Lavishly illustrated with over 200 photographs and diagrams, Freeform Peyote Beading: Design and Creation of Original Wearable Art Jewelry, goes beyond bead stringing and counted patterns into the exciting world of free-form stitching. Create jewelry so extraordinary they're one-of-a-kind works of art.
Detailed photographs and full-color illustrations highlight each step of the process. Take an in-depth look at the works of seven featured artists and explore a bonus chapter branching out from jewelry to more sculptural design."
Here is your chance to learn. This book takes you step by step through the process of making beautiful flowers in peyote stitch using just a needle and thread, no wire involved.
The first chapter also gives detailed directions on how to do increases and decreases and odd count peyote in a pattern this complex. This is not, however, a beginner's book for peyote stitch in general.
With interest in beadweaving on the rise, Mastering Peyote Stitch provides a much-needed look into the most integral technique--peyote stitch.
In More Seed Bead Stitching, Stone, whose encouraging tone, creativity, and expert knowledge made the previous book so popular, includes new techniques, more variations on techniques, and more detail on concepts she previously introduced.
Patterns are shown in diagram form, except for Old Saint Nick which has both a diagram and a word chart. The book includes a complete list of all colors needed to complete all ten patterns, 45 colors total.
The size and geographic relationship between flowers and butterflies has also been chosen for effect rather than accuracy. This book is part of a series of Peyote Stitch patterns.
This book contains over 25 brand new projects covering all aspects of geometric beading as well as 3 of Jean Power's Designer of the Year projects (plus brand new variations on them!) This 128 page book is crammed full of geometric beadwork ...
With this gloriously photographed and illustrated manual at hand, beaders can create awe-inspiring jewelry.
The butterfly patterns in this book are three dimensional with the wings overlapping and the body raised on the front side.