"Are you ready to get creative with beads, wire, and more? [This book] will get you started. Learn about the history of beads and get inspired by beadwork artists and their work. Then try out some simple bead crafts of your own"--Back cover.
step-by-step techniques for creating beautiful ornamental beads
Blackburn, Carol
2020
"Offers beginning and veteran artists a comprehensive resource for crafting unique beads of all colors and shapes at home. From selecting the right equipment and working with raw clay to making dozens of different shapes and adding colorful effects, this all-in-one guide will aid you at every stage of your artistic journey. Step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs enable the reader to craft a wide variety of beads to be used in making handmade jewelry and decorations."--.
Marietta Barovier and the invention of the rosetta bead
Turk, Evan
2020
As a child in fifteenth-century Murano, Italy, Marietta Barovier is drawn to her father's workshop and, although glass blowing is men's work, she later revives the lost art of millefiori.
Provides photo-illustrated instructions on twenty methods to create homemade, decorative beads out of polymer clay, describing basic tools and their purposes, and explaining essential and finishing techniques.
