Designing Jewelry with Semiprecious Beads: Stringing Instructions and Techniques for Necklaces, Bracelets, and Much More

Designing Jewelry with Semiprecious Beads: Stringing Instructions and Techniques for Necklaces, Bracelets, and Much More

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Learn to string beautiful jewelry using glass beads, pearls, and semiprecious stones with this all-in-one bead directory and design guide. Featuring more than 75 projects from a selection of international designers, this resource teaches crafters foolproof rules for successful designs including bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and brooches. Beginning with simple stringing examples that are cross-referenced to the relevant technique, each project includes beautiful photography, step-by-step instructions, a shopping list of all the main components, and a unique easy-to-follow stringing diagram, making this an ideal companion for the beginning designer, more seasoned beaders in need of a refresher, and veteran crafters.

Product Details

Publisher	Interweave Press
ISBN	1596681047
Format	Paperback
Author	Kim Gover
EAN	9781596681040
Label	Interweave Press
Dewey Decimal Number	739.27
Studio	Interweave Press
Number Of Pages	128
Title	Designing Jewelry with Semiprecious Beads: Stringing Instructions and Techniques for Necklaces, Bracelets, and Much More
Publication Date	2009-04-01
Manufacturer	Interweave Press

Customer Reviews

Excellent source and idea book.

Review by Donna J. Lynn, 2010-03-16

This book has many new ideas for using semi-precious stones and beads in jewelry. Instructions or deconstructions are also included. I love this book.

Good for beginners

Review by Nicole Day, 2010-03-08

This is a great book for beginners as it explains tools, stringing materials and the gemstone grading system and treatments. There are also lots and lots of inspirational pieces and a short jewelry making basics tutorial in back. I only wish there were more stones highlighted in the directory and that full instructions were included with each highlighted piece, but overall I am very pleased that I purchased this book.

From a beginner

Review by lynda46, 2010-01-10

I am new to this craft and wanted to get some basics before I jumped in. This book has helped me more than I expected. Learning about the stones first thing explained to me why I was drawn to some and others left me cold. It also gave very helpful direction on what is needed to begin. This can be an expensive hobby but doesn't have to be which I caught onto here. I simply LOVE this book. I am so happy I found it.

Best beading book!

Review by Wanda, 2009-09-10

This book is wonderful! If you are looking for a good beading book, look no further. Everything is laid out so that it is easy to understand and so easy to find what you are looking for. It gives great information on the gemstones and suggestions on how to use them. The pictures and instructions for each project are extremely easy to follow so that you can make the exact same project or use your own creativity to make a similar item. It gets you over that beginners hesitation and gets you started actually beading instead of just buying the beads. I would definitely buy this book again!

A great reference!

Review by ReadsTooMuch, 2009-05-22

I really value this book. Not only are the stone facts and descriptions well written and interesting, but the projects are fun and gorgeous. I like that there are pictures and drawings of the pieces, so you can see the details in the drawings, as well as photos of the finished product. I've gotten a lot of inspiration just paging through the book. I think beginners and old hands alike will enjoy Gover's take on beading!

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