Creating Lampwork Beads For Jewelry

Author : Karen Leonardo
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-14
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781440221163

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Creating Lampwork Beads for Jewelry by Karen Leonardo Pdf

CREATE - DESIGN - WEAR From tiny glass beads and pendants to rings and necklaces, Creating Lampwork Beads for Jewelry teaches you how to create them all. Lampwork artist Karen J. Leonardo and her network of fellow artisans share their secrets for creating stunningly beautiful lampwork beads. In addition, these talented artists give you complete instructions for incorporating the beads into your own artistic jewelry pieces. Ideal for beginning, intermediate and advanced lampwork artists, Creating Lampwork Beads for Jewelry features: • Guidance and tips for setting up your studio and selecting the proper tools • Detailed instructions with step-by-step photos for creating 16 different lampwork beads • 14 jewelry designs to incorporate your beads into necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings and pins

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Creative Publishing Int'l
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Beads
ISBN : 9781616733681

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Making Handmade Lampwork Beads & Glass Jewelry by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cindy Jenkins
Publisher : Lark Books
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1579906338

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Making Glass Beads by Cindy Jenkins Pdf

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.

Author : Susan Ray,Richard Pearce
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781440220227

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The Art & Soul of Glass Beads by Susan Ray,Richard Pearce Pdf

At last, a book that explores the origins and renaissance of lampwork glass beads and offers a one-on-one journey with fourteen exceptional glass bead artists as they create more than 20 projects. Step-by-step instruction and beautiful photography shows crafters how to create stunning necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and much more. This new reference gives an inside look at the artists' creative processes, including how they choose color and materials and how they add the finishing touches. Most importantly, they reveal how serendipity plays a role in their creative processes. Readers will be inspired to embark on an artistic journey to create magnificent works of art for future generations to behold.

Author : Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1579904580

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1000 Glass Beads by Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader Pdf

They’re the very best in contemporary glass beadmaking, 1000 dazzling and unique examples by an international array of artists. This color survey has it all: the beads come single or in multiples, in jewelry or sculptural pieces, flameworked and kilnformed; and their diversity and beauty are amazing. Julia Skop’s intriguing Secret Surprise showcases clear glass beads with millefiori slices at the ends. Bruce St. John crafts his beads out of diachroic glass, then fuses and coldworks them at the lapidary well after completion. Nebula Black Necklace, from Rene Roberts, features an organic-looking focal bead adorned with fine metal leaf, glass shards, and a subtle dot decoration. An artist’s comment and detail image accompany many of the photos. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.

Author : Nancy Alden
Publisher : Potter Craft
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Beadwork
ISBN : 9780307393913

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A Touch of Glass by Nancy Alden Pdf

Beautiful, affordable, and infinitely versatile, glass beads provide limitless design possibilities. A Touch of Glass shows crafters how to capture the allure of glass bead jewellery that rivals the elegance and intricacy of pieces made with more precious materials. The 50 projects featured here were created by Nancy Alden and her Beadworks design team based on their extensive knowledge of designs that have lasting appeal. Whether it's a classic necklace or contemporary earrings made from carefully crafted lampwork, dichroic, seed or pressed glass beads, A Touch of Glass truly has designs for everyone. With brilliant photographs, clear instructions, a primer on the basics of jewellery making, resources for locating all the tools you need and enlightening titbits about the evolution and history of glass beads and bead-making, A Touch of Glass is a must-have for any jewellery maker's growing library.

Author : Kimberley Adams
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1579905722

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The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking by Kimberley Adams Pdf

A guide to the popular craft offers beadmakers instructions for how to torch, wind, and cool beads; directions for creating various designs, including barrels, cones, and discs; and strategies for achieving a variety of colors and patterns.

Author : Tammy Powley
Publisher : Quarry Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781616737917

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Making Designer Bead & Wire Jewelry by Tammy Powley Pdf

Jewelry making is one of the most popular craft trends, and its audience continues to grow. Few jewelry books on the market emphasize the importance of the design relationship between beads, wire, and jewelry findingsùthe ônuts and boltsö of any piece. This book will show not only how to design and build your own spectacular jewelry out of beads and wire but how to design and create your own findings as well. Most jewelry making books are geared for the beginner and provide little information for intermediate to advanced jewelry makers. Making Designer Bead and Wire Jewelry contains illustrated how-to techniques, full-color project photos, project instructions, and numerous tips that enhance the styles and skills presented. Intermediate and advanced jewelry makers will learn new techniques for creating signature elements for their designs, while beginners will get a handle on honing their skills.

Author : Nelli Rees
Publisher : GMC Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1861088159

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Glass Bead Jewelry Projects by Nelli Rees Pdf

A fully illustrated step-by-step guide to glass bead jewelry making, covering setting up a workshop, tools, materials, and techniques, and including fifteen unique glass bead designs and fifteen jewelry pieces to make.

Author : Dawn Cusick
Publisher : Lark Books
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1579903886

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Making Bead & Wire Jewelry by Dawn Cusick Pdf

Explains the techniques involved in making bead and wire jewelry, discusses tools and materials, and features illustrated instructions for seventy-five projects, including necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and pins.

Author : Susan Ray
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-17
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781440220968

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Beaded Jewelry The Complete Guide by Susan Ray Pdf

Your One-Stop Source for Beading Know-How Jewelry and beading expert Susan Ray, along with dozens of expert jewelry artists, bring you this complete tutorial for making your own jewelry to fit your personal style. Whether you prefer professional and polished, classic and elegant, or casual and comfortable, you will find the designs and information needed to complete your jewelry pieces using this book. You will also benefit from valuable lessons in: • Bead history • Bead sizing, definitions, weights and charts • Organizing and caring for your beads • Stringing basics • Preparing findings and closures, found objects and vintage findings • Creating beads with metal clay, polymer clay, lampwork and more • Stitching with beads • Selling your jewelry With so much essential information within these pages, Beaded Jewelry the Complete Guide is your one-stop source for everything you need to know about beading.

Author : Debby Gwaltney
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-26
Category : Beads
ISBN : 1441451374

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The Beader's Handbook on Lampwork by Debby Gwaltney Pdf

This 40 page compact pocket sized book introduces beaders to lampwork beads and how to work with them in their jewelry designs and crafts. This book shows the important differences of quality and craftsmanship between mass produced beads and handmade art glass beads. Learn how they are made, and what characteristics to look for in well made beads. The small size of this books makes it easy to carry along to bead shows and bead shops, or anytime the reader is shopping for beads. This is NOT a book on how to MAKE beads!

Author : Stephanie Sersich
Publisher : Interweave
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1596680474

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Designing Jewelry with Glass Beads by Stephanie Sersich Pdf

In this collection of inspiring pieces, aspiring jewelers and practicing designers alike will find accessible advice across a range of 20 glass bead projects. Explained in a conversational style and with step-by-step instructions, the guide--which includes projects such as necklaces, bracelets, pendants, and brooches--encourages crafters to use a mix of inexpensive, commercially available beads as well as one-of-a-kind, handmade glass beads. This comprehensive handbook also explains wirework, stringing, sewing, and a variety of knotting techniques, while throughout the book sidebars on the inspirations and creations of glass jewelry artists offer unique perspectives on creating artful glass jewelry.

Author : Louise Mehaffey
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780811707657

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Glass Bead Inspirations by Louise Mehaffey Pdf

"At last! A book for the intermediate to advanced beadmaker . . . . Any beadmaker looking for that kick into a different direction will find this book quite useful." --Debby Weaver, The Glass Bead • Creative ideas for making glass beads • 8 skilled beadmakers are given the challenge to create beads based on an inspiration—a color, a season, a painting, an emotion—to see what they will create • Resulting beads show the variety of creative responses • Includes step-by-step techniques for using other materials with the glass to create unique beads

Author : Heather Dismore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781118053423

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Jewelry Making & Beading For Dummies by Heather Dismore Pdf

Features step-by-step projects and full-color examples Create unique jewelry to wear with everything from jeans to a ball gown! Want to make your own jewelry? This easy-to-follow guide gives you lots of hands-on instruction in making simple, fabulous jewelry and working with beads. From wire wrapping and knotting to weaving and polishing, you'll get all the skills you need to make necklaces, bracelets, earrings, pins, key chains, wine charms and items for the home. Discover how to * Create funky and elegant designs * Work with leather, silver, and stones * String, knot, and weave beads * Avoid common mistakes * Host a trendy jewelry party