This work helps you to discover how to craft beautiful handmade jewellery using a variety of beads
- from seed beads to glass beads, pearl to semi-precious stones, including quartz, turquoise, lapis lazuli, amber, amethyst & coral. It features all the essential techniques needed to transform beautiful beads & stones into stunning accessories. In this work, get advice on choosing just the right number & size of stones to guarantee a harmoniously proportioned piece, & be inspired to create your own unique combinations, learning how to pick colours that compliment each other, which order to string them, & how to combine them with fastenings, knots, spacer beads, sterling silver crimp beads, or wire twists. Packed with over 100 examples from international bead artists, each project is deconstructed so readers can see the exact type & quantity of bead that goes into it, & recreate it for themselves. About the Author: Anita Seebourg is a beading & jewellery-making teacher & has written successfully on the subject, including as a contributior to The Beader's Color-Mixing Directory (Krause Publications).