Beaded Jewelry The Complete Guide

Ray, Susan

ISBN 10: 0896893855 / ISBN 13: 9780896893856

Published by Krause Publications, 2007

About this Item

Cover may have light wear, pages in very good condition and binding is sturdy; may have other light shelf wear or creases. May have notes or highlighting.

Seller Inventory # EVV.0896893855.VG

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beaded Jewelry The Complete Guide
• Publisher: Krause Publications
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896893855
• ISBN 13: 9780896893856
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Susan Ray has more than 20 years in creative industries as an author, buyer, merchandise manager, and website developer. She's earned a Computer World Smithsonian Award for innovation in technology, founded Bubbles, Bangles and Beads-a bead emporium, and is author of The Art & Soul of Glass Beads, Easy Beaded Jewelry and Organic Beaded Jewelry.