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ColorReport for Bead Artists
Spring/Summer 2008
By Margie Deeb
A Useful Tool For Every Beader
  “According to Pantone, Inc., the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, the spring ’08 palette is defined by “classic, versatile neutrals punctuated by splashes of invigorating brights, empowering consumers to explore new and creative ways to combine colors.”
So what about the ordinary person, who might need just a little more help than the average “global authority” in deciding which color to feature in their designs? What about the color palette that goes best with a “classic, versatile neutral?” And if I’m going to bead, which Delica bead color should I really use? If you are a stringer what stones would compliment an “energizing red” or an “eco-friendly green?” Continued
Step-By-Step Jewelry Workshop
Simple techniques for soldering, wirework and metal jewelry
by Nicola Hurst
“For the complete newcomer to jewelry making, Step-By-Step Jewelry Workshop is a multi-technique guide covering a range of all the basics needed to create great-looking jewelry. From setting up a workspace and planning designs to basic filing, sawing, and soldering skills, this guide has it all covered. A comprehensive tools and materials section reveals how to choose metals and stones, select and store useful materials, and start a beginner’s toll kit. With step-by-step photography of every technique – teaching everything from how to pierce metal, then file, solder, pickle, and clean and finish professionally – this comprehensive resource makes creating jewelry accessible and affordable...Continued
 Designing Jewelry with Glass Beads
by Stephanie Sersich
“Jewelry dazzles with glass beads! Lampwork artist and jewelry designer Stephanie Sersich takes you on a colorful journey into the world of glass beads! Learn to incorporate irresistible glass beads of all shapes and sizes in twenty colorful pieces, including earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. Deepen your appreciation of glass beads and beadmaking by discovering their history and science complete with photographs of ancient and modern glass beads.. . . Continued
Jewelry Studio: Wire Wrapping
by Linda Chandler and Christine Ritchey
 Wire is a favorite design material for jewelry artists, allowing for the creation of simple loops and embellishments to more involved, intricate pieces. In Jewelry Studio: Wire Wrapping, Linda Chandler and Christine Ritchey – the best-selling authors of Woven Wire Jewelry and Getting Started making Wire Jewelry and More – take the mystery out of wire wrapping and share their insider secrets for making gorgeous jewelry from bundles of joined wire, no soldering required! This technique allows the jewelry maker to create timeless, elegant pieces that are beautifully simple to elaborately complex.
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Bead Romantique:
Elegant Beadweaving Designs
by Lisa Kan
Create feminine, romantic, heirloom-quality jewelry with Bead Romantique: Elegant Beadweaving Designs, a unique jewelry collection inspired by art throughout history. Artist, designer, and beadmaker Lisa Kan shares 17 stunning, wearable projects that will appeal to bead makers and jewelry collectors alike. Although all the designs are modern, they have a distinctly vintage fell as Kan uses a mix of beads in varying colors, finishes, and shapes to create collector’s pieces. Continued
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