This book covers all the bases. The pictures and diagrams explain knotting methods, and really help to illustrate to how-to's of each piece. There are about 12 projects that the author guides you through step-by-step.
This book is great for jewelery makers who already have an idea of what they're doing. It comes with great pictures and semi easy instructions. But it would be hard to understand if you've never made hemp jewelry before.
Featuring 18 exciting projects presented with detailed step-by-step photography, color variations, and practical illustrations, this fresh approach to seed bead jewelry teaches crafters how to combine materials, techniques, colors, inspiration, and design ideas for jewelry with a contemporary edge. Inspired by a wide range of sources — from Indian Punjabi folk costumes to Native American beading — the designs in this inventive resource fuse materials such as silver, copper wire, seed beads, Czech glass, and crystals into these traditional arts in order to achieve a unique outcome. All of the basic beadweaving stitches, wirework, and stringing techniques are explained and illustrated.
Beadweaving on a loom creates beautiful graphic designs as wide or as narrow as you want—and mixed-media artist Sharon Bateman captures the many ways this traditional craft has risen to new creative heights. See how to set up a loom, follow graphed patterns, create edgings and fringes, and even build a simple loom from scratch! The 35 projects include jewelry, chic accessories, home décor items, gift ideas, and more. Every item comes with three to five patterns to choose from—and there are 50 extra bonus patterns, too!
An excellent choice for beginners and nice for anyone looking for a refresher on the stitches used in the book. The stitches are spiral, peyote, brick stitch, netted stitch and herrigbone and right angle weave. The diagrams are easy to follow, even for the novice, the beads selected for each project are fairly common to find in your local bead and craft store, nothing too special or difficult to obtain, and the resultant product is not just fun to learn but also fun to wear.
