Author : Nelli Rees
Publisher : GMC Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,55 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781861088154
A fully illustrated step-by-step guide to glass bead jewelry making, covering setting up a workshop, tools, materials, and techniques, and including fifteen unique glass bead designs and fifteen jewelry pieces to make.
Author : Kathy Fox
Publisher : Kalmbach Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 49,53 MB
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0871167743
Millefiori, foil, Klimt, Miro – these are just a few of the colorful Venetian glass bead styles taking center stage in Kathy Fox’s illuminating book. Fully detailed and beautifully photographed, the step-by-step instructions for 24 modern jewelry projects using wire wrapping, bead crochet, knotting, stringing, and simple stitching will entice any reader into becoming a Venetian glass bead artist. She also shares the rich history and tradition behind this old-world art form, and provides useful tips for identifying authentic Venetian and Murano beads, guiding readers to informed buying decisions.
Author : Stephanie Sersich
Publisher : Interweave
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,87 MB
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781596680470
In this collection of inspiring pieces, aspiring jewelers and practicing designers alike will find accessible advice across a range of 20 glass bead projects. Explained in a conversational style and with step-by-step instructions, the guide--which includes projects such as necklaces, bracelets, pendants, and brooches--encourages crafters to use a mix of inexpensive, commercially available beads as well as one-of-a-kind, handmade glass beads. This comprehensive handbook also explains wirework, stringing, sewing, and a variety of knotting techniques, while throughout the book sidebars on the inspirations and creations of glass jewelry artists offer unique perspectives on creating artful glass jewelry.
Author : Cindy Jenkins
Publisher : Lark Books
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 34,94 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781579906337
Table of Contents Making a Basic Bead Preparing Mandrels 27 Igniting the Torch 28 Forming a Bead 30 Extinguishing the Torch 34 Removing Your Bead from the Mandrel 34 Finishing Touches 36 Simple Variations Shaping Your Beads 38 Overwraps 43 Multicolored Beads 44 Spots, Dots & Eyes 45 Stripes & Trails 47 Pulling Stringer 49 Fun with Stringer 53 Raked Patterns 56 Taking the Next Step Mixing Colors 59 Ribbon Cane 60 Twisties 61 Making Your Own Filigrana & Cased Stringer 64 Combing, Feathering, Side-Shifting & Furrowing 68 Pinching, Poking, Snipping & Plunging 71 Adding Metals 74 Inclusions & Surface Treatments 77 Commercial Millefiori 78 Advanced Techniques Making Your Own Millefiori 82 Cased Beads 87 Dichroic Glass 90 Sculpted Beads 91 Hollow Beads 98 Buttons 99 Marbles 101 Core Vessels 102 Appendix A. Jewelry-Making Basics 105 Appendix B. The Nature of Glass 108 Appendix C. Troubleshooting 110 Contributing Artists 111 Acknowledgments 112 Index 112.
Author : Maria Di Spirito
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,7 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Beadwork
ISBN :
Author : Kimberley Adams
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781579905729
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.
Author : Maggie Roschyk
Publisher : Kalmbach Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 31,97 MB
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1627000313
Experienced seed bead artist and Bead&Button contributing editor Maggie Roschyk gives friendly advice on topics like choosing bead colors and finishes, how to “audition” beads, and deciding which stitch to use to achieve a desired effect as they create necklaces, earrings and bracelets. Using rich cultural imagery from around the world as a teaching tool, Maggie Roschyk examines how decisions about bead color combinations, texture, and finish affect the finished work as she helps readers think like designers.
Author : Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 12,86 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781579904586
They’re the very best in contemporary glass beadmaking, 1000 dazzling and unique examples by an international array of artists. This color survey has it all: the beads come single or in multiples, in jewelry or sculptural pieces, flameworked and kilnformed; and their diversity and beauty are amazing. Julia Skop’s intriguing Secret Surprise showcases clear glass beads with millefiori slices at the ends. Bruce St. John crafts his beads out of diachroic glass, then fuses and coldworks them at the lapidary well after completion. Nebula Black Necklace, from Rene Roberts, features an organic-looking focal bead adorned with fine metal leaf, glass shards, and a subtle dot decoration. An artist’s comment and detail image accompany many of the photos. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.
Author : Susan Ray
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 33,66 MB
Release : 2003-04-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1440220220
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.
Author : Nancy Alden
Publisher : Potter Craft
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 42,92 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Beadwork
ISBN : 0307393917
Beautiful, affordable, and infinitely versatile, glass beads provide limitless design possibilities. A Touch of Glass shows crafters how to capture the allure of glass bead jewellery that rivals the elegance and intricacy of pieces made with more precious materials. The 50 projects featured here were created by Nancy Alden and her Beadworks design team based on their extensive knowledge of designs that have lasting appeal. Whether it's a classic necklace or contemporary earrings made from carefully crafted lampwork, dichroic, seed or pressed glass beads, A Touch of Glass truly has designs for everyone. With brilliant photographs, clear instructions, a primer on the basics of jewellery making, resources for locating all the tools you need and enlightening titbits about the evolution and history of glass beads and bead-making, A Touch of Glass is a must-have for any jewellery maker's growing library.
