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Innovative Wirework and Art Glass Jewelry This fresh approach to design shows jewelry artists the secret to combining sterling silver wire with colored wire and glass beads to produce high-end looks. Tips and tricks for making easier, more successful wirework accompany the 20 designs for earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. Techniques for coiling and wire wrapping are included along with how-to and 39;s for making clasps and wire components. Along with suggestions for exploring color in jewelry creation, the manual also features variation ideas ...

Open your world of creative options to include more than simple silver metal clay. This 128 hardcover book includes 20 projects combining wire, metal mesh, sheet metal as well as Bronze Clay and Copper Clay. In this nontraditional approach to jewelry making you will be making new pieces in no time. With chapters going over all the basics from materials, studio space, equipment, tools and techniques to projects. Professional instruction, step-by-step photos and innovative techniques will inspire you to create gorgeous wearable art of your own. P...

Advance Your Glass Art Skills. Learn the techniques of Pate de Verre, Lost Wax Casting and Crucible Casting from well known glass fusing expert Boyce Lunstrom. Mold materials and formulas, metal, clay, sand and fiber molds are also covered. Safety and technical info with over 140 photos. Project below by artist and author Boyce Lundstrom.

Customize Your Glass Art With Your Own Personal Touches. All it takes is a computer and a laser printer with iron oxide based toner to print your designs, phrases and photos. Create permanent sepia toner decals for your fused art. Each package contains five 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 sheets of water-slide paper and complete fusing instructions. Images courtesy of Diamond Tech.

Beaders everywhere-from rank beginners to top-level artists-are discovering the extraordinary creative potential and pleasure of a seemingly simple craft making unique, one-of-a-kind beads from existing beads themselves. This lushly illustrated guide offers them a blast of inspiration, with 40 fabulous designs from some of todays finest beadwork artists. Ranging from understated to pure dazzling glam, these projects showcase a range of innovative techniques. Detailed instructions and photos make the crafting easy, and theres encouragement for r...

Kitchen Remodeling Ideas from Country Living Magazine For the perfect country kitchen, go to the experts at Country Living with their smart advice and beautiful color photos, they can help make your dream room take shape. Whether you and 39;re designing a brand-new kitchen, remodeling an old one, or sprucing up selected areas, see how to achieve a balance of comfort, efficiency, and good looks. Even the most old-fashioned farmhouse kitchen can be modernized with underfloor heating, state-of-the-art ventilation and refrigeration, and industrial-...

Few things satisfy a crafter and 39;s craving for self-expression like working with beads???and Tair Parnes brings a world of inspiration to the art. Fascinated by styles from Asia and Africa, and skilled at creating vivid and unusual combinations, she produces unique beaded jewelry that is lively, expressive, and distinct. These 20 projects???which begin with the simplest techniques and grow more complex as the book goes along???range from colorful Cloisonne Cone Earrings in red, orange, and pink to a glowing Sunburst Pendant to an advanced-le...

A Collection of Dynamic and Colorful Contemporary Work Unique creations by top artists such as Nan Roche, Cynthia Toops, Barbara McGuire, and Gwen Gibson make this the best showcase of polymer clay work ever assembled. With everything from jewelry and vessels to art dolls and sculptures displayed in superb color photos, the versatility and beauty of the medium is exquisitely evident. Mosaics, millefiori, canework, and molded, stamped, and embossed pieces theres a little bit of everthing to please the eye. Dayle Dorowshaws magical Egyptian Spell...

Written for the general reader with an interest in ceramics, Handbuilt Ceramics is a big, colorful, and complete how-to manual for shaping clay without a potters wheel. Features 8 projects, complete with materials lists, clear step-by-step instructions, and detailed how-to color photos. Topics include Pinching Coiling Extruding Molding Slip Casting Slab Work Author and artists Kathy Triplett lives and works on a mountainside outside of Asheville, NC. Her art is included in private, public, and corporate collections around the world.

Creative Techniques for Making 30 Beautiful Blooms French beading is a simple yet lovely art, beautifully described here and illustrated in color with more than 70 close-up, how-to photos that show the intricacies of growing a garden of 30 flowers with delicate seed beads. Forty additional illustrations present the exact bead placement for each particular flower part. Just string the beads on wires and bend them into realistic, three-dimensional shapes; a helpful introductory section covers all the basics. You can indulge your creative passion ...