Product Description

Shapes that tease the eye, textures that tempt one to touch, vibrant colours from the entire spectrum: this beautiful, dynamic, and intricate jewellery often echoes traditional designs from Africa to the Americas. Give your creative vision a workout with these innovative techniques for needlewoven necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and more. Choose from a feast of styles - a Mandarin pouch, Peruvian-based Orejon Man necklace, Navajo spirit pattern, and other amazing original pieces.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1017595 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Review
"The results are spectacular...the necklaces become true works of art, not just macrame look-alikes" - Booklist

About the Author
Helen Banes has given lectures and taught workshops at numerous galleries, museums, schools, and centres, including the Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC), Textile Museum (Washington DC) and Bead Designers International (Boston). Her work has been featured in Ornament Magazine, Flying Needle, and Threads. Sally Banes is Marian Hannah Winter Professor of Theatre History and Dance Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her books include Terpsichore in Sneakers and Writing Dancing in the Age of Postmodernism.

Customer Reviews

Great Eye-Candy
What a beautiful book. The photography is gorgeous. The layout is very good too. I have one or two disappointing things to say about it - I don't think there was enough pages dedicated to the actual technique, I thought it was quite basic. I preferred Helen Banes last book and am glad I have both so I can refer to her earlier one. Having said that, I am glad I bought this one too, the photographs in it are worth the money alone, and I would consider it an inspirational book, rather than a how-to, which, to me, is more important.