Findings & Finishings by Sharon Bateman. 2003 Interweave Press; Loveland, Colorado ISBN 1-9311499-40-3. Available at Amazon.com
Man, I wish I'd had this book years ago. It's taken all the mystery out of clasps, crimps, and the uses of other esoteric findings. It also has a slew of great ideas for make-it-yourself findings and fancy fringes. Great diagrams, and bunches of color photos.
Worth the bucks. :-)
Arondelle
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Arondelle :
]Findings & Finishings by Sharon Bateman. 2003 Interweave Press; ]Loveland, Colorado ISBN 1-9311499-40-3. Available at Amazon.com
will be added to BnB asap!
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Thanks for the recommendation -- I had kind of dismissed this one (which I've never seen), but I'll probably order it now.
Elise
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:17:32 -0500, EL wrote (in message ):
All those tall, skinny books from Interweave are worth the money, IMO, except for one: the one on beaded beads. Anyone with half an ounce of imagination can make all those beads and more without buying a book. Like I want to spend $15 bucks to tell me how to embellish a little peyote tube.
The Interweave technique books, Peyote, Herringbone, Brick Stitch and Netting are all terrific. They start with the absolute basics and graduate to incredible eye candy. Since I know the stitches already, I like to look at the books from back to front.
Right now, I'm devouring "Beads of the World" by the late Peter Francis, Jr. Some of the information is a bit out of date, but the work is a masterpiece. If you want to walk in the shoes of the beadworkers that came before us, you need to read this one.
I bought "A Beader's Reference" by Jane Davis at the same time. It's not at all what I thought it would be. The book is almost entirely composed of pattern graphs, which is useless to me, since I make all my own patterns. If any of you guys use patterns and want this book, let me know. First claimant gets it.
Kathy N-V
I liked the beaded beads book. I guess if you do a lot of seed bead work, it might not be that great, but I don't, so I really enjoyed it.
I like them all except the beaded bags one, which doesn't do much for me. I own all of the tall skinny ones except that one.
I did review the "Beader's Reference" on RCB a few months ago -- I did buy it because I love having all those motifs. Of course, I haven't actually
*used* it ....Elise
I love the beaded bead book, but was disappointed in the beaded bags book. I have some better books on bead embroidery and embellishment, and I already know how to construct a cloth bag. Uninspiring is the word I'd use here.
Arondelle
I added this to my list of things to get... I have a long list and I am going to have to sort to priorities. lol
Harry
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