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Beaded Embellishment Techniques & Designs for Embroidering on Cloth
By Amy C. Clarke and Robin Atkins
Rich on history and technique, this definitive work by two leading beadworkers offers the first comprehensive look at the vast opportunities for self-expression with beads on cloth.
From century-old folk art traditions to developing- world cooperatives that produce inexpensive bead-embroidered goods, today’s hobbyist has much to discover in the new book BEADED EMBELLISHMENT: TECHNIQUES & DESIGNS FOR EMBROIDERING ON CLOTH. (Interweave Press, October 2002, $21.95) Rich on history and technique, this definitivework by two leading beadworkers offers the first comprehensive look at the vast opportunities for self-expression with beads on cloth.
People have a compelling need to cover garments and basic household objects with precious stones and pretty glass beads,” says coauthor Amy C. Clarke, whose grandmother taught her to embroider tea towels at an early age. ”We have filled this book with practical information you can use to learn how to create with bead embroidery.”
Clarke and Robin Atkins, both noted bead artists whose works are widely recognized in the bead world, share years of expertise and enthusiasm in this comprehensive guide to the techniques and projects that are certain to inspire beaders, quilters, and fiber artists alike. Projects in BEADED EMBELLISHMENT range from a quick-and-easy method to embellish your trusty jean jacket to great beaded buttons to decorate purses, hats, and jackets that can be finished in less than two hours. For the accomplished beader, there is a drawstring bag project to hold treasured books or heirloom jewelry, or to give as a very special gift. Learn how to embellish the favorite family photograph or create a spectacular beaded journal.
Additional projects will teach you to make a beautiful beaded choker, an embellished amulet bag and coin purse, an embellished vest, and more.
BEADED EMBELLISHMENT explores all types of beads and fabric used in bead embroidery. Seed, bugle, novelty, and charm beads meet woven and nonwoven fabrics. Learn the four basic bead embroidery stitches – complete with finishings and edgings for all types of projects – and have all the information you need to make hinges and closures, and to mount and frame pieces. Beautiful four-color illustrations are found throughout the book. Also inside you’ll find:
• Patterns, diagrams, and a supply list for each project
• Tips, techniques, and problem-solving sections
• Color wheel analysis
• Elements of design sections
• How to clean and launder your beaded creations
• Photographs and details from several of the authors’ most popular pieces
For inspiration, artists will want to check out the spectacular full-color photo gallery in the last third of the book that showcases some of the finest work being produced by today’s bead artists. This stunning section includes 26 bead-embroidered pieces from well-known artists, including Nancy Eha, Mimi Holmes, Jo Wood, and Connie Lehman.
Discover up-and-coming bead artists whose 10 pieces – also included in the gallery – were recently chosen by Beadwork® magazine to tour in their biannual show Beadwork III: The Beaded Cloth. Whether artists are creating for their livelihood or simply as a hobby, beaded embellishment is on the rise. “In 1988 when I started beading full-time, not one beading book was in print,” Atkins says.
“Now, fourteen years later in 2002, there are more then 600 available and more are published all the time. I believe the birth of a beading as an art is the reason behind the tremendous sustained interest in beading as a hobby at the turn of the twenty-first century.”
BEADED EMBELLISHMENT not only explores the past, present and future of beading, but will serve as a source of inspiration to all beaders.
About the authors: Amy C. Clarke is the editor of Spin-Off® magazine. She holds an MFA in fiber arts, and her work is widely exhibited and published. She lives in Loveland, Colorado. Robin Atkins, a nationally known beadwork teacher, is the author of One Bead at a Time (Tiger Press). She lives on San Juan Island, Washington.
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- Beaded Embellishment Techniques & Design for Embroidering on Cloth A Beadwork® How-To Book By Amy C. Clarke and Robin Atkins
- Paperbound
- 8.5” x 9”
- 128 pages
- 70 color photographs
- 50 line drawings
 2 charts- ISBN:1-931499-12-8
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