For the lover of all things beadwork related, Marcia DeCoster Presents: Interviews with 30 Beaders on Inspiration & Technique (Spotlight on Beading Series)
, a new title from Lark Books ($26.95 US; $29.95 Canada; copyright February 2014), is worth considering.This books is not a how-to project book or even a gallery style beadwork book. Instead, it brings you into the creative minds of thirty beadwork artists while showcasing their artistic talents. Some of the artists include Debi Keir-Nicholson, Edgar Lopez, Christina Vandervlist, and Cynthia Newcomer Daniel. Bead artists from around the world are included in this book, so you get a really wide range of perspectives on the craft.
The designs exhibited in the book are, for the most part, very intricate, and include a variety of bead weaving techniques. The artists show how innovative they can get by using common stitches with both common and unusual beads. If you are not attracted to bead woven jewelry, this would not be a good fit for you probably; however, for anyone who loves beadwork and especially has an appreciation for high-end bead weaving designs, you will enjoy viewing the beautiful jewelry shown within this text as well as reading what inspires and challenges each designer featured.
Welcome to the Crafty Princess Diaries, my weblog and site where I get to blab about my passion for crafts, primarily jewelry making, and my crafting career. My name is Tammy Powley, and I decided to call my blog the Crafty Princess Diaries because of this very dorky picture I have of myself and because my husband often refers to me as “the princess and the pea,” which is just another way to say that I tend to be particular sometimes.
Along with this weblog, I have a number of jewelry making books published.
