Beaded Jewelry Stringing Techniques

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2015-02-10
Publisher(s): Storey Books
List Price: $8.95

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Summary

Create beaded necklaces, bracelets, and other jewelry with a professional look and finish. This delightful beginner’s guide presents step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations that walk you through the basics of making beaded jewelry. You’ll learn how to use various pliers, crimpers, and wire cutters, and choose the perfect beads and string for your projects. In no time at all, you’ll be stringing together your own pieces, complete with clasps, rings, and cones. 

Author Biography

Carson Eddy is the owner of The Boston Bead Company, with stores in Cambridge and Salem, Massachusetts. The Boston Bead Company offers an extensive calendar of classes and in-store demonstrations and maintains an online resource center, beadOpedia.


Co-author Rachael Evans has been a bead buyer, manager, and jewelry designer at The Boston Bead Company over the course of 12 years.


Co-author Kate Feld has worked as store manager and is currently the staff designer of The Boston Bead Company.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: Bead Basics
Bead Sizes - Bead Shapes - Bead Holes - Bead Materials - Glass Beads - Crystal Beads - Gemstones - Metal Beads - Natural Beads - Plastic Beads - Bead Treatments

Chapter Two: Stringing Materials
Flexible Beading Wire - Natural Stringing Materials - Man-Made Stringing Materials

Chapter Three: Findings and Clasps
Bead Tips, Crimps, and Ends - Rings and Clasps - Caps, Cones, and Spacers

Chapter Four: Beading Tools
Beading Pliers - Beading Cutters - Design and Specialty Tools

Chapter Five: Jewelry Planning
Jewelry Length - Bead Quantity - Beginning Your Project

Chapter Six: Stringing Techniques
Crimping with Flat Nose Pliers - Crimping with Crimping Pliers - Using a Tube and Bar Clasp - Using Coil Crimps - Using Fold-Over Crimps - Using Ribbon Crimps - How to Open and Close Jump Rings - How to Use Split Ring Pliers

Appendix: Mohs Scale of Hardness

Index

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