How to Make Wonderful Porcelain Beads and Jewelry

How to Make Wonderful Porcelain Beads and Jewelry
Author: Vicki Kahn
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780764323775

Presents instructions for making porcelain beads and buttons using colored slips and layering, inclusion, and millefiori techniques.

Ceramic Bead Jewelry

Ceramic Bead Jewelry
Author: Jennifer Heynen
Publisher: Lark Books
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2008
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1600591426

This is by far the most attractive volume on ceramic bead-making anywhere! Crafters will eagerly snap it up to learn how they can create a variety of striking projects using low-fire clay and a rainbow of colorful glazes. The basic techniques include hand-rolling, cutting, stamping, press-molding, and extruding, as well as surface embellishment, and 30 of the colorful finished jewelry projects are wonderfully simple. Nothing says love more than the flirty urban-hip ring with a metal clay arrow shot through the heart. Mimic the look of traditional majolica with a bohemian chic big-bead necklace that rivals any pricey boutique find. Charming photography captures the colors and textures of a festive, sunny outdoor market, making every page playful, fun, and accessible!

One Big Beautiful Bead

One Big Beautiful Bead
Author: Sarah McConnell
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2007
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781600590641

The sight of a show-stopping flame-worked or finely detailed metal bead will enchant any jewelry lover--and any of these 24 stunning designs would make the perfect setting to display that unique and beautiful bead. Select from five simple stringing and nineteen bead weaving projects, all using popular techniques such as the free-peyote stitch and Dutch spiral. A thorough basics section provides enough hand-holding for even the most intimidated beginner, and every project features an illustration of the entire piece plus an additional detail shot. For something easy, just attach a lovely flower-shaped bead to a leather cord for a chic necklace--or make shimmering faux lariats with oversized glass beads and elaborate multiwoven strands with lapis and a big silver slider. A Selection of the Crafter’s Choice Book Club.

A World of Beads

A World of Beads
Author: Barbara Case
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Beads
ISBN: 9780715301906

An illustrated, step-by-step guide to creating jewelry from a wide variety of beads.

Making Beautiful Hemp and Bead Jewelry

Making Beautiful Hemp and Bead Jewelry
Author: Mickey Baskett
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1999
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780806962757

Demonstrates basic techniques of braiding, knotting, and weaving and offers patterns for over fifty projects.

Making Metal Beads

Making Metal Beads
Author: Pauline Warg
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2006
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9781579907129

HANDICRAFTS. With this comprehensive guide, jewellers can craft 30 stunning one-of-a-kind beads in shimmering silver, copper and brass. Crafters will build a repertoire of skills, from surface embellishing to adding decorative elements. A gallery of handmade beads provides inspiration. With this comprehensive guide, jewellers can craft 30 stunning one-of-a-kind beads in shimmering silver, copper and brass. An introduction provides metalwork basics, followed by design ideas and techniques. Transform commercial beads using simple stamping, chasing and dimpling. Use cold connections to produce riveted and woven beads. Create variations in the form by using patterned, textured or hammered sheet metal. Crafters will build a repertoire of skills, from surface embellishing to adding decorative elements. A gallery of handmade beads provides inspiration.

The Big-Ass Book of Bling

The Big-Ass Book of Bling
Author: Mark Montano
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2012-11-13
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1451685297

A fun, flashy, and sassy book for beginner and expert crafters alike—with more than 150 new projects that will add pizzazz to everything from jewelry to tote bags! All that glitters doesn’t have to be gold...and diamonds (even the fake ones!) can be a girl’s—or anyone's—best friend. With Mark Montano’s step-by-step guidance you, too, can let loose your inner fashionista and make fabulous, unique accessories to complement your entire wardrobe! Think outside the box when it comes to materials, and check through your recycling to find treasures In the Bin. Show people your New Mexico style, and make a papier-mâché Zigzag Turquoise Cuff out of newspaper. When the plastic store bags start crawling out from under the sink, tame them with a Fused Plastic Flower Cuff. Make the tree-mendous Nature’s Bling Bag decorated with branches sliced thin. Or Twine Not try the hardware store for some colored twine—and pick up some aluminum flashing to find out why Tin Is “In”? From punk to retro, from bobby pins to safety pins, with more than 150 projects there’s something for everyone, whether you want to glam it up Hollywood-style or go ultra-sophisticated like a newly crowned princess.

Beautiful Wire Jewelry for Beaders

Beautiful Wire Jewelry for Beaders
Author: Irina Miech
Publisher: Kalmbach Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2013-03-20
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627000380

Beautiful Wire Jewelry for Beaders features projects that combine wireworking skills with beaded jewelry design. The book is technique-driven, with chapters on wire fundamentals, terminology, materials, and basic wireworking techniques, and projects that develop the reader’s skills. The projects incorporate gemstones, crystal, glass, and pearls and are designed for both beaders and wireworkers of all skill levels. Beautiful Wire Jewelry for Beaders includes appealing designs — all tested — for necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings, pins, and jewelry components.

Making Glass Beads

Making Glass Beads
Author: Cindy Jenkins
Publisher: Lark Books
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2004
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781579906337

Table of Contents Making a Basic Bead Preparing Mandrels 27 Igniting the Torch 28 Forming a Bead 30 Extinguishing the Torch 34 Removing Your Bead from the Mandrel 34 Finishing Touches 36 Simple Variations Shaping Your Beads 38 Overwraps 43 Multicolored Beads 44 Spots, Dots & Eyes 45 Stripes & Trails 47 Pulling Stringer 49 Fun with Stringer 53 Raked Patterns 56 Taking the Next Step Mixing Colors 59 Ribbon Cane 60 Twisties 61 Making Your Own Filigrana & Cased Stringer 64 Combing, Feathering, Side-Shifting & Furrowing 68 Pinching, Poking, Snipping & Plunging 71 Adding Metals 74 Inclusions & Surface Treatments 77 Commercial Millefiori 78 Advanced Techniques Making Your Own Millefiori 82 Cased Beads 87 Dichroic Glass 90 Sculpted Beads 91 Hollow Beads 98 Buttons 99 Marbles 101 Core Vessels 102 Appendix A. Jewelry-Making Basics 105 Appendix B. The Nature of Glass 108 Appendix C. Troubleshooting 110 Contributing Artists 111 Acknowledgments 112 Index 112.

Jewelry Designs from Nature

Jewelry Designs from Nature
Author: Heather Powers
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2011
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780871164285

"This collection of 32 necklace, bracelet, and earring projects combines easy jewelry-making techniques with spectacular components and artisan-made beads."--P. [4] of cover.