A collection of bead and button projects that include necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches, barettes, corsages, hair slides and cuff links. It includes a chapter on jewellery-making techniques that shows you how to achieve a professional finish. It shows you how buttons in a range of materials can be combined with crystal beads and pearls.
Introduction; 1 Necklaces, Chokers and Pendants Inc. Pearl necklace;
Midnight thread necklace; Crystal pendant; Pastel star necklace; Black button
choker; Heart necklace; Sparkly choker; Colourful fish choker; 2 Bracelets
and Earrings Inc. Flower and leaf bracelet and earrings; Charm bracelet;
Memory wire bracelet; Star shell earrings; Big button bracelet; Child's dog
bracelet and earrings; Bird and button bracelet; Knitted wire bracelet; Gourd
stitch bracelet; Nautilus button earrings; 3 Brooches, Hair Slides and Cuff
Links Inc. Flower brooch; Dangle brooch; Crystal bead and button hair slide;
Techniques; Index.
Sara Withers produces a range of exquisite jewellery, assembling her own hand-crafted beads together with buttons and beads collected from around the world. She also teaches at bead-and jewellery-making workshops and regularly exhibits her work at shows and galleries throughout the country. Sara lives near Oxford.
