1000 Jewelry Inspirations

Author: Sandra Salamony
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 161673521X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
A visual catalog for jewelry, bead artists and crafters who will relish the opportunity to have so many ideas at their fingertips to inspire their own projectsThis book would be the second volume of Quarry's 1,000 series-an eye candy-laden follow-up to the very successful 1,000 Artist Trading Cards(Quarry, Spring 2007).A showcase of stunning jewelry bits and pieces, "bling" and embellishments, will feed the creative appetites of crafters and jewelry makers everywhere. This second craft collection will offer color, sparkle, texture, dimension, and clever, creative use of materials. One piece of jewelry might have several points of interest to be highlighted: an antique clasp, textured lampwork beads, and intricate knots.

1000 Glass Beads

Author: Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781579904586
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 412

Book Description
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.

1000 Rings

Author: Marthe Le Van
Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 430

Book Description
This is an extensive and diverse collection of 1000 magnificent rings from world-renowned artisans and jewelers. Art and fashion students will enjoy a huge variety of state-of-the-art jewellery designs.

1,000 Artist Journal Pages

Author: Dawn DeVries Sokol
Publisher: Quarry Books
ISBN: 1616735201
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Over 1,000 journal pages presented in one beautiful full-color book Journals offer their makers a safe place to dream, doodle, rant, and reinvent themselves. They offer viewers rich, visual inspiration. There is a fascination with these revealing and often beautiful pages of self-exploration and personal expression. Journals offer a tantalizing, voyeuristic view of an interior life. This would be the first book to offer examples of over 1000 journal pages in one eye-catching, visual format, and would attract a wide swathe of artists who fully embrace or experiment with this medium. Journaling has seeped into popular culture in a big way and this collection provides a wide array of ideas, techniques and themes to inspire and inform mixed media and journaling enthusiasts.

French-Inspired Jewelry

Author: Kaari Meng
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781600590962
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
Offers instructions for creating fifty French-inspired jewelry projects using vintage beads and other notions.

1000 Quilt Inspirations

Author: Sandra Sider
Publisher:
ISBN: 159253984X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
A collection of one thousand quilt details showing how others utilize color and design elements to craft creative pieces.

1000 Ideas by 100 Graphic Designers

Author: Matteo Cossu
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 1616736739
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
1000 Ideas by 100 Graphic Designers showcases work from a selection of todayâ€™s best designers while providing precious tips to the graphic design enthusiast. The book delivers a behind-the-scenes depiction of every project, providing a virtual instruction manual to the finished project and its creative, productive, and organizational framework. The 1000 suggestions vary in form and function, from the theoretical to the practical, giving insights on new materials, techniques, and tools.

Decorate

Author: Holly Becker
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 0811877892
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
Clever, creative advice from the world's best interior designers and decorators.

Designing Jewelry with Glass Beads

Author: Stephanie Sersich
Publisher: Interweave
ISBN: 9781596680470
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In this collection of inspiring pieces, aspiring jewelers and practicing designers alike will find accessible advice across a range of 20 glass bead projects. Explained in a conversational style and with step-by-step instructions, the guide--which includes projects such as necklaces, bracelets, pendants, and brooches--encourages crafters to use a mix of inexpensive, commercially available beads as well as one-of-a-kind, handmade glass beads. This comprehensive handbook also explains wirework, stringing, sewing, and a variety of knotting techniques, while throughout the book sidebars on the inspirations and creations of glass jewelry artists offer unique perspectives on creating artful glass jewelry.

Seven Thousand Years of Jewellery

Author: Hugh Tait
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714117102
Category : Jewelry
Languages : en
Pages : 255

Book Description
Jewellery is one of the oldest forms of decorative art: its history can be traced from the earliest known civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt. This book reveals the varied styles, techniques and materials which have delighted men and women through the ages, all over the world. From Egyptian necklaces to Celtic torcs, and from Renaissance pendants to Art Nouveau buckles,7000 years of jewellery design and production are illustrated in this book.