A World of Beads: How to Make Your Own Unique Jewellery

Discusses techniques used in bead making, presents step-by-step instructions for making original bead jewelery, and provides information on the origins of the beads used in designs, including glass, ceramic, wood, porcelain, metal, pearl, horn, semi-precious stone, and bone

Today's marketplace yields a great diversity of ornamental beads, and Case's manual offers a fine variety of jewelry projects, utilizing not only decorative beaded combinations, but also lovely cords, threads, and wires that should be readily available for purchase. The necklace, earring, and bracelet designs feature a range of uniquely contemporary, handcrafted ceramic beads, antique multifaceted glass orbs, such lustrous gems as pearls, and brightly plated metal disks. A final section is devoted to do-it-yourself beads made from papier-ma{ƒ}che{‚}, and self-hardening, faux clay materials (polymer products). Straightforward directions are accompanied by line drawings to illustrate techniques and by color photographs showing finished pieces. Alice Joyce