Show Your Colors uses flexible beading wire as a key design element in creating these thirty fun and fashionable jewelry projects. By exposing the wire, jewelry pieces are bright and colorful, and the wire adds texture to the design. The pieces in this book create a universal appeal with the wire being just as important as the beads. All types of jewelry makers will enjoy these modern, up-to-date styles.
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Everything You Need to Know |
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Chapter 1 Not So Simply Strung |
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Chapter 2 Beyond Illusion |
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Chapter 5 Braiding and Weaving |
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| Acknowledgments & About the Authors |
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Jamie Hogsett is a popular jewelry designer from Fort Collins, CO. She is the author of the book, Stringing Style. Besides author she also has had many other titles over the years such as editor of Stringing magazine, special projects editor and Designer of the Year of Beadwork magazine, product manager for Fusion Beads, and Ambassador for Create Your Style with Swarovski Elements. Sara Oehler is a well-known jewelry designer from Phoenix, AZ. She has designed jewelry and written for numerous publications. As "Ask Sara" of SoftFlex Company, she has had the opportunity to have her work featured in many promotional pieces. She has demonstrated and taught her designs in bead shows all over.
