How to Use This Book So you love jewelry and have always wanted to try your hand at making some yourself. Designing and making beaded jewelry is very appealing and relaxing. But where do you start? If you go to a local bead or craft store, you will find an endless array of parts and beads, so many that it is often difficult to decide what to look at and what tools, beads, and jewelry parts, called findings, you will need. This book will help you understand basic parts and how to use them, and provide you with ideas and instructions to make your own jewelry projects. The Basics Making bead jewelry is a very creative, enjoyable craft but, as with most crafts, you can become frustrated if you don’t know which tools and materials to buy and how to use them. Manufacturers can’t include all the vital information with their packaging, and there are so many options for materials, tools, and techniques. To give you a firm foundation for learning to make bead jewelry, this section teaches you the essentials about tools, findings, accessories, and beads and shows you all of the basic construction techniques you will use for the projects. If you have never tried making jewelry before, you will appreciate the detailed information and photos. Even if you have a little experience making bead jewelry, you are sure to learn some things you didn’t know. So settle back, take your time, and explore the basics. The Projects The projects in this section are organized by the type of finding used to make the jewelry pieces. For each finding, there are three projects that incorporate the featured finding in different ways. While you probably will not make all the projects in order, it is well worth your time to read through all the projects and study the techniques introduced in each one. Specific materials used for each project are listed and shown in a photograph to help you make selections. Feel free to substitute similar bead alternatives—personalizing your jewelry is what this craft is all about. We have included many variations of the project pieces to inspire you to think of more creative ways to apply the techniques you have learned. Project: Wired Bangle With the previous project you did some basic wire wrapping. This bracelet will stretch your repertoire by showing you how to wrap wire in two directions. The bangle is decoratively wrapped in one direction and then the wired beads are applied as an embellishment running in a perpendicular direction to the first wire wrap.
✔ Author(s): Karen Mitchell,Ann Mitchell
✔ Title: Bead Jewelry 101: Master Basic Skills and Techniques Easily Through Step-by-Step Instruction
✔ Rating : 4.5 out of 5 base on (380 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1631597590
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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