Category: Craft. Jewelry. Beads. Beading. Beadweaving. Wire
Featuring 18 exciting projects presented with detailed step-by-step photography, color variations, and practical illustrations, this fresh approach to seed bead jewelry teaches crafters how to combine materials, techniques, colors, inspiration, and design ideas for jewelry with a contemporary edge. Inspired by a wide range of sources�rom Indian Punjabi folk costumes to Native American beading�he designs in this inventive resource fuse materials such as silver, copper wire, seed beads, Czech glass, and crystals into these traditional arts in order to achieve a unique outcome. All of the basic beadweaving stitches, wirework, and stringing techniques are explained and illustrated.

The book deals with all practical issues in connection with practical tree seed procurement and supply in tropical countries, with necessary background information and documentation of applied methods.

Your Seed Bead Style offers a fun and satisfying way to enhance seed beading by focusing on the addition of unexpected materials. This collection of projects features chapters on crystals and glass, pearls, metals, gemstones, and fibers. Each editor-tested project includes a basics section, a list of supplies, how-to instructions, and clear illustrations and photography. Techniques range from square stitch to herringbone. Crystals and glass can be employed in a Russian snake stitch or a peyote stitch necklace. Pearls can be added for a beachcomber's bracelet or a Gothic chevron necklace. Also here are unique ideas for expanding standard stitching.

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Beading books tend to concentrate on one technique and ignore or only briefly mention other ones. Here, three very new authors combine their talents to present a wealth of methodologies and an abundance of projects. For each project, instructions come first. And after breezing through a history and overview of equipment, the authors emphasize the how-to in such stitches as peyote and herringbone and such elaborate processes as tubular beaded crochet. Every one of the more than 25 projects focuses on a specific tool or technique, complete with color graphs, a list of materials, size and measurements, a color photo, and diagrams. Glossary appended.