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Semiprecious Salvage by Stephanie Lee
This is a book for adventurers! With very little preliminary, other than a list of needed tools, the reader is launched right into the thick of creating. Stephanie Lee invites us to join her on an epic adventure, a journey that took place long ago and far away. […]
Making Polymer Clay Beads
by Carol Blackburn
Don’t hate me because I’m not a polymer clay person! Please!
If I decided tomorrow that I wanted to make polymer clay beads, this would be the book I’d choose to take me on that journey. I almost fell victim to polymer clay fever as I read through this […]
Color Report for Bead Artists by Margie Deeb
Margie has done it again! This time, the author of The Beaders Guide to Color has produced a guide for the upcoming seasons, based upon the Pantone color forecast. Margie has compiled the 10 big color stories and has expanded them into multiple color palettes for each, […]
I have a permanent page on Jewelry & Beading that I add to from time to time. It lists the books that I consider to be the best of the best in many different beading and jewelry making categories. It’s called simply The Library! You can always find it by looking in the right-hand […]
Making Metal Beads
by Pauline Warg
This is an astounding book! Like all Lark Publications, it is filled with beautiful photographs, in this case close-ups of lovely fabricated metal beads and the steps to create them.
Warning: this is not a book on metal clay. Pauline’s book covers traditional metalsmithing techniques, so it’s not for everyone. But if […]
Chinese Knots for Beaded Jewellery
by Suzen Millodot
I had a great time working my way through this book! The main reason it caught my eye was because I was getting into a rut with using only two to three styles of fiber knotting. I wanted something more, and I found exactly what I was looking for […]
Crazy About Jewelry! The Expert Guide for Buying, Selling and Caring for Your Jewelry is your guide to all aspects of collecting, organizing, caring for, and even recreating your jewelry collection. This is not a book about designing and making jewelry techniques; rather it is a very complete and fun to read guide for […]
Suzen Millodot is the author of this gorgeous book. She has created jewelery from real three-dimensional Celtic knots, embellished with beads and pendants. Suzen demonstrates techniques such as button and braid knots, plaits and Turk’s Head knots and shows how to use them to make eighteen different projects, including necklaces, bracelets, rings, brooches and earrings.
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The Art of Bead Embroidery
I received my copy of The Art of Bead Embroidery, co-written by Heidi Kummli and Sherry Serafini, and I just immediately fell right into it. Honestly, I did not learn as much from this book as I have from several other embroidery books, but it was highly inspiring. I was intrigued […]
Enameling on Metal Clay
My friend Pam East has written a new book on combining two great media into stunning jewelry pieces! I have to be honest here and tell you that I don’t work much with either medium, so I’m not really in a position to tell you whether or not this is a good […]
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