350+ Beading Tips, Techniques, and Trade Secrets: Updated Edition - More Tips! More Skills!

by Jean Power

Overview

The ultimate beading reference book.

From the beginner to the consummate professional, 350+ Beading Tips, Techniques, and Trade Secrets is a beader’s on-call, 24-hour-a-day resource for every beading need.

Starting with the basics and working up to expert tips for a great finish, 350+ Beading Tips is an indispensable reference book that can be used over and over by crafters of all levels. Featuring step-by-step color photographs, clear instructions, and an extensive glossary, this handy guide is an essential resource whether you are stringing, wiring, or bead weaving. The techniques are organized in the order you need them when making a project, starting with the right tools and materials to finishing tips for neat, professional results. You can even dip in for help with a particular problem! Beginning with instructions for creative knot work, quick and easy stringing, and working with wire, beaders can soon graduate to mixing vintage and modern beads, incorporating charms and findings in their work, and even rescaling and designing their own patterns.

Whether you’re using crystals or seed beads, wirework techniques or stitches, making jewelry as gifts or to sell, Jean Power’s 350+ Beading Tips, Techniques, and Trade Secrets has all the answers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250162762
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/13/2018
Edition description:	Updated
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	635,956
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

JEAN POWER is a professional, award-winning beading and jewelry designer, writer, and teacher. Jean’s beading and jewelry designs have been published in numerous magazines and books around the world, including in Bead & Button, Beadwork, Step-By-Step Beads, and Jewelry Crafts. She is the editor of Bead, the UK’s first magazine devoted entirely to beading and jewelry making.

Table of Contents

Introduction
About this Book

Getting Started
Beginning with Beads
Seed Beads and More
Vintage Beads
Size and Shape
Cords, Threads, and Memory Wire
Working with Wire
Jewelry-making Tools
Pliers and Wire Cutters
Storage
Planning Your Design
Designing with Color
Designing Necklaces and Bracelets
Essential Findings
Useful Extras
Getting Comfortable

Stringing
Making Aesthetic Choices
Stringing Tips and Tricks
Crimping
Threads and Knots
Using Cord and Ribbon
Using Elastic
Using Memory Wire
Multistrand vs. Illusion Cord

Wirework
Wirework Tips and Tricks
Cutting and Filing Wire
Turned Loops
Making a Coil
Opening and Closing Loops
Adding Texture
Making Wire Findings

Beadweaving
Working with Thread
Quick Tips and Tricks
Ladder Stitch
Brick Stitch
Herringbone Stitch
Peyote Stitch
Square Stitch
Tension Tips
Right-Angle Weave
Tubular Beadwork
Spiral Rope
Chains
Finishing Your Beadwork
Following a Chart
Loom Work
Moving on in Beadweaving

Resources
Glossary
Index
Fold-out Flap
Credits