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Beaded Jewelry with Found Objects
by Carole Rodgers
...this introductory booklet explains the main techniques of bead stringing and seed bead weaving.
This clever book avoids the usual pitfall of found-object jewelry in that Carole’s designs are attractive and eminently wearable, not in the least odd and kitschy. She begins with a short introduction of tools, materials, and stringing techniques. Chapters 2 and 3, “The Weaving Stitches” and “Straps, Necklaces, and Fringe,” provide clear schematic instruction on all the beading techniques Carole uses for the projects. You’ll also find these pages useful as a refresher or a source of new techniques and variations.
Stitches covered:
• Double-needle right-angle weave
• Single-needle right-angle weave
• Ladder stitch, two versions
• Even-count flat peyote with rapid increasing and decreasing
• Vertical netting and tubular vertical netting
• Backstitching
• Couching
Additional techniques:
• Simple stringing
• Scalloped peyote
• Potawatomi weave
• Spiral rope
• Herringbone (chevron) chain
• Right-angle weave strap variations
• Straight fringe
• Branched fringe
• Looped fringe
• Twisted fringe
Project chapters:
• Beading on a cabochon (cabochons, stone slabs, and donuts) Note: the basic instructions for mounting a cabochon and making a beaded collar are on pp. 38-40, not 25-26.
• Wearable hardware (drawer pulls, keys and key plates, fuses, and more)
• All that Glitters Might be Glass (bottles, pottery, and beach glass)
• Something’s Fishy (fishing tackle – fun and pretty)
• Playing Games with Beading (dominoes, mahjongg, and scrabble)
• Buttons and Coins (some really pretty designs here)
• Shells and Other Natural Things (gourd, shells, crystal point, and leather)
Each chapter is also accompanied with a few
gallery examples of designs by other artists
Reviewer’s Fav:
Scalloped peyote variations on page 29; chapters 2 and 3 in general.
InstaReview
- Easy-Does-It Series
- Kalmbach Publishing Company
- Each booklet: 20 pp., soft cover
- 2003
- ISBN 0-89024-430-8
- $6.95
- BBB-001
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