Beads of Glass-The Art and the Artists
[95-89102]

by Cindy Jenkins: This is a “must have” book whether you want to learn more about bead making or just like to look at beads. It has wonderful full color photographs of beads from a little whimsical hippo wearing pajamas to a beautiful 3-dimensional floral bead. You’ll see a short biography as well as current work from 43 outstanding bead artists. Also included are techniques from more than 50 contemporary glass beadmakers. Each is described and shown in photographic steps, so you can see exactly how everything is done. They include a round bead, tapered bead, batwing bead, melon bead, and heart bead. See how to add: precise dots, dot patterns, stripes, triangle dots, fish scales, frit, and zigzags. See techniques used for a rainbow bead, petal plunge bead, floral bead with CZs, stratified star bead, pulled floral pendant, landscape bead, element bead, webwork bead, lapidary bead, stone bead and patterned enamel bead. The book ends with describing how to make a low-tech photo studio as well as important safety tips.

Hard cover – 152 pages.