Beading with Cabochons: Simple Techniques for Beautiful Jewelry

by Jamie Cloud Eakin

Overview

With this gloriously photographed and illustrated manual at hand, beaders can create awe-inspiring jewelry. It's the only current, comprehensive guide to working with cabochons--a flat piece of rock or mineral--and it covers all the basics, along with a range of new creative techniques and hot trends. Find out which tools and materials to use, which beads work best, and how to wrap them round the stones. Craft turned, pointed, twisted, brick stitch, ruffled, or scalloped edges, or add decorative fringe. For something dramatic, combine more than one cabochon in a single piece. Or, instead of natural stone, use dichroic glass or other found objects. Make a glittering brooch, funky bracelets, a wearable art necklace, and other showstoppers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454704775
Publisher:	Lark Crafts
Publication date:	11/07/2011
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	14 MB
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Table of Contents

	Introduction	6
Chapter 1	Materials and Tools	8
Chapter 2	Basic Cabochon Beading	15
Chapter 3	Edge Stitches	23
Chapter 4	Attachment Methods	46
Chapter 5	Other Bezel Stitches	60
Chapter 6	The Projects	69
	Fringed Dichroic Glass Necklace	70
	Oval Solitaire Rhodonite Bracelet	74
	Noondrite Jasper Necklace	77
	Sea Moss Ladder Bracelet	80
	Double Cabochon Dangle Earrings	84
	Leopardskin Jasper Necklace	88
	Black Onyx Pin	91
	Victorian Triple Cabochon Bracelet	93
	Southwest Spirit Necklace	96
	Fringed Tiger-Eye Cabochon Earrings	99
	Crazy Lace Agate Pin	102
Chapter 7	Creating Your Own Designs	104
	Gallery	112
Appendix	Attaching Findings	118
	Index to Stitches	125
	A Note About Suppliers	126

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Jamie Cloud Eakin's Beading with Cabochons:
 
"The designs are all beautiful and have a dramatic neo-Victorian look. Highly recommended." - Library Journal
 
"Beading With Cabochons by Jamie Cloud Eakin is the first book (on bead embroidery) I read, and it's my favorite guide to beading around flat-backed stones for several reasons. One, she takes you through every step of the beading process, from gluing down the stone to attaching the backing, in detail. Even nervous newcomers will feel confident. Two, she covers a number of edging and attachment techniques to take a reader from beginner to intermediate. And three, she goes beyond the projects in her book and discusses designing your own -- essential for the bead embroidery artist! Note: Her technique for creating beaded bezels is different from the other technique I've seen, which is to create bezels out of circular peyote stitch. You may find it worthwhile to learn both ways!" - Saturday Sequins blog, March 2012

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