Bead Meets Metal
Bead Meets Metal

Author: Kay Rashka

Publisher: Kalmbach Books

Published: 2013-04-22

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 0871167786

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Come take the journey with Kay as she shows you how to begin adding soldering, dapping, sawing, and other skills from the metalsmith’s repertoire into your beading. Kay’s projects will also show beginner metalworkers how to incorporate the rich, colorful, sumptuous look that semiprecious beads bring to metal jewelry. These necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and pendants present such a complete range of techniques, all fully and beautifully illustrated with step-by-step photos. You’ll be amazed at the eye candy you can create!

Beadmaille
Beadmaille

Author: Cindy Thomas Pankopf

Publisher: Lark Books (NC)

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781600594953

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Jewelry makers--and beaders in particular--are hungry for new ideas, so they'll rejoice in having a brand-new, easy, and gorgeous technique to try! "Beadmaille "offers an entirely unique and beautiful way to craft chain mail-like jewelry, using the simplest of bead-weaving processes to link together metal jump rings in classic patterns. The 25 pieces--bracelets, necklaces, and earrings--all showcase seed beads in luscious colors, and both handmade and commercial jump rings in gold, sterling silver, copper, or bronze.

Making Jewelry with Gemstone Beads
Making Jewelry with Gemstone Beads

Author: Barbara Case

Publisher: David and Charles

Published: 2007-10-19

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 0715330578

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Bead with beautiful gemstones and create dazzling earrings, bracelets, and more—includes over one hundred projects for all skill levels. You can learn to create gorgeous gemstone jewelry with this collection of over one hundred projects, ranging from eye-catching earrings and accessories to exquisite necklaces and bracelets. This beautiful book offers an impressive range of twenty-eight beautiful semi-precious stones (including birthstones) and a glimpse into the fascinating history and mythical properties behind them. Projects range from the simplest stringing to more detailed beadwork to cater for all levels of ability. Discover a variety of versatile ideas that can be adapted for any type of gem or bead—with clear artwork, vivid photos, and easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions.

Simple Metalwork Jewelry
Simple Metalwork Jewelry

Author: Judy Freyer Thompson

Publisher: Kalmbach Books

Published: 2016-09-19

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1627002510

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This is the go-to book for beginners interested in learning cold connections metalworking. Book contains 25+ cool jewelry projects for newcomers to metalwork who will learn cutting, piercing, riveting, sawing, finishing, and dapping techniques. Make earrings, necklaces, pendants, bangles, bracelets, brooches, and rings, all in very wearable designs. The projects are created using cold connections — no torch or soldering necessary. Author Judy Freyer-Thompson is an accomplished author and designer. She teaches you in a friendly style that makes learning easy and fun.

The Construction Superintendent’s Handbook
The Construction Superintendent’s Handbook

Author: Sidney Levy

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 146848494X

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A construction professional with more than 30 years experience in the industry offers a practical manual designed for the construction superintendent that helps to simplify today's complex projects while offering highly accessible and easily referenced technical data on most common construction components. This handbook begins by analyzing the key factors that must be considered before the actual start of construction. Complete discussions of construction contracts and documents and basic construction law are designed to prevent costly legal problems among the superintendent, architect, engineer, client and subcontractor. Coverage also includes scrutiny of the plans and specifications, and insights into the responsibilities of all participants in the construction process. Superintendents obtain clear guidance on how to formulate job policies and procedures, and how to ensure that the soomth day-to-day running of the project with the aid of a 30-day look-ahead schedule. Helpful advice and warnings on pitfalls to avoid are liberally sprinkled throughout the handbook.

The Beader's Guide to Color
The Beader's Guide to Color

Author: Margie Deeb

Publisher: Clarkson Potter

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780823004874

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Demonstrating the use of color in creating beautiful beadwork projects, a collection of more than twenty innovative projects highlights the techniques used to create colorful designs and discusses the importance and symbolic meanings of color. Original.

Creative Seed Bead Connections
Creative Seed Bead Connections

Author: Teresa Meister

Publisher: Kalmbach Books

Published: 2013-05-20

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 0871167794

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Theresa Meister’s fine-scale wirework provides structure, and her beaded patterns bring on the color! Colorful seed beads, pearls, and crystals are used to create delicate jewelry components. Now link all these components together with wirework connections including wire loops, chain, and jump rings. The results are thirteen jewelry sets (each set includes a necklace, bracelet, and earrings) plus variation ideas giving readers a lot of options for exploring techniques. All jewelry makers will find this wearable jewelry to be classy and timeless.

Beautiful Wire Jewelry for Beaders
Beautiful Wire Jewelry for Beaders

Author: Irina Miech

Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0871162644

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"Twenty-one projects show you how to combine wireworking skills with beaded jewelry design. The unique range of projects use a wide variety of beads and cabochons, giving you plenty of opportunities to explore your creativity and expand your wireworking skills"--The publisher

Beading with Crystals
Beading with Crystals

Author: Katherine Duncan-Aimone

Publisher: Lark Books (NC)

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781600590368

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Bicones, buttons, drops, rhinestones. Glittering and colorful, these and other multi-faceted glass crystal beads have become the jewelry maker’s material of choice. They’re the star of the show in this sparkling entry in the Beading with series, which features a fabulous combination of both simple and more complex projects. Crafters start their creative journey by learning basic techniques, including stringing and simple wirework (looping, wrapping, coiling). Then they’re ready to start making pieces that range from a necklace of matte metal beads and shimmering crystals to a captivating pair of chandelier earrings. Sophisticated jewelry findings accent the finished pieces, and detailed illustrations make the process easy and successful for beginners. A Selection of the Crafter's Choice Book Club.

1000 Glass Beads
1000 Glass Beads

Author: Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9781579904586

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They’re the very best in contemporary glass beadmaking, 1000 dazzling and unique examples by an international array of artists. This color survey has it all: the beads come single or in multiples, in jewelry or sculptural pieces, flameworked and kilnformed; and their diversity and beauty are amazing. Julia Skop’s intriguing Secret Surprise showcases clear glass beads with millefiori slices at the ends. Bruce St. John crafts his beads out of diachroic glass, then fuses and coldworks them at the lapidary well after completion. Nebula Black Necklace, from Rene Roberts, features an organic-looking focal bead adorned with fine metal leaf, glass shards, and a subtle dot decoration. An artist’s comment and detail image accompany many of the photos. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.