Beaded Jewelry: Stringing Techniques: Skills, Tools, and Materials for Making Handcrafted Jewelry. A Storey BASICS® Title - Softcover

Eddy, Carson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612124828 ISBN 13: 9781612124827

Publisher: Storey Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Create beaded necklaces, bracelets, and other jewelry with a professional look and finish. This delightful beginner’s guide presents step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations that walk you through the basics of making beaded jewelry. You’ll learn how to use various pliers, crimpers, and wire cutters, and choose the perfect beads and string for your projects. In no time at all, you’ll be stringing together your own pieces, complete with clasps, rings, and cones.

About this title

About the Author

Carson Eddy is the owner of The Boston Bead Company, with stores in Cambridge and Salem, Massachusetts. The Boston Bead Company offers an extensive calendar of classes and in-store demonstrations and maintains an online resource center, beadOpedia.Co-author Rachael Evans has been a bead buyer, manager, and jewelry designer at The Boston Bead Company over the course of 12 years.Co-author Kate Feld has worked as store manager and is currently the staff designer of The Boston Bead Company.

From the Back Cover

EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Learn to create stunning earrings, bracelets, and necklaces by matering a few basic techniques. Then all you need to transform a collection of beads into one-of-a-kind jewelry are stringing materials, findings, and some simple tools. Carson Eddy, Rachael Evans, and Kate Feld, longtime bead enthusiasts who design and teach at the Boston Bead Company, describe clearly, with step-by-step illustrations, how to master the methods and choose the right materials for success with any project.

Edition details

• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1612124828
• ISBN 13: 9781612124827
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128