Micro-Macrame Jewelry, Tips and Techniques for Knotting with Beads - Softcover

Joan R. Babcock

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0977305201 ISBN 13: 9780977305209

Publisher: Joan Babcock Designs, 2005

Synopsis

This informative guide teaches you the essential knots and techniques of Micro-Macrame and Cavandoli knotted jewelry. Clear step-by-step instructions along with useful tips will inspire the beginner as well as the more advanced knotter. Included are 10 great jewelry projects for earrings, bracelets, pins and necklaces. 80 pages with over 130 black and white detailed illustrations. Explore the possibilities of using fine-scale macrame in combination with beads to create jewelry that is both beautiful to look at and fun to make.

About this title

About the Author:

Joan Reeder Babcock is a fiber artist, award winning jewelry designer, teacher, and author who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Joan has been creating one of a kind jewelry and fiber art since 1988. Her unique style of fiber, bead, and metal jewelry highlights the technique of Cavandoli knotting and her work has been featured in Ornament, Beadwork and Bead and Button magazines. She has been teaching nationally since 2004 and published her first book; Micro-Macrame Jewelry, Tips & Techniques for Knotting with Beads, in October 2005. Samples of her work can be seen at joanbabcock.com.

Review:

This wonderful book effectively translates several traditional knots into tailored, seemingly woven pieces created from fine, richly colored cord. The excellent black-and-white illustrations make creating the complex pieces possible for everyone, and the extra attention devoted to finishing was a pleasant surprise. --Bead and Button Magazine, February 2006

If your idea of macrame art is plant hangers made of jute, Santa Fe jewelry artist Joan Babcock has an update for you. Using silky "micro" cords and mastering just a few simple knots, beaders can expand their design repertoire to include delicate macrame elements in their projects. Babcock's book offers very clear instructions, excellent diagrams and ten enticing projects. --Beadwork, October/November 2006

About this edition

• Publisher: Joan Babcock Designs
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0977305201
• ISBN 13: 9780977305209
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80