Felt-beaded jewelry is fashionable! It's showing up on runways, specialty sotres and galleries around the globe. Hand Felted Jewelry and Beads offers a contemporary and artistic approach to this popular craft - and then takes it a step beyond through beaded embellishment. No other hand felting book is as comprehensive, as Hand Felted Jewelry and Beads includes both needle-felting and wet-feltmaking techniques, which are taught step-by-step in a friendly and accessible manner through the creation...
As entertaining as it is incisive, Stoned is a raucous journey through the history of human desire for what is rare, and therefore precious. What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? And why do we covet beautiful things? In this brilliant account of how eight jewels shaped the course of history, jeweler and scientist Aja Raden tells an original and often startling story about our unshakeable addiction to beauty and the darker side of human desire. What moves the world is what m...
Jewelry and Sculpture Through Unit Construction
by Patricia Meyerowitz
Wake Up Gems Be Awesome Cool Notebook for Jewelry Makers, College Ruled Journal
by Useful Hobbies Books
Indian Jewelry of the American Southwest
by William A. Turnbaugh and Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh
More than 125 vivid color photographs display Indian-made wrought silver, turquoise, shell and coral jewelry brought together from the American Southwest's bright deserts, red canyon and timeless pueblos. The authors explore the diversity of this hand-crafted jewelry from historic collections as well as those available today on reservations and in shops and galleries. They explain the heritage conveyed by these distinctive products of Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Rio Grande Pueblo artisans.
The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China (15 vols)
This series presents over 4000 fine pictures of unearthed jades in China, covering the most complete collection of the last eighty years, especially from the 1950s on, of China's archaeological field research. Among the overall 15 volumes sorted by regions, ninety per cent of the jades are, for the first time, presented in high quality color pictures to the public. These pictures show the clear and original appearances of the jade, with compendious text descriptions of each item, in both Chinese...
Make Your Own Unique, Whimsical Gifts and Treats Inspired by Nature's Beauty! Everyone could add a bit of brightness to their daily life. This book will teach you how to make a wide range of floral crafts, and help you truly connect to nature and the magical woodlands. The crafts are organized seasonally, so you can happily craft all year round and always have gifts at the ready. Beginning with lovely spring crafts using bright, beautiful flowers, summer crafts aimed more at weddings, cele...