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Title: Beads: An Exploration of Bead Traditions Around the World by Janet Coles, Robert Budwig, Jonathan Lovekin ISBN: 0684834626 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: October, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17
Rating: 4
Summary: Jewelry world tour
Comment: If you love ethnic jewelry and want to recreate its look, this is the book for you. The breathtaking photos by Jonathan Lovekin place this in the coffee table book category. Coles and Budwig take you on a trip around the world, stopping in Europe and the Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. They scoop up jewelry examples, show the technique, and give you a project to mimic the jewelry using materials that are not too difficult to obtain.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sophisticated and elegant ethnic jewelry
Comment: This book spends comparatively more time discussing types of beads, their history, where they are from, how they are made than it does on jewelry projects. Included are maps showing where many kinds of beads originate.
Whether or not the information is inaccurate, as one reviewer states it is, doesn't matter to me; I'm more interested in the projects, which are mostly necklaces. The jewelry pieces are designed to represent all the parts of the world the beads come from, so there are very authentic looking designs representing Venice, Africa, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Morocco, Ethiopia, India, and other cultures. The beautiful, large photos show a great assortment of designs to choose from with different looks, though many of them have a look that is natural and earthy, yet sophisticated and stylish. To me they are attractive and serve for great inspiration.
Already having jewelry skills, I can look at the pictures and make them without reading the instructions, but for those who need them, the instructions and diagrams are generally good. The main problem with the instructions is that they are printed in a small font in gray instead of black, so they are difficult to see.
Rating: 5
Summary: Get Inspired
Comment: I just recently started crafting with beads.This is the first book I bought ,and I'm so happy that I did.It has inspired me.The book is very informative,and very interesting.The book is just beautiful! I would recommmend it to anyone who is interested in beads.
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Title: The History of Beads: From 30,000 B.C. to the Present: Concise Edition by Lois Sherr Dubin, Togashi ISBN: 0810981785 Publisher: Abradale Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.98 |
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Title: Collectible Beads: A Universal Aesthetic by Robert K. Liu ISBN: 0964102307 Publisher: Ornament Inc Pub. Date: July, 1995 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Exotic Beads : 45 Distinctive Beaded Jewelry Designs by Sara Withers ISBN: 0801987482 Publisher: Chilton/Haynes Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Irresistible Bead: Designing & Creating Exquisite Beadwork Jewelry by Linda Fry Kenzle ISBN: 0801988438 Publisher: Chilton/Haynes Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: A Treasury of Beaded Jewelry: Bead Stringing Patterns for All Ages by Mary Ellen Harte ISBN: 0943604583 Publisher: Eagle's View Publishing Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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