiong raw clay and making basic shapes to decorating them with foils, powders and millefiori. Faux effects such as amber, ivory, turquoise and silver. Galleries by internationally renowned artists. Up-to-date information about equipment and safe working practices. . |
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Beads and Jewellery - Bead
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(paperback) 48 pages, colour (2005) £7.95 + £ 1.25 p&p (Code no sp3828) First in Christi Friesen's 'Beyond Projects' series where detailed photos, step-by-step instructions and a quirky sense of humour make this series a great way to explore sculpting with polymer clay, no matter what the skill level. This book shows how to make focal beads and other delights in the shape of amusing dragons . |
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Beads and Jewellery - Bead
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(paperback) 48 pages, colour (2006) £7.95 + £ 1.25 p&p (Code no sp3829) Second in Christi Friesen's 'Beyond Projects' series where detailed photos, step-by-step instructions and a quirky sense of humour make this series a great way to explore sculpting with polymer clay, no matter what the skill level. This book shows how to make focal beads and other sculptures in the form of exotic flowers and leaves, furry creatures, bugs and frogs. It also uses inclusive embellishments including pearls, semi-precious stones and beads. . |
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Beads and Jewellery - Bead
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(paperback) 48 pages, colour (2006) £7.95 + £ 1.25 p&p (Code no sp3830) Third in Christi Friesen's 'Beyond Projects' series where detailed photos, step-by-step instructions and a quirky sense of humour make this series a great way to explore sculpting with polymer clay, no matter what the skill level. This book shows how to swim through making sea turtles, fish, sea horses, starfish and a myriad of other ocean fun. The emphasis is on colour, composition and creativity, but the real treat is seeing how to add embellishments of pearls, semi-precious stones, shells and beads to your creations. . |
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(paperback) 120 pages, colour (2006) £15.99 + £2.00 p&p (Code no sp3720) A cool idea and an amazing captivating range of fashion art which is sure to start a felting frenzy! Expert felter Carol Huber Cypher shares her secrets to making striking jewelry and accessories with beaded embellishment in this ultimate guide. No other hand-felting book is as comprehensive, offering tips on all the tools you'll need to begin and walking you gently through the process step-by-step. Start by creating the felted equivalent of lampworked (glass) beads, turquoise focal beads, mokume gane beads and dZi bead look-alikes. Then turn those handmade jewels into an elegant Rose Bolo, felted glass pendant, a Calla Lily necklace and more! With just a bag of wool, a needle or a bit of soap, water, thread and beads, you'll see just how simple it is to make truly original creations from felt. . |
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History, Collecting and Manufacture
of Beads - Glass Beads (MORE
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(paperback) 32 pages, colour (2005) £11.95 + £1.50 p&p (Code no sp3734) Akihiro Ohkama, one of the best contemporary Japanese beadmakers, is the tenth in Jim Kerwin's featured beadmakers and this book gives the reader a chance to learn more about him and his work and share some of his beadmaking secrets, and Japanese equipment and techniques. There is a colourful gallery of his work, plus instructions for making laticcino bead, murrine bead, geometric ribbon bead, butterfly pendant, cherry blossom bead and stone lily bead. . |
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(paperback) 80 pages, colour (2006) £15.95 + £2.00 p&p (Code no sp3735) Using over 100 colour photos and straightforward instructions, readers are guided through all the steps necessary to create magnificent layered beads, beads with inclusions, millefiori beads, bead necklaces, earrings and buttons. Techniques are provided for mixing coloured porcelain slips, handcrafting beads and buttons, glazing and firing the completed projects, smoothing fired items with a rock tumbler, and assembling fired pieces into eye-catching jewellery. A useful list of necessary equipment and suppliers is also provided. This book is an essential reference and inspiration for all those who work with clay! . |
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Making Your Own Beads (MORE in this category)
(hardback) 176 pages, colour (2005) £16.95 + £5.95 p&p (Code no sp3607) Illustrated with hundreds of how-to colour photographs, The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking takes you from the beginning to the advanced stages of this remarkable craft. Using an easy-to-follow workshop approach, the author introduces all the favourite glass bead techniques as well as some newer innovative ones. Each technique builds on the previous one in complexity, and from making the first bead shape to decorating it with surface treatments including enamel and gold leaf, the author offers a complete at-home course in this fascinating craft. A book to use for reference for years to come. |
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(paperback) 32 pages, colour (2005) £11.95 + £1.75 p&p (Code no sp3608) Diana East, one of the best contemporary British beadmakers, is the eighth in Jim Kerwin's featured beadmakers and this book teaches how to make some of her characteristic feature beads with different techniques - including etched and sandblasted images (remember her famous Aladdin, Mosque and Cityscape beads), beads decorated with enamels, fumed beads, and beads made to look like ancient glass. |
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History,
Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Glass Beads (MORE
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(hardback) 224 pages, colour photos throughout £45.00
+ £6.75 p&p (Code No. sp3226) If you are a glass beadmaker put this new edition of Corina's bestseller on your list of MUST HAVE's!! Packed with information, this book has been hailed as "indispensable" by both novice and seasoned beadmakers alike. Learn everything from how to hold your mandrel to how to make frog beads. Step-by-step photos enable you to see how a variety of beads come together. If you can only afford ONE beadmaking book, Passing the Flame should be it!! |
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Making
Your Own Beads
(paperback) 80 pages, colour photos throughout (2003) £14.95 + £2.25 p&p An illlustrated tutorial on the techniques of art glass fusing, Filled with easy to follow step-by-step photos, useful tip sidebars and complete project instructions. There are project-by-project guided lessons showing a comprehensive range of glass fusing techniques which will help develop skills in preparation, assembly and kiln-firing nethods. There is also a troubleshooting questions and answers section. The projects include jewellery. |
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History,
Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Glass Beads (MORE
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(hardback) 152 pages, col photos throughout (2003) £19.95+ £5.00 p&p Cindy's long-awaited second book, companion to Making Glass Beads. This is an amazing colourful display of what some of the world's best glass beadmakers have to offer (and that includes UK's homegrown premier glass beadmaker Diana East!). It has two sections - one on the artists themselves, and some of the types of beads they make - this is a stunning gallery!!. The second is a clearly written and illustrated section where the artists share their techniques and ideas in clear photographic form. So this book is a must for glass beadmakers, collectors, and those who just appreciate amazing glass beads! |
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(paperback) 112 pages, colour plates throughout (1997) £9.95 + £3.50 p&p Making glass beads using lampworking hot-glass techniques. Basic tools, raw materials; reference book for collectors and researchers; contemporary beadmakers' work. |
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History,
Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Glass Beads (MORE
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(paperback) 144 pages, col photos & diags (2003) £17.95+ £3.00 p&p Fourteen bead artists share their inspiration & methods and re-create glass beadmaking 30 projects. But this is a lot more than a how-to make glass beads book. Susan Ray takes the reader beyond the ordinary necklace design and stringing process into an inventive realm using the individual artists' beads to create fine jewellery and beaded accessories. make necklaces, earriungs, bracelets, spectacle chains, lariats and more and have a panoramic tour of the world of lampwirk beads and their creators. |
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Making Your Own Beads
(paperback) 80 pages, colour photos (2002) £14.95 + £2.50 p&p Jayne Persico has been creating art glass masterpieces since 1972 and has practical experience in a wide range of methods and traditions. Her skills with stained glass cross paths here with her passion for jewellery design and her knowledge is blended here to create art glass jewellery. This is a how-to instruction format book for making fused glass pieces and making them into fantastically colourful and elegant jewellery. The colour photographs (many of multicoloured dichroic glass) are stunning. Many instructions and many projects to try.
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(paperback) 144 pages, colour photos throughout (2002) £14.95 + £3.00 p&p Although this book is edited by Suzanne Tourtillott, its five chapters about different materials with which to make your own beads are written by the individual authors above – in the same order the chapters are Felt, Paper, Polymer Clay, metal and Glass. These five talented designers have come up with some outstanding projects to introduce the reader to a variety of techniques and materials and the beads you can produce will reflect influences from around the world from Tibet to Africa. Each designer explains what you need to know about the materials, tools and methods which are within her area of expertise, followed by a series of projects for you to practice on. |
FELTED JEWELRY
CATS Big and Small Beyond Projects the CF Sculpture Series No 4
KILN FORMED BRACELETS
HOW TO MAKE POLYMER CLAY BEADS
DRAGONS
Beyond Projects the CF Sculpture Series No 1
WELCOME
TO THE JUNGLE Beyond Projects the CF Sculpture Series No 2
UNDER
THE SEA Beyond Projects the CF Sculpture Series No 3
HAND
FELTED JEWELRY AND BEADS
AKIHIRO
OHKAMA. Introduction to Japanese Beadmaking Techniques
HOW
TO MAKE WONDERFUL PORCELAIN BEADS AND JEWELRY
The
COMPLETE BOOK OF GLASS BEADMAKING
The
ENAMELED AND ETCHED BEADS OF DIANA EAST AND THEIR INTRICATE IMAGES
PASSING THE FLAME (2nd edition)
INTRODUCTION TO GLASS FUSING
BEADS
OF GLASS The Art & the Artists
MAKING
GLASS BEADS (NEW paperback edition)
THE
ART AND SOUL OF GLASS BEADS
INNOVATIVE
ADORNMENTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO FUSED GLASS AND WIRE JEWELRY
MAKING
BEAUTIFUL BEADS