Beyond The Bead

Product Description

Beyond the Bead: Making Jewelry with Unexpected Finds: 25 Fabulous Mixed-Media Techniques for Jewelry Making Beyond the Bead features eight different technique chapters for creating unique mixed-media pendants, findings, beads & other jewelry components. Each chapter showcases three to four techniques for working with a specific medium. Step-by-step instruction is given for each technique, including techniques for working with glass, resin & plastic, polymer & precious metal clay, felt & fibers, hardware store goods, paper arts supplies & even odds & ends from around the home. Each technique chapter ends with five or more gallery pieces to give readers ideas on how to incorporate their components into finished jewellery. The text in the book is infused with Margots quirky & humorous voice. A basic techniques section in the back of the book supplies readers with basic jewellery-making instructions. About the Author Margot Potter is the Impatient Beader, aka the Bead Queen of the Universe. She is the author of three Impatient Beader titles for North Light books. She is also the mastermind behind the Impatient Blogger as well as an on-air spokeswoman for the Marcasite Suspicion line of jewellery sold on QVC.