1000 Beads

by Kristina Logan

Overview

Celebrate the innovation and creative inspiration of contemporary beadmakers from around the world! This gorgeous volume in the popular Showcase series presents 1,000 unique beads, all handcrafted from a dazzling array of materials—including glass, polymer clay, ceramics, metal, paper, fiber, plastic, wood, and stone. Each one is a magnificent piece of art, whether on its own or in a piece of jewelry or other ornamentation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454707882
Publisher:	Lark Crafts
Publication date:	04/01/2014
Series:	500 Series
Pages:	420
Sales rank:	1,111,959
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Kristina Logan is the world's leading glass beadmaker. Her work has been exhibited in preeminent museums and institutions internationally, including the Smithsonian Museum of American Art; the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; the Corning Museum of Glass; and the Musée du Verre de Sars-Poteries in France. She is a past president of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers, teaches regularly at leading schools in the US and Europe, and authored a chapter in The Penland Book of Glass (Lark). Kristina lives in Portsmouth, NH, and Provence, France.
 

Ray Hemachandra is a former editor for Lark Jewelry & Beading and the author of many books, including Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry and The Penland Book of Glass. He lives in Asheville, NC.

Editorial Reviews

“Lark Books has done it again with the most exciting display of beads created by artists from around the world. If you are a bead maker, bead collector, or a beader you will want this book.” —Beadwright

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