Bead Fantasies II


Book Description

With beautiful color photos, detailed drawings and step-by-step instructions, renowned jewelry designer Takako Samejima makes it easy for even the beginnerto create eye-catching, original bead accessories.




Bead Fantasies IV


Book Description

In the fourth volume of her bestselling Bead Fantasies series, acclaimed designer Takako Samejima offers detailed instructions for creating over 50 individual pieces of beaded jewelry. From such stunners as the Art Deco Necklace and Ring, the Tiger Eye Brooch and the Moonstone Leaf Choker, to the Twinkle Flower (Cubic Zirconia) Necklace, Pearl Wrap Ring and Key Charm Pierced Earrings, each piece in the collection is exquisite, unique and easy to make-even for a beginner. The book is organized into three parts: Part I: Dressy Style, which includes sections entitled "Nostalgia," "Antique," "Retro Modern," "Classic," "Gothic," "Luxury," "Gorgeous," and "British" Part II: Keywords, in which the different accessories are grouped around the type of materials or motifs used, such as Cubic Zirconia, Amazonite, Pink Jadeite, Pearls, Fringe, Coil, Wrap and Leather Thread Part III: Quick Made Accessories. Beautiful necklaces, rings and pierced earrings for last-minute gifts or additions to one's own jewelry wardrobe Rich color photos accompany Samejima's precise directions and diagrams. And the book also includes sections on a wide variety of stones and beads, basic techniques and useful tools.




Bead Fantasies III


Book Description

The third book in a successful beading series teaches craft and fashion enthusiasts how to make even more fabulous new designs for necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches, rings, and other beaded accessories.




Bead Fantasies


Book Description

Bead Fantasies is a Japan Publications publication.




Marcia DeCoster's Beads in Motion


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Features twenty-four beadwoven jewelry projects that showcase movement from a simple drop that swings from chains to elaborate pieces with intricate components that spin around a core of beads or along a beaded base.




The Book of Bera


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Born and raised in a stark, coastal village on the shore of the Ice-Rimmed Sea, Bera is the daughter of a Valla, the Vikings’ most powerful seers. But her mother died when she was young, leaving Bera alone with her gift, unable to control her feckless twin spirit or understand her visions of the future. When this inability leads to the death of her childhood friend at the hands of a rival clan, Bera vows revenge. And learning that her father has sold her into marriage with the murderous enemy’s chieftain, she is presented with an opportunity even sooner than she had hoped... As her powers grow stronger, her visions of looming disaster become more and more ominous until she is faced with the ultimate choice: will she exact vengeance? Or can she lead her people to safety before it’s too late?




Diane Fitzgerald's Shaped Beadwork


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Provides instructions for creating a variety of two- and three-dimensional beadwork jewelry pieces.




Blessing's Bead


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Nutaaq and her older sister, Aaluk, are on a great journey, sailing from a small island off the coast of Alaska to the annual trade fair. There, a handsome young Siberian wearing a string of cobalt blue beads watches Aaluk "the way a wolf watches a caribou, never resting." Soon his actions—and other events more horrible than Nutaaq could ever imagine—threaten to shatter her I~nupiaq world. Seventy years later, Nutaaq's greatgranddaughter, Blessing, is on her own journey, running from the wreckage of her life in Anchorage to live in a remote Arctic village with a grandmother she barely remembers. In her new home, unfriendly girls whisper in a language she can't understand, and Blessing feels like an outsider among her own people. Until she finds a cobalt blue bead—Nutaaq's bead—in her grandmother's sewing tin. The events this discovery triggers reveal the power of family and heritage to heal, despite seemingly insurmountable odds. Two distinct teenage voices pull readers into the native world of northern Alaska in this beautifully crafted and compelling debut novel.




Japanese Beadwork with Sonoko Nozue


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Take a fun class with Japanese beader Sonoko Nozue, as if you were right there in person at a bead show -- but instead of learning one piece, you'll make 25. Sonoko's first book in English -- offers 25 stylish projects showcasing her signature melding of traditional Japanese style with modern dramatic flair. Sonoko's instructions include illustrations as well as some inspiring beauty shots of the jewelry featuring model photography with a Japanese aesthetic.




Maggie Meister's Classical Elegance


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By combining multiple beadweaving stitches, designer Maggie Meister captures patterns and motifs inspired by ancient jewelry, mosaics and architectural elements in 20 sophisticated jewelry designs. Her Oplonti bracelet, for example, references the floral motifs and columns painted in ancient Roman frescos. The Matriarch's Cuff builds on the design of a 17th century Jewish wedding ring; the Sappho Necklace incorporates designs from ancient mosaics; and the Santa Sofia Pendant borrows shapes from the onion-dome churches of Eastern Europe.--From publisher description.