Bead Net: New Ideas for Netted Beadwork [CD-Rom]

Kingsley-Heath, Heather

ISBN 10: 1906314020 ISBN 13: 9781906314026

Publisher: Rainbow Disks Ltd, 2007

Heather Kingsley-Heath has researched beadwork techniques in Africa, and developed many new ideas for bead netting. Here, she shows how to master the foundations, then go on to make self-supporting beaded shapes. There are colourful necklaces, expandable bracelets, rings, bangles, clasps, buttons, embellished beads and balls. Buy this ebook to learn flat and spherical netting - and create your own unique beaded jewellery, shapes and surfaces. Netted beadwork, one of the earliest beading techniques, is simple to learn and easy to adapt. The tube form of beaded netting is used in many cultures, to cover anything from tassel tops and beads to gourds and bottles. It makes fabulous jewellery.

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Review:

'interesting and well illustrated . . . Concise instructions, clear diagrams and excellent photos combine with compelling background information to make an accessible study of this stitch. . . A photo gallery of colorful and ethnically diverse netted beadwork from around the world will inspire beaders to create their own projects' - Bead and Button magazine -- Bead and Button magazine August 2008

About the Author:

Heather Kingsley-Heath is a beading and textile designer, teacher, author, and owner of The Useful Booklet Company. Her work appears frequently in UK magazines.She is constantly researching crafts in many cultures, and her work includes advising indigenous people on how to create craft goods that can sustain a meaningful income.

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