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Title: The Irresistible Bead: Designing & Creating Exquisite Beadwork Jewelry by Linda Fry Kenzle ISBN: 0-8019-8843-8 Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent for Beginning Designers
Comment: This book starts with a chapter on color, design, and the texture. It ends with a basic list of tools and supplies for making the projects in the book.
There are chapters on wireworking, bead stringing, bead embroidery, woven beadwork, and polymer clay. There are a few projects in each chapter but I really love the Designer's Notes at the end of the chapter. These pages include sketches of other ideas that can be created with the technique just learned.
The gallery is yummy with enough to whet your appetite for more or better yet, making your own masterpiece(s).
But the Appendix is what I really love about this book. There are guides to bead sizes, a standard list of jewelry lengths, and pictures of basic jewelry findings. Plus a glossary of precious and semiprecious stones; a beader's glossary of terms; birthstones - both traditional and astrological; blank graphs for loom/square, peyote, and brick stitches.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for All Levels of Beaders
Comment: This book was recommended to me by someone I met online quite some time ago, and I have yet to be disappointed. At a very basic level, the photography is excellent and even though it is a paperback, it seems to be pretty hardy.
"The Irresistible Bead" is a great book for all levels. I have been beading for more than a year and took art classes in high school, so I skipped the information on color and the other basics. However, these sections are great for reference (or, if you've never picked up a bead before or don't consider yourself artistic, read through them and they'll help a lot).
The instructions for the various projects are well-illustrated and easy to follow. If you don't have one of the items needed for the project, you can usually substitute something else from your bead stash, and you probably already have a lot of the non-bead supplies around your house (tape, straight pins, toilet paper tubes, etc.).
For the advanced beader, there are a lot of new kinds of projects to try. There's a section on polymer clay, and a stitch or two you may not have tried before.
For the really creative person, just flipping through the book and looking at the photographs can spark lots of ideas. You can adapt the projects in the book, or you can work up versions of the beautiful pieces of jewelry that are shown just for inspiration (as opposed to being projects included in the book).
One thing that might have been nice is to see what some of the pieces of jewelry looked like on models but most of the bead books I've seen don't do that anyway, so it's just wishful thinking on my part.
All-in-all, I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in beadwork.
Rating: 4
Summary: Yes, beads are irresistible
Comment: I must agree with Linda -- beads are definitely irresistible. And, like potato chips, you can't have just one. Unlike most bead books, this one does not start with tools needed or techniques. Linda starts with the elements of design, important to all art. You need to know about line, shape, texture, color, and creating a focal point before learning how to make a piece of art. Linda does not neglect techniques, leading you through wire work, bead stringing, beading on a ground, woven beadwork, and the use of polymer clay. To inspire, she includes a 12-page gallery and designer notes. What makes this book a handy reference is the appendix which includes bead sizes, standard jewelry lengths, findings, gemstones, birthstones, design charts, and a metric conversion chart. So helpful!
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Title: Quick & Easy Beaded Jewelry (Beadwork Books) by Elizabeth Gourley, Ellen Talbott ISBN: 087349377X Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: A Treasury of Beaded Jewelry: Bead Stringing Patterns for All Ages by Mary E. Harte ISBN: 0943604583 Publisher: Eagles View Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: The Beader's Companion (Companion (Interweave)) by Judith Durant, Jean Campbell ISBN: 188301056X Publisher: Interweave Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Creative Bead Jewelry: Weaving * Looming * Stringing * Wiring * Making Beads by Carol Taylor ISBN: 0806913061 Publisher: Sterling Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: All Wired Up by Mark Lareau ISBN: 188301073X Publisher: Interweave Press Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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