Create Jewelry: Stones: Stunning Designs to Make and Wear - Softcover

Blessing, Marlene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596680687 ISBN 13: 9781596680685

Publisher: Interweave, 2008

Synopsis

Proving that it doesn't take a professional designer to create gorgeous gemstone jewelry, this guide explains how adding turquoise, amethyst, jasper, onyx, or any other semiprecious stone can bring stunning results to handmade jewelry. From elegant and dressy to sassy and flirty, 23 projects are presented, ranging in difficulty from easy stringing to seed bead weaving techniques. Innovative designs combine with intriguing anecdotes, history, and tips about these multifaceted beads, resulting in a unique way of creating and thinking about stone design for necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. Projects are divided into classic, special occasion, and fashion-forward categories, and beautiful photographs are accompanied by step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions.

About this title

About the Author:

Marlene Blessing is a former contributing editor to SPA magazine and a former senior features editor for The Seattle Weekly. She was also the editorial director for Beadwork, Step by Step Beads and Stringing magazines. She lives in Longmont, Colorado. Jamie Hogsett is the editor of Stringing magazine, the special projects editor of Beadwork magazine and the author of Stringing Style. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Review:

"Here's a lovely new book from Interweave Press. It's part of the Create Jewelry series from Marlene Blessing and Jamie Hogsett." - Craftypod.com

"For those uninitiated into the world of gemstones, this books is a good little bite of stone information...projects look very doable, even for the relative beginner." - About.com Guide to Jewelry Making

About this edition

• Publisher: Interweave
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1596680687
• ISBN 13: 9781596680685
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120