Product Description

This clever and complete guide to beading will have novice and expert beaders hunting for more time to create beautiful jewelry. Inside this must-have beading resource readers learn: wirework techniques such as bending, hammering, wrapping and coiling; to make clasps, links, bails, drops and ear wires; step-by-step instructions and more than 250 illustrations and photos demonstrating projects for a variety of skills levels. Best of all, beaders create jewelry that's a unique conversation piece, and a work of art.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16486 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
J. Marsha Michler is a well-known author of crazy quilting and knitting books, as well as the creator of jewelry designs published in Beadwork magazine. In this new resource Michler lends her exciting and easy style of instruction to first-time and veteran beaders.

Customer Reviews

Imaginative but not for beginners
This book features some unusual and imaginative techniques and is well worth buying for those alone. The pendant section and some of the handmade clasps are well thought out and wire is used cleverly in some of the bangles.
Technical explanations are clearly illustrated at the beginning of the book however, the projects themselves do not reiterate these techniques but refer you back to them by means of underlining and without giving you the page number. It's almost like having to follow a link but no window to open it in. This reference system makes this book very awkward to use for beginners and I think there are more adequate books for them to try . However, I have enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to more advanced jewellers for the interesting wire work. Beaders will be disappointed as there are only a few beading projects using very basic techniques.

Excellent book for all levels
Bead & Wire Art Jewelry is an excellent source of design and technical advice for jewelers of all levels. Designs are adaptable to suit the beads you wish to use, and variations are shown on most designs. There will be projects to suit all tastes, and the techniques are shown in good detail at the start of the book. Specialist tools are needed, but the projects do not require you to seek out unusual findings.

An ideal book for the jewelry-maker's library, serving as manual for techniques and infinite inspiration.