The Art of Beaded Beads: Exploring Design, Color & Technique 
asked by bones on November 19, 2006 7:36 AM
Beaders everywhere—from rank beginners to top-level artists—are discovering the extraordinary creative potential and pleasure of a seemingly simple craft: making unique, one-of-a-kind beads from existing beads themselves. This lushly illustrated guide offers them a blast of inspiration, with 40 fabulous designs from some of today’s finest beadwork artists. Ranging from understated to pure dazzling glam, these projects showcase a range of innovative techniques. Among the standouts: a peyote-stitched Tetrahedron Beaded Bead that can be produced in varying sizes; a Peek-A-Boo Bead, using steel nuts from the hardware store; and a cylinder-shaped Piñata Bead, decorated with smaller beads resembling tiny, colorful party balloons. Detailed instructions and photos make the crafting easy, and there’s encouragement for readers eager to incorporate their own design ideas.A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.
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After the book Ms. Campbell did for Beadwork on beaded beads I expected this to be more and BETTER. Instead it's mostly just a collection of project classes taught to beginners. The only artistic offering in the whole book is the Industrial Strength Bead by Ingrid Bloch made from hex nuts from the hardware store. The remainder of the projects is a big yawn. You'd never be caught dead in a necklace of Pumpkin beads or Crisscross beads. I taught 8-year old Girl Scouts how to make Sea Anemone beads years ago!! You've seen them all before. The gallery pieces are gorgeous and some are even made by the contributors to the book. If they can do this high quality work, why include the insipid baby sample projects? Why can't more quality books be written like the one by Valerie Hector? There is a glut of junk project books on the market and this is just another one. Save your money or else buy the Beadwork book on beaded beads and Valerie Hector's book.
reviewed by iconfess on November 19, 2006 1:18 PM